Shaken Ajmanov was born on February 15, 1914 in Bayan-Aul, Russian Empire as Shaken Kenzhetayevich Ajmanov. He was a director and actor, known for V odnom rayone (1960), Angel wearing tubeteika (1969) and A Poem About Love (1954). He died on December 23, 1970 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR.