TIMUR BEKMAMBETOV

Visionary director Timur Bekmambetov is the pioneer of screenlife films. His productions, Unfriended and Searching, were box office hits, earning $65 million and $75 million respectively against a budget of $1 million. The latest installment in the subgenre, Missing, grossed $48.8 million and topped the Netflix movie chart in the US last summer. Pioneering screenlife format has earned his production company BEL a spot among the top 10 most innovative video companies in the world by Fast Company. Bekmambetov is currently directing a new Amazon MGM thriller Mercy starring Chris Pratt and Rebecca Fergusson.