Umid Khamdamov

Biography

Uzbek film director and screenwriter. Between 2001 and 2005, he studied directing at the Tashkent State Institute of Arts, where he was a student of the renowned Uzbek director and People's Artist Shukhrat Abbasov. In 2008, he completed his master's degree and began teaching acting at the institute. His directorial debut was the short film Nazar (2010), which won awards at the Golden Cheetah and Eurasia film festivals. He subsequently directed Onaginam Orzusi (2012) and Shunqorlar (2014). As both a screenwriter and director, he is best known for Issiq Non (Hot Bread), which won the Grand Prix at the Kinoshock Film Festival and received the Best Screenplay and Best Director awards at the Golden Humo National Film Awards 2019. He also wrote the screenplay for Rangsiz Tushlar (Colorless Dreams), directed by Ayub Shahobiddinov. The film won the Best Screenplay Award at the Golden Humo National Film Awards 2021 and received recognition at the Dhaka International Film Festival. In addition, he worked as a screenwriter and production manager on the documentary Abdulla Qodiriy.