Sanzhar Sultanov

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Sanzhar Sultanov
Born (1988-12-07) December 7, 1988 (age 35)
Korday, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union
Occupation(s)Film director, producer, screenwriter
Years active2009–present

Sanzhar Sultan (born December 7, 1988, as Sanzhar Sultanov) is a Canadian film director, producer and screenwriter. [1] [2]

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Early life

Sultan was born in the small village of Korday, Kazakhstan. He grew up and studied in at Downside School in England and at Upper Canada College in Canada. [3] In 2007, Sultan moved to New York City to study at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute. [4] [2]

Career

Sultan (back then as Sultanov) founded his own company, Reverson Entertainment, in 2009, with his brother Said. [5] Sultan's first short film was Makes The Whole World Kin, an adaptation of the original short story by O. Henry, starring Paul Calderon. [6] In 2010 he produced and directed his first feature film Burning Daylight starring Robert Knepper and Calderon in a supporting role. [7] Sultan based the screenplay on three Jack London stories, [8] while the film was set in 1920s New York City. [9] The film premiered in Sonoma, California [10] (Jack London's hometown) and in New York City's Webster Hall. [11] It also received a wide theatrical release in Kazakhstan [12] and was highly acclaimed by many critics. [13] [14] [15]

In February 2013, Sultan partnered with Canadian venture capitalist and fellow Upper Canada College graduate [3] Loudon Owen and opened up Know Rules Media. [16] In September 2013, the company partnered with director/producer Akan Satayev and his studio SataiFilm, and started pre-production on Hacker. Brillstein Entertainment Partners executive produced. Sultan wrote the screenplay, from a story by Satayev and Timur Zhaksylykov. [17] The film was financed by Timur Meirambekov, Zhanbolat Serikov and Kenges Rakishev on behalf of Mobli. [18] The film had a limited release in the US (under the title "Anonymous"), on December 2, 2016. [19] Following that, Sony Pictures released the film on home entertainment. [20]

In 2016, Sultan was set to produce Business Ethics, starring Larenz Tate and directed by Nick Wernham. [21] The film also starred Lance Reddick, Kurtwood Smith and Angus Macfadyen. [22]

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