Ruslan Sabirly
Ruslan Sabirly (born September 16, 1979), also known as Ruslan Sabirli, is the first Azerbaijani mentalist and an actor, producer, film director, songwriter, founder and director of Booktrailer Festival. He is the first to introduce the terms and concepts - “Book Trailer” and “Mentalism” in Azerbaijan. He is the first celebrity in Azerbaijan, who have got Facebook and Odnoklassniki profiles verified. Biography. Ruslan Sabirly was born on September 16, 1979 in Sumgait city. He studied in general education schools No.13 (grades 1-5), No.36 (grades 6-7) and No.41 (grades 8-11). At school, Ruslan performed in various events  as a musician and mentalist. After school, he entered Sumgayit State University and during his education performed as a musician-arranger, mentalist and event hoster on the university stage and in various city events. After graduating with Bachelor's and master's degrees, he got a PhD and defended his thesis on “Multicontrolling Neural Networks”. Later, he studied Project Management in Ukraine and became International Certified Project Manager of Level C (IPMA Level C 0100428) by International Project Management Association. In 2009, he was a co-founder of the Azerbaijan office of the International Organization for the Exchange of Schoolchildren  (Pupil) - Youth For Understanding - YFU. Career. He began his career by playing in TV commercials. His first role was in TV series “Mother-in-law”. In 2013-2014, he established a news site dedicated to cinema - www.cinemanews.az In 2013-2014, he established the CNC (Cinematographic National Center) Film School. In 2014, he left for Germany to study acting and producing films Since 2016, he has been a member of the jury of the Booktrailer Festival, which is held annually with the support of the Ministry of Culture of the Azerbaijan Republic. Music. Ruslan Sabirly began studying music when he was  10 years old. He has a secondary music education, graduated from the classes of the national musical instrument tar. Parallel to this, he studied piano and performed on the school stage as a keyboard-musician. He wrote his first musical composition - “Forgive me, if I leave” at the age of 17.