Kantemir Balagov

Born

1991-07-28

Birthplace

Nalchik, USSR (Russia)

Biography

Kantemir Arturovich Balagov (Russian: Кантемир Артурович Балагов, Kabardian: Бэлагъы Артурыкъуэ Къантемыр; born 28 July 1991) is a Russian film director of Circassian descent, screenwriter and cinematographer from the Republic of Kabardino-Balkaria, in the North Caucasian region of the Russian Federation. He has directed the films Closeness (2017) and Beanpole (2019). Description above from the Wikipedia article Kantemir Balagov, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.