Adil Isgandarov

Adil Rza bey oglu Isgandarov (Adil İsgəndərov; 5 May 1910 – 18 September 1978) was a Soviet and Azerbaijani director, stage and film actor and pedagogue. He was awarded the People's Artiste of the Azerbaijan SSR (1959).

Biography
Isgandarov joined amateur pioneers association at 10. When he was 13, he played a 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 the depute in 1955 and 1959 for Supreme Soviet of the Azerbaijan SSR. Isgandarov served as the director of Azerbaijanfilm named after Jafar Jabbarly from 1966 to 1974.

Awards

 * Honored Art Worker of the Azerbaijan SSR (1938)
 * Order of the Badge of Honour (1938)
 * People's Artiste of the Azerbaijan SSR (1943)
 * Order of the Red Banner of Labour (1946)
 * Stalin Prize (1948)
 * Order of Lenin (1949)
 * People's Artist of the USSR (1959)
 * Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"