Baku, USSR [now Azerbaijan] | 1938-09-12

Tofik Rzakulievich Shahverdiyev (Russian: То́фик Рзакули́евич Шахве́рдиев; born September 12, 1938; Baku) is a Soviet and Russian film director, screenwriter and photographer. He was named Artist of the Russian Federation in 2005, and People's Artist of Azerbaijan in 2018.