Portrait of Akan Satayev

Directing

Akan Satayev

Career

Active from 1996 to 2025, with a break from 1997 to 2006, busiest in 2009 and 2016 with 3 main titles each.

Average score
GoodWatch score57/100
Highest rated
Poster for Districts
Districts
GoodWatch score76/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 5 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 5.4 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.8 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.0 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.4 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.5 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Akan Satayev Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    1.8, average 5.4
  • Situational Comedy
    0.8, average 2.7
  • Physical Comedy
    0.6, average 2.4
  • Uncanny
    0.8, average 2.5

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Social Commentary 4
  • Coming-of-Age 3
  • Historical Drama 3
  • Kazakh History 3
  • Kazakhstan 2
  • Rural Life 2
  • Crime Drama 2
  • Historical Context 2
  • Historical Epic 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

25
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

8 titles · average score 72
Racketeer III: New Times
Racketeer III: New Times (2025)

Director, Producer

Моя половина
Моя половина (2024)

Director

Änel
Änel (2024)

Director

Teach Me How to Live
Teach Me How to Live (2023)

Director, Screenplay

Dawn of the Great Steppe
Dawn of the Great Steppe (2022)

Writer, Producer

The Assault
The Assault (2022)

Producer

Boxer
Boxer (2021)

Director, Screenplay

A Dark, Dark Man
A Dark, Dark Man (2020)
GoodWatch score 72

Executive Producer

2010s

14 titles · average score 56
The Legend of Tomiris
The Legend of Tomiris (2019)
GoodWatch score 64

Producer, Director

Holidays Offline
Holidays Offline (2019)

Executive Producer

The Leader's Way. Astana
The Leader's Way. Astana (2018)

Director, Producer

Businessmen
Businessmen (2018)

Director, Producer

The Gentle Indifference of the World
The Gentle Indifference of the World (2018)
GoodWatch score 59

Executive Producer

Alone
Alone (2017)

Producer, Director

Hacker
Hacker (2016)
GoodWatch score 24

Producer, Story

Districts
Districts (2016)
GoodWatch score 76

Producer, Director

The Road to Mother
The Road to Mother (2016)
GoodWatch score 45

Director, Producer

Racketeer 2
Racketeer 2 (2015)
GoodWatch score 65

Producer, Director

Myn Bala: Warriors of the Steppe
Myn Bala: Warriors of the Steppe (2012)
GoodWatch score 69

Producer, Director

The Liquidator
The Liquidator (2011)
GoodWatch score 47

Director, Producer

2000s

2 titles · average score 60
Strayed
Strayed (2009)
GoodWatch score 52

Producer, Director

Racketeer
Racketeer (2007)
GoodWatch score 69

Director, Producer

1990s

1 title
Allazhar
Allazhar (1996)

as Azat