Jahangir Mehdiyev

Jahangir Mehdiyev (Jahangir Mehdi) was born in Baku.

He studied at music school No. 12, the Drama Theater and Television Directing Department of the Azerbaijan State Institute of Arts (1968-1973, Mehdi Mammadov's class), and the Directing Department of the All-Union State Institute of Cinematography (1974-1979, Georgy Danelia's workshop).

As his diploma work, he directed the play "Love, Love" at the Azerbaijan National Academic Drama Theater and the television play "Humorous Novellas" at the Literary Drama and Art Department of the Azerbaijan State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company (1973).

His short feature film "Diplom Ishi" was shown at film festivals in Karlovy Vary, Czechoslovakia, Oberhausen, Mannheim, Germany, and Bilbao, Spain, and was awarded prizes. At the 11th International Film Festival held at the Mosfilm film studio, "Wow!" He received the award for "Best Directorial Work" for the film, and "Best Comedy Work" at the Minsk Film Festival (1980). He was the production director of the artistic and mass square performance dedicated to the 60th anniversary of the Azerbaijan SSR held on Lenin Square in Baku (1980).

He worked as a director, production director, screenwriter and actor at the "Azerbaijanfilm" film studio (1979-1990). He was the executive director of the Culture Foundation of the Republic of Azerbaijan (1990-1995), vice-president of the Bowling Federation (1998-2007), director and artistic director of the "Mozalan" studio (1998-2007).

He worked for a while at Lider TV, where he was the director, host and author of the television sports and physical education series "Healthy Soul in a Healthy Body" (2001-2005). He worked as a director of the highest category at the Azerbaijan Television and Radio Broadcasting CJSC (Azerbaijantelefilm Creative Union) (2007-2016).

Since 2011, he has worked as a head of the film crew at the National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Azerbaijan.

He has starred in the films of foreign film producers “Freedom is a Sweet Word” (1972, director Vytautas Zhalakiavichyus / Russia, Lithuania) and “Afonya” (1975, director Georgi Danelia / Russia).

Honored Artist (2000), Honored Coach (1998). Director Jahangir Mehdiyev is the father of director Elnur Mehdiyev.