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Tadanobu Asano - as Temudgin / Genghis Khan Asano made his film debut in George Matsuoka's " Swimming Upstream " (Bataashi Kingyo) in 1990. His charismatic style has made him one of the leading Japanese actors of today. He has been awarded a variety of prizes both at home and abroad, including the Upstream Prize for Best Actor at the 2003 Venice International Film Festival for his role in a Thai film, " Last Life in the Universe " (by Pen-Ek Ratanaruang). His recent works include: " Kaza-hana " (2001, directed by Shinji Somai), " Distance " (2001, director: Hirokazu Koreeda), " Ichi the Killer " (Koroshiya 1) (2001, director: Takashi Miike), " Bright Future " (Akarui Mirai) (2003, director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa), " My Grandpa " (Watashi no Grandpa) (2003, director: Yoichi Higashi), " Zatoichi " (2003, director: Takeshi Kitano) and " Dead End Run " (2003, director: Sogo Ishii).
Sergei Bodrov - Screenwriter, Director and Producer Sergei Bodrov is one of Russia's leading directors. He wrote the scripts to some 30 films before co-directing 1984's " Sweet Juice Inside Grass ." Since the opening of the Russian borders, Bodrov has been spending time in the U.S., where he co-wrote " Somebody to Love " with Alexandre Rockwell ("Four Rooms," "In the Soup"). As a director, Bodrov is best known for his film " The Prisoner of the Mountains" ), which won the FIPRESCI International Critics Prize at the Cannes Film Festival, an Academy Award nomination in the category "Best Foreign Film" and a European Academy Award for "Best European Writer of the Year." Selected filmography: 1984 - "Sweet
Juice Inside Grass" (USSR)
- together with A.
Alpiev
Arif Aliyev - Co-screenwriter After graduating from University in St. Petersburg in 1981, Aliyev started working as a sound engineer for the Gorky Film Studio. In 1990 he graduated from the screenwriting department of VGIK and started working as a journalist at the ‘Voyage and Leisure' Magazine. During his career as a screenwriter Aliyev won the "Best Russian Screenwriter" award for " Nika " in 1997 and the European Film Academy award in the category "Best Script" for " Prisoner of the Mountains" ), directed by Sergei Bodrov. Selected filmography : 1992 - "Ticket
to Red Theater, or
Death of Coffin-Digger" (Russia)
Sergey Trofimov - Cinematography Sergey Tromfimov made his debut in cinema in 1994 with the film “ Peshawar Waltz” directed by Timur Bekmambetov. After that he shot commercials and music videos for a fairly long period, working in television. He returned to cinema by shooting two fantasy blockbusters for Timur Bekmambetov, “ Night Watch ” (2004) and “ Day Watch ” (2006), which topped the Russian box office. He is a specialist in shooting complex scenes. In the film “Mongol” he worked on the second expedition to China, when all the main crowd and battle scenes were shot for the film. Selected filmography: 1994 - "Peshavar
Waltz" (Russia)
Rogier Stoffers - Cinematography The internationally acclaimed Rogier Stoffers was born in the Netherlands where he graduated from the National Film and Television Academy and started to specialize in cinematography. Stoffers was the cinematographer for Mike van Diem's “ Character ”, which won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Film in 1993, among others. Among his further credits are “ Quills ” (2000, director: Philip Kaufman, three Oscar nominations 2001), “ John Q ” (2001, starring Denzel Washington, director: Nick Cassavetes), “ Masked an Anonymous ” (2003, starring Bob Dylan, Jeff Bridges, Penélope Cruz and Jessica Lange, director: Larry Charles) as well as “ The School of Rock ” (2003, director: Richard Linklater, British Comedy Award 2004, MTV Movie Award 2004, Young Artist Award 2004). Selected filmography: 1997 - "Character" (Academy
Award for the Best
Foreign Film)
Dashi Namdakov - Production Designer Born in a town near the Russo-Chinese border, Namdakov began his career in the workshop of the locally well-known sculptor G. Vasilyev. In 1988 he was admitted to the University of Fine Arts in the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk. Namdakov is best known for his ability to observe the beauty of the world and to recreate it in metal. His beautifully crafted images reflect the spirit and mystery of the Oriental view of the world. In 2000 Dashi Namdakov became well known after his first exhibition in Irkutsk. His sculptures and drawings perform a combination of innovation and ancient Buriat traditions. Namdakov was honored as the "Siberian of the Year" in 2004 and awarded the Silver Medal of the Russian Academy of Fine Arts in 2003. Some of Namdakov's works belong to the private collection of the Russian President.
Zach Staenberg - Editor Film editor Zach Staenberg has worked on feature films and television shows. Holding a degree in communications from the University of Wisconsin at Madison, Staenberg entered the film industry as Brian DePalma's production assistant on “ The Fury ” (1978). Staenberg became a full-fledged cutter in the mid-'80s. During the late 90's he joined the Wachowski Brothers as editor for “ Bound ” (1999) and continued to work with them on all installments of “ The Matrix ” (“The Matrix” (1999), “The Matrix Reloaded” (2003), “The Matrix Revolutions” (2003)) starring Keanu Reeves. Staenberg's other notable credits include “ Antitrust ” (2001) by Peter Howitt and “ Lord of War ” (2005) by Andrew Niccol. After joining Sergei Bodrov on “Mongol” , Zach Staenberg will be reuniting with the Wachowski Brothers for their Manga adaptation “ Speed Racer ”.
Karin Lohr - Costume Designer The German costume designer Karin Lohr started her career at the theatre where she worked at the well-known Viennese Burgtheater as well as at the Thalia Theater in Hamburg among others. Since 1993 she works for the German public and private television where she designed costumes for almost two dozen productions. 2000 she started working for several cinema productions such as " Girl" and "Planet der Kannibalen" . With director Sergei Bodrov she shot the movie "Bear's Kiss" which was nominated for the Golden Lion at the International Venice Film Festival.
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