Back كامارا كامالوڤا ARZ Камара Шадманаўна Камалава Byelorussian Камалова, Камара Russian Камара Камалова Ukrainian Qamara Kamolova Uzbek
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Камара Камалова  | |
| Born | December 9, 1938 Bukhara |
| Occupation | Film director |
Kamara Shadmanova Kamalova (born December 9, 1938) is an Uzbek filmmaker. She has been called "the most celebrated woman film-maker of Central Asia."[1]
Kamara Kamalova was born in Bukhara, the daughter of a philosophy professor and a schoolteacher. After studying physics at Moscow State University, she entered the prestigious All-Union State Institute of Cinematography (VGIK). After graduating in 1964, she worked for Uzbekfilm making animated films, then began making feature films starting with Gorkaya yagoda/Bitter Berry (1975). Most of her films are about children, coming of age stories, or young lovers.[1]
- ^ a b Donmez-Colin, Gonul (2012). Cinemas of the other. A personal journey with film-makers from Central Asia. Internet Archive. Bristol : Intellect. ISBN 978-1-84150-549-7.