Mayis Ağabəyov

Mayis Alishir oghlu Aghabeyov (b.1 May 1941; Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, Soviet Union - d. 17 June 2020; Baku, Azerbaijan) was a Soviet and Azerbaijani artist and cinema production designer, People's Artist of Azerbaijan.

Life Aghabayov was born on May 1, 1941, in Baku. In 1961 he graduated from the Azerbaijan State Art School. In 1969, after graduating from the All-Union State Institute of Cinematography in Moscow, he started working as a production designer at the Azerbaijanfilm film studio. From 1996 he taught at the Azerbaijan State University of Culture and Arts. He was a professor of the Academic painting department at the Azerbaijan State Academy of Fine Arts. Aghabeyov died on June 17, 2020, at the age of 79 in Baku.

Awards Honored Artist of the Republic of Azerbaijan (the first time) - March 4, 1992 Honored Artist of the Republic of Azerbaijan (the second time) - February 3, 1993 People's Artist of Azerbaijan - December 18, 2000