Valery Akhadov

Valery Bakievich Akhadov (; born August 9, 1945, Samarkand) is a Soviet and Russian theatre and film director. He was named an in 2002.

He is a longtime director of the Tajikfilm studio, where he shot most of his films. In 1989, his film Ruf starred Annie Girardot.

Since 2004, he has been an associate professor at the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography.

On November 16, 2008, he was elected to the first iteration of the federal political council of the newly created political party Right Cause.

Selected filmography (TV, 1971) (TV, 1976) (TV, 1977) (TV, 1980) (TV, 1980) with Saido Kurbanov Ruth (1989) (1993) with Zulfiya Mirshakar (1999) Greenhouse Effect (2005) (2006) with Gennady Karyuk