The famous Oscar-winning filmmaker of Azerbaijani and Soviet cinema, Rustam Ibragimbekov, was honoured at the 48th International Golden Orange Film Festival held in the Turkish province of Antalya,
RIA Novosti reports.
According to the Turkish news agency Hurriyet Daily News, Ibragimbekov was presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award during a special ceremony during the festival.
Born in Baku, Ibragimbekov, a screenwriter, dramatist and producer, is the one and only filmmaker from the Turkish-speaking world to win an Oscar, picking up the award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1994 for the film “Burnt by the Sun,” which he directed with Nikita Mikhalkov. He also received the Grand Prize from the Jury at the 47th Cannes International Film Festival for the film “The Barber of Siberia”, which was the most expensive European production in 1997.
In addition to being a screenwriter, Ibragimbekov is a well-known writer. Several of his collected works were published in Russia, Azerbaijan and abroad. He has also written over 10 theatre plays that have been staged in numerous theatres. The multi-talented filmmaker is also credited for directing several full feature films.
Ibragimbekov is currently the chairman of the Confederation of Filmmakers’ Unions, or CFU, which represents filmmakers from all of the former Soviet republics, the secretary of the Russian Filmmakers’ Union and a member of the European Film Academy and Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
