Amarsaikhan Baljinnyam is a writer, actor, director, and producer who made history in the Mongolian cinematic world as the first Mongolian to step onto the international stage with his role as Ariq Boke (Kublai Khan’s brother) in the Netflix original series Marco Polo. He has acted in more than 20 films. His first script, Faith, became a feature film that won three nominations at the Cinema Awards of Mongolia, including Best Movie of the Year; it was also that year’s highest grossing film. Harvest Moon is Baljinnyam’s debut film as a director.