Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Art History, Associate Professor at AlmaU University (Almaty Management University). Director of TV programs and documentaries, producer, and scriptwriter. Author of numerous publications in scientific journals and collections from international scientific and practical conferences on current issues in cinematography, as well as textbooks on film production.

Journalist and film critic with more than twenty years of experience working for major German and Swiss publications. Program consultant and curator for international film festivals, including the Mumbai International Film Festival (India), Visions du Réel and Fribourg Film Festival (Switzerland), FIPA (France), Millenium Film Festival (Belgium), and Metropolis Cinema and Filmhaus Nürnberg (Germany). Director of Department at FIPRESCI in charge of FIPRESCI AWARD Promotion. Since 2010, she has been organizing special film programs for various film festivals around the world.

Producer, director, and head of the creative association-studio KHAKIMOV OFFICE. Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Directing. Since 2015, he has been teaching directing and film production at film schools in Kazakhstan. As a director and executive producer, he has participated in creative projects (TV series, feature films, and documentaries) with various production centers and private film companies.