Mikayil Mikayilov

Mikayil Mikayilov was born in Baku on 30 December 1903, the son of Yusif. A critic at the newspaper Kommunist in 1924, he moved into cinema the following year, and he is regarded as one of the first directors in his country. An assistant, screenwriter and sometimes actor, he made some thirty films, mostly documentaries, including short films on eye protection, trachoma and blood transfusion, and a few fiction films up to 1957. Named Merited Artist in 1941 and honoured again in 1959, he died in his native city on 24 June 1986.

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• CinemaLatifLətifMikayil Mikayilov · 1930Cinema