Kyrgyz flm director, People's Artist of Kyrgyzstan Bolot Shamshiyev passed away

AKIPRESS.COM - Kyrgyz flm director, People's Artist of Kyrgyzstan Bolot Shamshiyev passed away aged 78 on December 21 of illness.
Shamshiyev was a Kyrgyz film director and screenwriter. He directed eleven films between 1965 and 1988. His 1976 film The White Ship made it to the the 26th Berlin International Film Festival.
He directed such movies as Among the People, Echo of Love, Climbing Fujiyama, Gunshot at Karash Pass, Scarlet Poppies of Issyk-Kul, White Ship, Early Cranes, Wolf Pit, Manachy and others.