Writing
Yusif Sheykhov
February 2, 1951 · age 75 Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, USSR [now Azerbaijan]
Yusif Mansur oghlu Sheykhov (b. February 2, 1951) — Azerbaijani screenwriter, Honored Cultural Worker of Azerbaijan (2000), sector manager of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the Republic of Azerbaijan. In 2018-2021, he worked as a senior specialist at the State Film Fund. Yusif Sheykhov was born on February 2, 1951 in Baku. He graduated from high school number 23 here. He studied at the Petrochemical Institute for two years (1969-1970), and at the Directing faculty of the Art Institute in 1970-1975. When Yusif Sheykhov was famous at the age of 13, he played the role of a pioneer Eldar in the movie Sehrli khalat. Later, he worked at the "Azerbaijanfilm" film studio, and in 1979-1985,…
