| Yermek Shinarbayev | |
| Birth Date: | 1953 |
| Birth Place: | Alma-Ata, Soviet Union (now Almaty, Kazakhstan) |
| Other Names: | Ermek Shinarbaev |
| Occupation: | Film director |
| Yearsactive: | 1977-1994 |
Yermek Shinarbayev (also translated as Ermek Shinarbaev; Kazakh: Ermek Bektasūly Şynarbaev, Ермек Бектасұлы Шынарбаев) is a Soviet film director.[1] Born in 1953 in Alma-Ata, Soviet Union (now Almaty, Kazakhstan), Shinarbaev is sometimes categorized as a member of the Kazakh New Wave. He is especially well known for his collaboration with the Korean-Russian writer, Anatoli Kim, resulting to three films.[2] The last of Shinarbaev-Kim film Mest (Revenge), was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1991 Cannes Film Festival[3] and won the grand prize at Sochi Open Russian Film Festival in 1990.[4]