Tolomush Okeev was born on September 11, 1935 in Bokonbayevskoye, Kirghiz SSR, USSR [now Kyzyl-Tuu, Issyk Kul, Kyrgyzstan]. He was a director and writer, known for
Potomok belogo barsa (1985),
Krasnoe yabloko (1975) and
The Fierce One (1974). He died on December 18, 2001 in Ankara, Turkey.