Sergei Dvortsevoy

Sergei Vladimirovich Dvortsevoy (Kazakh: Серге́й Влади́мирович Дворцево́й; born 18 August 1962; Shymkent) is a Kazakh filmmaker, documentary director, screenwriter, editor, cinematographer, producer. His 2008 feature film Tulpan, was Kazakhstan's 2009 Academy Awards official submission to Foreign Language Film category and was the winner of the Prix Un Certain Regard at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival. He was born on August 18, 1962 in Shymkent.