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  "description": "Zhardem Ismailovich Baytenov\n\nBorn on March 27, 1932, in Alma-Ata.\n\nSoviet film director.\n\nHe graduated from the Faculty of Philology of the S. M. Kirov Kazakh State University (1959), while working as a loader and worker at the Alma-Ata Film Studio. In 1959–1960, he worked as an illustrator for the newspaper Lenishil Zhas (Lenin’s Shift).\n\nIn 1966, he graduated from the Directing Department of VGIK (workshop of S. Gerasimov and T. Makarova).\n\nSince 1966, he worked as a director at the Kazakhfilm Studio.\n\nHe made several documentary films, including We’ll Meet in Mangyshlak (1964), Architecture of Kazakhstan (1975), Theatre and Time (1976), The Way of the Theatre (1977), and Aspiration to the Future (1977). He was also engaged in film dubbing.",
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  "birthPlace": "Almaty, Kazakhstan",
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    "Жәрдем Исмаилұлы Байтенов",
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      "title": "B For Singing",
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