Rustam Ibragimbekov
Writing
Born 1939-02-05
Died 2022-03-11
Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, USSR [now Azerbaijan]
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Rustam Mammad Ibrahim oglu Ibragimbekov (Azerbaijani: Rüstəm İbrahimbəyov; Russian: Рустам Ибрагимбеков; born 5 February 1939) is a Soviet, Azerbaijani screenwriter, dramatist and producer, well known beyond his home Azerbaijan and the former Soviet Union. He is the chair of the Cinematographers' Union of Azerbaijan and director of the Ibrus Theatre.
Rustam Ibrahimbeyov was born in Baku, Azerbaijan SSR. His father was a professor of art history who hailed from Shamakhi. Ibrahimbeyov is the younger brother of Magsud Ibrahimbeyov, an Azerbaijani writer and politician. Rustam Ibrahimbeyov graduated from Azerbaijan Oil and Chemistry Institute, then studied script writing and film directing at the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography in Moscow. His writing credits include more than 40 film and television scripts, numerous plays and pieces of prose, and nearly all of his scripts were eventually made into full feature or TV films. Since the 1970s, he has collaborated with Nikita Mikhalkov. Urga, Territory of Love, directed by Mikhalkov and released in North America as Close to Eden, won the Golden Lion Award in the Venice Film Festival, as well as the Felix Award in Berlin as Best European Film. Close to Eden was nominated for American Film Academy Award (Oscar) in 1995 as Best Foreign Language Film. Burnt by the Sun (directed by Nikita Mikhalkov) received an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1994 and Grand Prize of the Jury at 47th Cannes International Film Festival.
Ibrahimbeyov is a well-known writer. Several collected works were published in Russia, Azerbaijan and abroad. He also wrote over ten theatre plays that were staged in numerous theatres. Rustam Ibrahimbeyov is also credited with several full feature films which he directed. In 2001, Ibrahimbeyov founded Ibrus, a cultural centre in Baku functioning as a theatre where plays are acted in both Azeri and Russian. Ibragimbekov is currently the Chairman of the Confederation of Filmmakers' Unions (CFU), which represents filmmakers from all of the former Soviet republics, Secretary of the Russian Filmmakers' Union, and member of European Film Academy and Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. He splits his time between Baku, Moscow, and Los Angeles.
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Writing
53 credits
Nomad: The Warrior
The Family
Etimad telefonu
Interrogation
The Barber of Siberia
Burnt by the Sun
The White Sun of the Desert
The Wizard
East/West
The Birthday Party
Close to Eden
Savage
I Planned to Escape
Mysteries
Broken Bridges
Horses Under the Moon
Seven Days After the Murder
Seven Beauties
One Fine Day
Birds of Paradise
Broken Bridges
Mystery of the Ship Clock
Slap in the Face That Wasn't
One Evening...
Business Trip
And Then I Said No
Both a Visit and a Business
Oh, Heart... Heart
A Trap for the Ghost
I Planned to Escape
Грозное время
If I Die, Forgive Me
In a Southern Town
In Front of a Closed Door
One Thousand and One Nights
Park
Song lesson
Good Bye, Southern City
The Night Is Bright
Guard Me, My Talisman
The Heart of the Bear
Pages of Life
With Shared Love
Structure of the Moment
The Spy
Auto Stop
Free Fall
Risk Strategy
A Quiet Day at the End of the War
A Tale of a Chekist
Anna
She Likes Me
Another Life
Producing
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Nomad: The Warrior
To See Paris and Die
Broken Bridges
Alexander: The Neva Battle
A Trap for the Ghost
Good Bye, Southern City
3 Girls
Dyuba-Dyuba
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Directing
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