Ali Hamroyev


Ali Hamroyev is an Uzbek actor, film director, screenwriter, and film producer. He is best known in the former Soviet Union for his works in the 1960s and 1970s. Since 1988 he has been living in Italy.
To date, Hamroyev has made over 30 documentary and over 20 feature films. His most famous films include Yor-yor, The Seventh Bullet, The Bodyguard, and Vuodillik kelin. Hamroyev has received many honorary titles and awards, including the title Meritorious Artist of Uzbekistan.

Life and work

Ali Hamroyev was born on May 19, 1937, in Tashkent, then the Uzbek SSR. He graduated from the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography in 1961. That same year he started working at Uzbekfilm.
Hamroyev is best known in the former Soviet Union for his works in the 1960s and 1970s. He has made over 30 documentary and over 20 feature films throughout his career. Hamroyev is still working today. In 2010, he announced that Jack Nicholson had agreed to portray Timur in his new movie.

Filmography

As director

  • Bolalar haqida kichik hikoyalar
  • Любит — не любит?
  • Yor-yor
  • Laylak keldi, yoz boʻldi
  • Dilorom
  • Qizil qum
  • Favqulodda komissar
  • Без страха
  • Yettinchi oʻq
  • Muxlis
  • Inson qushlar ortidan boradi
  • Триптих
  • Телохранитель
  • Жаркое лето в Кабуле
  • Vuodillik kelin
  • Я тебя помню
  • Сад желаний
  • Kim jinni?
  • Bo Ba Bu
  • Место под солнцем
  • Артисты
  • ''Аромат дыни в Самарканде ''

    As actor

  • ''Место под солнцем''

    As screenwriter

  • Laylak keldi, yoz boʻldi
  • Dilorom
  • Favqulodda komissar
  • Без страха
  • Эшмат — добрый ангел
  • Телохранитель
  • Стрелять сгоряча не стоит
  • Vuodillik kelin
  • Я тебя помню
  • Kim jinni?
  • Bo Ba Bu
  • ''Аромат дыни в Самарканде ''

    Awards

Hamroyev has received many honorary titles and awards throughout his career, including the title Honored Artist of the Uzbek SSR. In 1971, he received the State Hamza Prize.
In 2021 won an award at the 5th FELIX Film Festival in Milan with "The Scent of Melon in Samarkand"