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[[File:Latif Safarov.jpg|thumb|right|Latif Safarov]]
'''Latif Bashir oglu Safarov''' ({{langx|az| Lətif Səfərov}}) (30 September 1920, [[Shusha]] – 9 December 1963, [[Baku]]) was an [[Azerbaijan]]i actor and movie director.

Safarov began his career in acting at a very young age. He starred in a number of children's movies released in 1927–1931 (''Sevil'', ''Latif'', etc.). In 1939, he graduated from the [[Ganja School of Pedagogy]]. For the next two years was continued acting along as serving as an assistant director at the Baku Movie Studio (renamed to ''[[Azerbaijanfilm]]'' in 1960). In 1950, he graduated from the [[Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography]], receiving B.A. in [[Film director|Film Directing]].<ref>{{in lang|ru}} [http://mediateka.km.ru/cinema_2001/Encyclop.asp?Topic=topic_segida_p33578 Safarov, Latif Bashir oglu]{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, an entry from the ''Film Encyclopædia''</ref>

The 1955 film ''[[Bakhtiar (film)|Bakhtiyar]]'' (starring [[Rashid Behbudov]]) directed by Safarov was his most significant project. It was followed by two other well-known films, ''Under the sultry sky'' (1957) and ''Leyli and Majnun'' (1962).<ref>{{in lang|az}} [http://azdgcinema.aznet.org/azdgcinema/authors/a_latif_safar.html Azerbaijan Film Directors Guild: Latif Safarov]</ref> In 1958, Safarov was elected head of the [[Azerbaijani Union of Cinematographers]]. He was granted the emeritus title of the [[Honorary Art Worker]] of Azerbaijan in 1960. In 1955, he married singer [[Shovkat Alakbarova]]. Together they had two children.

In 1963, Safarov committed suicide by shooting himself with a hunting rifle. At that time, he was working on his film project ''The Island of Miracles''.

==References==
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==External links==
* {{IMDb name|0755805}}

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[[Category:Azerbaijani male film actors]]
[[Category:Azerbaijani film directors]]
[[Category:Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography alumni]]
[[Category:Actors from Shusha]]
[[Category:Soviet male film actors]]
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