Marat Sarulu
Marat SARULU (1957, Kyrgyzstan) graduated in philology from the Kyrgyz National University in Bishkek. Afterwards he studied at the Moscow Film Academy. Sarulu works as a director and writer; among other things he wrote the script for the successful film The Adopted Son (Aktan Abdykalykov, 1998). His short film The Fly Up (2002) has been screened at several international film festivals. His film Song from the Southern Seas (2008) received numerous international awards.
Filmography
Molenie o prechistoj ptitse/Praying for the Virgin Bird (1989, short), In Spe (1993), Mandala (1998, short doc), Ergy/The Fly Up (2001, short), Altyn Kyrghol/My Brother Silk Road (2001), Burnaja reka, bezmiateznoje more/The Rough River, the Placid Sea (2004), Pesn' yuzhnih morei/Song from the Southern Seas (2008), Salt (2010, short), Ene/Mother (2011, short), Köch/The Move (2014)