# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kantemir-balagov
# Generated: 2026-08-15T05:15:30.467Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kantemir-balagov"
name: "Kantemir Balagov"
slug: "kantemir-balagov"
description: "Kantemir Arturovich Balagov is a Russian film director, screenwriter and cinematographer of Circassian ethnicity, from the Republic of Kabardino-Balkaria, in the North Caucasian region of the Russian Federation. He has directed the films Closeness (2017) and Beanpole (2019)."
tagline: "Russian film director, screenwriter and cinematographer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kantemir_Balagov_at_the_2026_Cannes_Film_Festival_01_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1991-07-28"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           52
  momentum:             0
  historical:           15.17698666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/kantemir_balag/"
    handle:    "kantemir_balag"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm8921482/"
    handle:    "nm8921482"
sources:
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "كانتيمير بالاجوڤ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Kantemir Balàgov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kantemir_Balagov"
    title: "Kantemir Balagov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kantemir_Arturowitsch_Balagow"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kantemir_Balagov"
    title: "Kantemir Balagov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Kantemir Balagov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kantemir_Balagov"
    title: "Kantemir Balagov"
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    title: "Kantemir Balagov"
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  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kantemir_Balagov"
    title: "Kantemir Balagov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kantiemir_Ba%C5%82agow"
    title: "Kantiemir Bałagow"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kantemir_Balagov"
    title: "Kantemir Balagov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%B2%2C_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%80_%D0%90%D1%80%D1%82%D1%83%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "کانٹیمیر بالاگوف"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q30346628"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1705624"
    title: "Kantemir Balagov"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump