Mayis Aghabeyov | |
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Born | Mayis Əlişir oğlu Ağabəyov 1 May 1941 |
Died | |
Nationality | Soviet Union Azerbaijan |
Known for | Artist, cinema production designer |
Awards | People's Artist of Azerbaijan (2020) |
Mayis Alishir oghlu Aghabeyov (b.1 May 1941; Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, Soviet Union - d. 17 June 2020; Baku, Azerbaijani Republic) was a Soviet and Azerbaijani artist and cinema production designer, People's Artist of Azerbaijan (2000).[1]
Mayis Alishir oglu Agabayov was born on May 1, 1941, in Baku. In 1961, he graduated from the Azerbaijan State Art School. Since 1965, he has participated in a number of international and republican exhibitions with his film and painting works. In 1969, after graduating from the All-Union State Institute of Cinematography in Moscow, he started working as a production designer at the Azerbaijanfilm film studio. Since 1996, he taught at the Azerbaijan State University of Culture and Arts. He was a professor of the Academic painting department at the Azerbaijan State Academy of Fine Arts. Mayis Aghabeyov died on June 17, 2020, at the age of 79 in Baku.[2]
Aghabeyov was the production designer of such films, among them Nesimi, Babek, and Try not to breathe. He worked in 27 films in total.