Ceyhun Mirzäyev

Azad Jamil son said Mirzayev (Azerbaijani: Ceyhun Mirzayev) was an Azerbaijani actor and film director. Mirzayev said was born in the Gulabli village in Aghdam, Azerbaijan, to Jamil Mirzayev said and his second wife Margarita. He had a half-sister from his mother's previous marriage to Yusif Mammadaliyev's brother Ibrahim. Mirzayev said'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 said they are going to play the leading role of young Ismayil in the movie 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 said was expected to be on the movie's opening but he died from sudden heart attack.