Maharram Zakir oghlu Hashimov (, February 2, 1912 — May 2, 1969) was an Azerbaijani theatre director, screenwriter, actor, film director, People's Artiste of the Azerbaijan SSR (1954), laureate of the Stalin Prize (1951).
Biography
Maharram Hashimov was born on February 2, 1912, in Baku. He graduated from the Lunacharsky State Institute for Theatre Arts in 1936.
Until 1944, he worked as a director and chief director at the Azerbaijan State Theatre of Young Spectators. From 1948 to 1951, he worked as the chief director and director of the Azerbaijan State Academic Russian Drama Theatre. Maharram Hashimov worked at the Azerbaijan State Academic Opera and Ballet Theater in 1951–1956. From 1956 to 1960, he was again sent to the Russian Drama Theatre and acted as the chief director. Maharram Hashimov had been engaged in pedagogical activities at the Azerbaijan State Theater Institute for many years.
Maharram Hashimov died in 1969 at the age of 57.