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ZHAIDARBEK KUNGUZHINOV
JAYDOK
2ND UNIT DIRECTOR / STUNT COORDINATOR
Jaydok’s background is extensive. He is a Honored Master of the Republic of Kazakhstan as well as a member of that country’s Filmmakers Union and Stuntmen’s Association.
He is a Martial Arts Oscar winner in 2013 and is the director of the Nomad Stunts Group. Nomad Stunts action team along with Hitz International member Zhaidarbek Kunguzhinov successfully got into Kazakhstan Information and Encyclopedic Handbook Book of Records (Kazakhstan edition of Guiness World Book).
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Nomad Stunts was noted as the only group that cooperates with leading foreign video studios. On the eve of Independence Day (a national holiday in the Republic of Kazakhstan, celebrated on 16 December) Zhaidarbek Kunguzhinov was granted with state award - “Kurmet” medal. The decree on awarding the medal was signed by the president of the Republic of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev
COUNTRY: Kazakhstan
HEIGHT: 5'9″
WEIGHT: lbs
Awards & Nominations:
Honored Master of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Honored Worker of the Republic of Kazakhstan — 2007, Republic of Kazakhstan
Martial Arts Oscar Award (received in 2013)
Medal of Honor — for promoting sports through cinema, 2014, Atlantic City, USA
Order of “Kurmet” (Order of Honor) — for contribution to the development of the film industry, 2018, Republic of Kazakhstan
Taurus World Stunt Award — Best Action in a Foreign Film, 2019, USA
Nominee of Screen Actors Guild Awards - For Outstanding Performance by Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture - Mulan 2020
Medal “Honored Cultural Worker of the Republic of Kazakhstan” — 2021, Republic of Kazakhstan
Master of Arts — National Academy of Arts of the Republic of Kazakhstan, 2024
Member of the Society of Arts, Sciences and Letters of France (Société Académique d’Arts, Sciences et Lettres) — 2025, Paris, France
Silver Medal of the Society of Arts, Sciences and Letters of France — 2025, Paris, France
Order of “Parasat” (Order of Nobility) — for outstanding contribution to the development of national cinema, 2025, Republic of Kazakhstan
