Kanymbek-Kano Kassymbekov (Kazakh: Қанымбек-Қано Қасымбеков; born 4 February 1943; Alma-Ata) was a Soviet and Kazakh film director and screenwriter. Honored Worker of Kazakhstan. After graduation, not knowing a word of Russian, he went to Moscow, entered the VGIK, passed the documents and the exam, but did not pass. He turned to the rector and he, having looked at the young Kazakh with a sharp look, gave instructions to accept him into the institute. Later, the rector, in a conversation with Kasymbekov, said that