Bakhyt Sattarbekovich Kilibayev (Kazakh: Бақытжан Саттарбекұлы Қилыбаев; May 26, 1958; Alma-Ata) is a Soviet, Kazakh and Russian director, screenwriter, producer. He is best known as the co-author of the script for the film "Needle". In 1975-1978 he studied at the Oriental Faculty of Leningrad University. In 1985 he graduated from the script department of VGIK (workshop of Nikolai Figurovsky and ...