Bakhtyar Khudojnazarov

Bakhtyar Khudojnazarov was a film director, producer and screenwriter from Tajikistan, a graduate of the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography. His most internationally famous film is the comedy Luna Papa. He won a Silver Lion at the Venice Film Festival for his film Kosh ba kosh. In 2000 he was a member of the jury at the 22nd Moscow International Film Festival. Khudojnazarov lived in Berlin, Germany, from 1993 and died from a short illness aged 49.