Rasim Ojagov

Rasim Ojagov
Plaque on building where Azerbaijani film director and director of photography Rasim Ojagov lived in Baku
Born	(1933-11-22)22 November 1933 Shaki, Azerbaijani SSR, USSR
Died	11 July 2006(2006-07-11) (aged 72) Baku, Azerbaijan
Occupation	film director, screenwriter and cinematographer
Citizenship	Soviet

Rasim Ojagov (Azerbaijani: Rasim Ocaqov; 22 November 1933 – 11 July 2006) was a Soviet-Azerbaijani film director and camera operator, Honoured Art Worker of Chechen-Ingush ASSR (1964), People's Artist of the Azerbaijan SSR (1982), laureate of the State Prize of the Azerbaijan SSR.

Biography

Rasim Ojagov was born on 22 November 1933 in Shaki, Azerbaijan. In his youth he dreamed of becoming a geologist. But, an appearance of a shooting group of “Azerbaijanfilm” film studio in his city made him to revise his choice of profession. After graduating from a local school in Sheki in 1951, he attended a film Institute in Moscow despite his parents' disapproval. In 1951-1956's, he studied at the camera operator faculty of VGIK.

In 1965, he studied at the director faculty of Azerbaijan Theatrical Institute named after I.Aliyev. In 1956, he worked as a camera operator-director at “Azerbaijanfilm” and in 1973, as a director. In 1964, he was conferred Honoured Art Worker of Chechen-Ingush ASSR. In 1950's, a new generation of directors, including Mukhtar Dadashov, Teyyub Akhundov, Alisattar Atakishiyev appeared. In these years Rasim Ojagov began his career. “Her great heart” film was the first film Ojagov. He was considered a professional in describing of psychological scenes. This film is about life of Sumgayit metallurgists. Mental sufferings of the workers are described in this film.

Filmography

Rasim Ojagov shot about 11 multireel films.

Year	Film	Director	Camera operator
1958	Her great heart		N
1961	Our street	N
1966	Why are you silent?	N
1969	In one southern city		N
1971	The main interview	N
1973	The first day of life	N
1974	Avenger from Ganjabasar	N
1977	Birthday	N
1979	Interrogation	N
1981	Behind the closed door	N
1983	Park	N
1987	The other life	N
1989	Temple of air	N
1990	7 days after murder	N
1993	Tahmina	N
1995	Both journey and trade	N
1998	A hotel room	N

Awards

• Laureate of the State Prize of the Azerbaijan SSR (1979, for the film “Birthday”);

• Laureate of the USSR State Prize (1981, for the film “Interrogation”;
• People's Artist of Azerbaijan.