Adil Isgandarov

Biography

Adil Rza bey oglu Isgandarov (Azerbaijani: Adil İsgəndərov) was an Azerbaijani theatre and film director, actor, first People's Artist of the USSR from Transcaucasia.

Isgandarov joined amateur pioneers association at 10. When he was 13, he played role as Karam in "Gachag Karam" play. After gaining fame in Ganja, he was brought to Baku. Isgandarov got his first education in director-actor field in Baku Technical School of Theatre. After graduation he got professional experience in Moscow from 1932 to 1936 and graduated from Lunacharsky State Institute for Theatre Arts in 1936. After returning to Baku, he worked at Azerbaijan State Academic National Drama Theatre as director, then chief director from 1936 to 1960. Isgandarov also worked at Azerbaijan State University of Culture and Arts named after Mirzaagha Aliyev from 1937 to 1956. He was elected as depute in 1955 and 1959 for Supreme Soviet of the Azerbaijan SSR. Isgandarov served as director of Azerbaijanfilm named after Jafar Jabbarli from 1966 to 1974.

Movies with Adil Isgandarov

• If Not This, Then That 1958 · ★ 6.4
• On Distant Shores 1958 · ★ 6.0
• The Darvish Detonates Paris 1976 · ★ 5.4
• The Twenty Six Comissars 1966 · ★ 7.2
• The Stab in the Back 1979 · ★ 5.6
• My Love, My Sorrow 1978 · ★ 5.2
• Leyli and Majnun 1961 · ★ 1.0
• Two Boys from the Same District 1957 · ★ 7.7
• In the Name of the Law 1968 · ★ 1.0
• The Last Mountain Pass 1971 · ★ 1.0
• The Labour and Rose 1963 · ★ 9.5
• Romeo, My Neighbour 1964 · ★ 8.5
• The Stars Don't Fade 1971 · ★ 9.0
• The Black Stones 1956
• In the Wind's Eye 1977
• The 1001st Tour 1974

Movies directed by Adil Isgandarov

• Where is Ahmad? 1964 · ★ 6.0