Ceyhun Mirzäyev
Actor
Biography
Jeyhun Jamil oglu Mirzayev (Azerbaijani: Ceyhun Mirzəyev) was an Azerbaijani actor and film director. Mirzayev was born in the Gulabli village, in Aghdam, Azerbaijan, to Jamil Mirzayev and his second wife Margarita. He had a half-sister from his mother's previous marriage to Yusif Mammadaliyev's brother Ibrahim. Mirzayev's father died when he was three years old. Noted for his good performance skills, he became a child actor in 1955 when he acted in the film The Meeting. Three years later, at age 12, Mirzayev played the leading role of young Ismayil in the film Stepmother. He later graduated from Azerbaijan State University of Culture and Arts majoring in film directing. He was most notable for starring and directing an Azerbaijani war film The Squall in 1993. Mirzayev was expected to be on movie's opening but he died from sudden heart attack.
As Director
Filmography
The Road Story
as Ibadulla 1981
Stepmother
as Ismail 1958
The Humble Cemetery
1989
The Joke
as Mammadov 1990
The Meeting
as Shikhali's Son 1955
The Tempestuous Kura
as Osman 1969
In the Name of the Law
as Absalam 1968
Saddle these Horses
as Merchant 1984
The Inquiry is Going On
1966
The Winds Blow in Baku
as soviet soldier 1974
Real Friend
as Farman (Childhood) 1959
Koroghlu
as Jeyhun 1960
Black Gull
as Manolo 1962
Matteo Falcone
as Fortunato 1960
The Invincible Battalion
as Teymur 1965
The Scream
as Ismayil 1993