Rafiz Rza oghlu Ismayilov (, 30 March 1939 – April 2025) was an Azerbaijani film artist, director, screenwriter, artist assistant, decor artist,

People's Artist of Azerbaijan People's Artist of Azerbaijan () is the honorary title and award granted for contribution to the development of Azerbaijani culture in the fields of visual art and painting. The People's Artist of the Azerbaijani SSR, People's Artists of the Aze ...

(2000).

Biography

Ismayilov was born in

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on 30 March 1939. In 1962, he graduated from the Azerbaijan State Art School. In 1966–1972, he studied at the art faculty of the

All-Union State Institute of Cinematography The Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography, officially the S. A. Gerasimov All-Russian University of Cinematography (, meaning ''All-Russian State Institute of Cinematography named after S. A. Gerasimov''), a.k.a. VGIK, is a film school in Moscow, ...

in Moscow. He worked at the "

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" film studio from 1972 onwards. He was the designer and director of many feature films and theater plays, and the artist and director of several animated films. Rafiz Ismayilov was also the designer of several books. Ismayilov died in April 2025, at the age of 86.

Awards

* State Prize of the Azerbaijan SSR – 1978 * Honored Artist of the Azerbaijan SSR – 1 December 1982 *

– 18 December 2000 * Soltan Mahammad Award – 2006 * The Golden Fairy Award – 2015

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ismayilov, Rafiz 1939 births 2025 deaths Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography alumni 20th-century Azerbaijani painters 21st-century Azerbaijani painters