Sadyk Sher-Niyaz is a director , producer , and public figure from the Kyrgyz Republic , most well known for his work on the film Kurmanjan Datka : Queen of the Mountains Sadyk Sher-Niyaz was born on March 10 , 1969 , in the village of Chon-Kapka , Talas region , Kyrgyzstan . An ethnic Kyrgyz , Sher-Niyaz is married , the father of three children . At the age of 38 he left Kyrgyzstan to attend High Courses for Scriptwriters and Film Directors in Moscow . His first feature film Kurmanjan Datka Queen of the Mountains was the Kyrgyz Submission to the 87th Academy Awards Best Foreign Language Film Category
87th Academy Awards
87th Academy Awards
Sadyk Sher-Niyaz