About
Timur Bekmambetov is a Kazakh-Russian filmmaker, producer, and screenwriter best known for directing Night Watch and Wanted, as well as pioneering the modern screenlife format. Through films including Unfriended, Searching, Profile, and Missing, Bekmambetov helped establish screenlife storytelling as a major evolution of found footage and digital-era horror. His work popularized films told entirely through computer screens, video calls, and mobile devices, influencing a new generation of internet-native thriller and horror filmmaking.
Known for
War of the WorldsMovie • 2025
MercyMovie • 2026
SearchingMovie • 2018
WantedMovie • 2008
9Movie • 2009
Persian LessonsMovie • 2020
MissingMovie • 2023
Unfriended: Dark WebMovie • 2018
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire HunterMovie • 2012
UnfriendedMovie • 2014
Hardcore HenryMovie • 2015
Ben-HurMovie • 2016
LifeHackMovie • 2026
The Darkest HourMovie • 2011
The Current WarMovie • 2018
Night WatchMovie • 2004
I Am DragonMovie • 2015
The Snow QueenMovie • 2012
Kikoriki: Team InvincibleMovie • 2011
Apollo 18Movie • 2011
Day WatchMovie • 2006
The SpacewalkerMovie • 2017
Black LightningMovie • 2009
ResurrectedMovie • 2023