Kanagat Mustafin

He was born on January 6, 1984, in Almaty. From 1998 to 2003, he played for the youth basketball team of Kazakhstan and participated in international competitions in Iran and Kyrgyzstan. In 1999, he received the title of Candidate Master of Sports in basketball.

After finishing secondary school No. 146, he graduated externally in 1999 and enrolled in the Kazakh Academy of Sports and Tourism (KazAST). After graduating in 2003, he entered the Kazakh National University, enrolling in the law faculty's correspondence department, which he completed in 2005.

In 2007, he co-founded the production center "KANAIDAR Production" with Aidarkhan Adilbaev.

Since 2010, he has been a member of the Union of Journalists of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

In 2011, he completed director's courses at the New York Film Academy in Los Angeles, receiving a diploma.

Since 2012, he has been a member of the Union of Cinematographers of the Republic of Kazakhstan.