Yerlan Nurmukhambetov is a Kazakhstani filmmaker, screenwriter, and educator. He co-directed Before the Storm (2011) with Sano Shinju, which won the Grand Prix at the Eurasia International Film Festival and the Innsbruck International Film Festival. His film The Walnut Tree (2015) won the New Currents Award at the Busan International Film Festival. He co-directed The Horse Thieves. Roads of Time (2019) with Lisa Takeba, which opened the Busan International Film Festival. He later directed The Little Samurai (2022), among other films.
Nursultan Nuskabekov studied film directing at the Kazakh National University of Arts. He has worked as a director, screenwriter, and editor across feature films, television series, and documentaries. His short documentary One Day in the Life of a Butcher (2018) won Best Documentary Film at the Baikonur International Short Film Festival. In Winter, which he co-directed with Yerlan Nurmukhambetov, is his feature directorial debut.
