Rustam Ibragimbekov - Honours and Awards

Honours and Awards

This article incorporates information from the equivalent article on the Russian Wikipedia.

• Honoured Artist of Azerbaijan SSR (1976)
• Lenin Komsomol Prize (1979) - for the screenplays of "White Sun of the Desert" (1969), "A Tale Chekist" (1969) and plays "Home on the Sand" (1976), "Interrogation, or Moment of Truth" (1978)
• State Prize of Azerbaijan SSR (1980) - a script for the film "Birthday" (1978)
• USSR State Prize (1981) - for the screenplay "Interrogation" (1979)
• State Prize of the Russian Federation (1993) - a script for the film "Urga" (1991); for the screenplay of the film "Burnt by the Sun" (1994); for the screenplay of the film "White Sun pusyni" (1969); for the screenplay of the film "The Barber of Siberia" (1998)
• Academy Award ("Oscar") for Best Foreign Language Film, "Burnt by the Sun" (1994, American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences)
• Honoured Artist of Russia (December 28, 1995)
• Grand Prix of the MTF of the Commonwealth of Independent States countries (1998)
• Order of Merit for the Fatherland, 3rd class (9 February 1999) - for outstanding contribution to the development of national cinematography
• Prize for best feature film of the Interregional Festival "Eurasia Kaleidoscope" (2000)
• Diploma of the Moscow City Duma (2009)
• Honorary member of the Arts