Sultan-Akhmet Khodzhikov March 10, 1923, Dzhambul, Kazakh SSR, USSR (now Taraz, Kazakhstan)— March 11, 1988. In 1952, he graduated from the Directing Department of VGIK (workshop of A. P. Dovzhenko). Participant of the Great Patriotic War. Since 1953 — director at the Alma-Ata Film Studio (later — Kazakhfilm Studio). Co-author of the scripts for several of his films, screenwriter of television films, and director of documentary films. Honored Art Worker of the Kazakh SSR (1970).