Azamat Satybaldy

Acting

Azamat Satybaldy was born on November 2, 1977, in the village of Lugovoye, Turar Ryskulov District, Zhambyl Region. In 1997, he enrolled at the T. Zhurgenov Academy of Arts, and in 2000, he was assigned to defend his diploma at the Kostanay Regional Drama Theater. In 2001, he graduated and began working as an actor at the M. O. Auezov Kazakh State Academic Drama Theater. From December 27, 2018, to February 12, 2022, he served as the director of the G. Musrepov Kazakh State Academic Theater for Children and Youth. In 2017, he founded a film studio called "Cinema 28" and his own theater, "28 THEATRE." The theater's first production was the play Sell Your Husband by director Aydyn Sakhaman, based on the comedy of the same name by Mikhail Zadornov. On February 14, 2022, he was appointed rector of the T. Zhurgenov Kazakh National Academy of Arts. In July 2023, he was appointed president of the "Kazakhfilm" film studio.