Shaken Ajmanov belongs to the record of cinema as a figure whose work outlasted the productions that carried it.
The record lists Shaken Ajmanov as film director (1914–1970).
Shaken Ajmanov was born at Bayanaul in 1914. His recorded nationality is Russia.
The studio system was at its height in this period: contracts were long, the output was industrial, and a handful of studios decided who worked.
The record gives his roles in the industry as actor, film director and theatre director.
Film is a collaborative art in which individual credit is always contested and occasionally deserved.
The awards record reads: Order of Lenin (1967), Order of the Badge of Honour and Order of the Red Banner of Labour (1946).
That the work was made from Russia shaped it: national industries differ in what they finance, who they cast and which audiences they can reach.
Shaken Ajmanov died in 1970, aged 56. The films remain, which is the only form in which a screen career survives.
Achievements
- Order of Lenin — 1967
- Order of the Badge of Honour
- Order of the Red Banner of Labour — 1946
- Worked as actor, film director and theatre director
