Alan Badoev
Alan Kazbekovich Badoev (; born January 1981) is a Ukrainian movie director, music video director, screenwriter, TV producer, TV presenter and music producer of Ossetian origin. He first gained international recognition in 2006 with his awarded full-length movie debut "OrAngeLove" "()." Today Badoev is most notable for his prize-winning work as music video director. He has directed more than 500 music videos. Early life. Alan Kazbekovich Badoev was born on January 10, 1981, in Beslan, North Ossetian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic. He grew up in the city of Horlivka, Ukraine. In 1998 he began his studies at the  Kyiv National Karpenko-Kary University and graduated in 2003. During his studies he began to make documentaries, short films and music videos (e.g. for Iryna Bilyk and Dmitri Klimashenko). Personal life. From 2003 to 2012 Badoev was married to Ukrainian TV presenter, actress, producer and designer Zhanna Badoeva. They have a daughter, Lolita, and he adopted Zhanna's son from her first marriage, Boris. In 2011 and 2017 Badoev and Zhanna Badoeva starred together as TV presenters in 2 Seasons of the Ukrainian travel TV show Heads and Tails. In 2004 Badoev's father was taken hostage by a Chechen  group in Beslan. According to Badoev, he sold most of his belongings to pay the ransom for his father's release. Selected videography. Badoev has directed more than 500 music videos for Ukrainian, Russian and other international artists, including Music production. Badoev is the music producer of several Ukrainian artists, most notably of the prize-winning singers Max Barskih and Tayanna.