Ali Hamroyev (sometimes spelled Ali Khamrayev in English) (; ) (born May 19, 1937) is an Uzbek actor, film director, screenwriter, and film producer. He is best known in the former Soviet Union for his works in the 1960s and 1970s. Since 1988 he has been living in Italy.
To date, Hamroyev has made over 30 documentary and over 20 feature films. His most famous films include Yor-yor (1964), The Seventh Bullet (1972), The Bodyguard (1979), and Vuodillik kelin (1984). Hamroyev has received many honorary titles and awards, including the title Meritorious Artist of Uzbekistan (1969).
Life and work
Ali Hamroyev was born on May 19, 1937, in Tashkent, then the Uzbek SSR. He graduated from the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography (VGIK) in 1961. That same year he started working at Uzbekfilm.
Hamroyev is best known in the former Soviet Union for his works in the 1960s and 1970s. He has made over 30 documentary and over 20 feature films throughout his career. Hamroyev is still working today. In 2010, he announced that Jack Nicholson had agreed to portray Timur in his new movie.
Filmography
As director
- Bolalar haqida kichik hikoyalar (Russian: ÃÂðûõýÃÂúøõ øÃÂÃÂþÃÂøø þ ôõÃÂÃÂÃÂ
, úþÃÂþÃÂÃÂõ...) (Short Stories about Children) (1961)
- ÃÂÃÂñøàâ ýõ ûÃÂñøÃÂ? (Does He/She Love or Not?) (1964)
- Yor-yor (Russian: ÃÂôõ ÃÂÃÂ, üþàÃÂÃÂûÃÂÃÂøÃÂ?) (Yor-Yor) (1964)
- Laylak keldi, yoz boûldi (Russian: ÃÂõûÃÂõ, ñõûÃÂõ ðøÃÂÃÂÃÂ) (The White Storks) (1966)
- Dilorom (1967)
- Qizil qum (Russian: ÃÂÃÂðÃÂýÃÂõ ÿõÃÂúø) (The Red Sands) (1968)
- Favqulodda komissar (Russian: çÃÂõ÷òÃÂÃÂðùýÃÂù úþüøÃÂÃÂðÃÂ) (The Extraordinary Commissar) (1970)
- ÃÂõ÷ ÃÂÃÂÃÂðÃÂ
ð (Fearless) (1971)
- Yettinchi oûq (Russian: áõôÃÂüðàÿÃÂûÃÂ) (The Seventh Bullet) (1972)
- Muxlis (Russian: ÃÂþúûþýýøú) (The Fan) (1973)
- Inson qushlar ortidan boradi (Russian: çõûþòõú ÃÂÃÂ
þôøà÷ð ÿÃÂøÃÂðüø) (The Man is after Birds) (1975)
- âÃÂøÿÃÂøÃÂ
(Triptych) (1978)
- âõûþÃÂ
ÃÂðýøÃÂõûà(The Bodyguard) (1979)
- ÃÂðÃÂúþõ ûõÃÂþ ò ÃÂðñÃÂûõ (A Hot Summer in Kabul) (1983)
- Vuodillik kelin (Russian: ÃÂõòõÃÂÃÂð ø÷ ÃÂÃÂðôøûÃÂ) (A Bride from Vuodil) (1984)
- ï ÃÂõñàÿþüýà(I Remember You) (1985)
- áðô öõûðýøù (The Garden of Desires) (1988)
- Kim jinni? (Russian: ÃÂÃÂþ ÃÂÃÂüðÃÂÃÂõôÃÂøù?) (Who is Insane?) (1992)
- Bo Ba Bu (1998)
- ÃÂõÃÂÃÂþ ÿþô ÃÂþûýÃÂõü (A Place under the Sun) (2004)
- ÃÂÃÂÃÂøÃÂÃÂà(The Artists) (2007)
- (The Scent of Melon in Samarkand) (2021)
As actor
- ÃÂõÃÂÃÂþ ÿþô ÃÂþûýÃÂõü (A Place under the Sun) (2004)
As screenwriter
- Laylak keldi, yoz boûldi (Russian: ÃÂõûÃÂõ, ñõûÃÂõ ðøÃÂÃÂÃÂ) (The White Storks) (1966)
- Dilorom (1967)
- Favqulodda komissar (Russian: çÃÂõ÷òÃÂÃÂðùýÃÂù úþüøÃÂÃÂðÃÂ) (The Extraordinary Commissar) (1970)
- ÃÂõ÷ ÃÂÃÂÃÂðÃÂ
ð (Fearless) (1971)
- ÃÂÃÂüðàâ ôþñÃÂÃÂù ðýóõû (Eshmat â A Kind Angel) (1979) (short film)
- âõûþÃÂ
ÃÂðýøÃÂõûà(The Bodyguard) (1979)
- áÃÂÃÂõûÃÂÃÂàÃÂóþÃÂÃÂÃÂð ýõ ÃÂÃÂþøà(Shooting Rashly is not Worth It) (1983)
- Vuodillik kelin (Russian: ÃÂõòõÃÂÃÂð ø÷ ÃÂÃÂðôøûÃÂ) (A Bride from Vuodil) (1984)
- ï ÃÂõñàÿþüýà(I Remember You) (1985)
- Kim jinni? (Russian: ÃÂÃÂþ ÃÂÃÂüðÃÂÃÂõôÃÂøù?) (Who is Insane?) (1992)
- Bo Ba Bu (1998)
- (The Scent of Melon in Samarkand) (2021)
Awards
Hamroyev has received many honorary titles and awards throughout his career, including the title Honored Artist of the Uzbek SSR (1969). In 1971, he received the State Hamza Prize.
In 2021 won an award at the 5th FELIX Film Festival in Milan with "The Scent of Melon in Samarkand"
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