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Rauf Khalilov Azad oglu (born October 6, 1981 Baku, Azerbaijan) is a film director, composer, designer and producer. He is a member of the Directors Guild of Azerbaijan.
In 1998 Rauf Khalilov graduated from the Azerbaijan State Academy of Fine Arts named after A. N. Alekperov , majoring in Music and Art. Since an early age, Rauf was also interested in mechanical engineering and astronomy which had a huge impact on his further work.
In 2002 Rauf Khalilov graduated from the Azerbaijan State Academy of Fine Arts with a bachelor's degree in Graphics.
Rauf is married and has one child. His father Azad Khalilov is a well-known painter of Azerbaijan.
Genres of Movies: drama, thriller.
Having made his first short film "One Minute and Four Seconds" in 2003 Rauf Khalilov began his career as a film director. He continued his career by making few other short films. Among them: "The Chairs" and "Stability". He directed his first feature movie “Ideal World” in Los Angeles in 2008. As a composer of electronic music in 2009 he released his first album "Monopolar World", followed by other well-known singles such as "Venus", "Good Morning Apollo" and "Out of Milky Way".
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