A Russian-Azerbaijani writer, producer and director, born on January 5, 1939, in Baku, Azerbaijan. He married Shohrat Ibrahimbeyova then married actress Ludmila Dukhovnaya. He is known for A Trap for the Ghost, (2011), The Saint (1997), and Close to Eden (1991). He passed away on March 11, 2022, in Moscow, Russia.