Biography

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.