Ramiz Hasanoghlu

Ramiz Hasanoghlu was born in 1946 in Yerevan. His mother was Honoured Artist Ataya Aliyeva, renowned for her unique performing talent in Azerbaijani national theatre, and his father was Honoured Cultural Worker Hasanagha Mirzayev. In 1948, after renewed aggression by Armenians, the company of the Yerevan Theatre relocated to neighbouring Azerbaijan. At the age of two, R. Hasanoghlu moved with his parents to the city of Ganja. In 1956 they came to Baku. Ramiz finished secondary school in 1965 and was admitted to the correspondence department of the cultural-educational faculty of the Azerbaijan State Theatre Institute. From 1966 he began working as an assistant director at the Azerbaijan State Committee for Television and Radio Broadcasting. He learned the secrets of the craft from such distinguished artists as Aghaali Dadashov, Rauf Kazimovski and Arif Babayev.