Bakhtyar Khudojnazarov

{{Infobox person

| name = Bakhtyar Khudojnazarov

| image = 200px

| caption = Khudojnazarov in 2015

| birth_date = May 29, 1965

| death_date = {{death date and age|April 21, 2015|May 29, 1965}}

}}

Bakhtyar Khudojnazarov (Russian/{{langx|tg|Бахтиёр Худойназаров}}, {{langx|fa|بختیار خدای‌نظرف}}) (May 29, 1965 – April 21, 2015) was a film director, producer and screenwriter from Tajikistan, a graduate of the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography. His most internationally famous film is the comedy Luna Papa (1999). He won a Silver Lion at the Venice Film Festival for his film Kosh ba kosh (1993).{{cite web

| url =https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/russian-director-bakhtyar-khudojnazarov-dies-790441/#!

| title =Russian Director Bakhtyar Khudojnazarov Dies at 49

| last =Kozlov

| first =Vladimir

| date =2015-04-21

| publisher =The Hollywood Reporter

| access-date =2023-06-29

}} In 2000 he was a member of the jury at the 22nd Moscow International Film Festival.{{cite web|url=http://www.moscowfilmfestival.ru/miff34/eng/archives/?year=2000 |title=22nd Moscow International Film Festival (2000) |accessdate=2013-03-26 |work=MIFF |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130328142219/http://moscowfilmfestival.ru/miff34/eng/archives/?year=2000 |archivedate=2013-03-28 }}

Khudojnazarov lived in Berlin, Germany, from 1993 and died from a short illness aged 49.{{cite web|url=http://www.rferl.org/content/tajik-cinmea-maker-dies-in-berlin/26969887.html|title=Well-Known Russian Film Director Of Tajik Origin Dies In Berlin|work=RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty}}