Bakhtiar Khudionazarov was born on May 29, 1965 in Tajikistan. He graduated from The Institue Of Cinematography VGIK as a film director in 1989, and has been directing since 1986. Among numerous awards he won the Silver Lion in Venice in 1994 for"Odd And Even". His film"The Suit" received the Panorama Special Jury Mention at Berlinale in 2006.