– Academician of the Academy of Cinema  Arts "NIKA" (2002), secretary and board member of the Union of Cinematographers of Russia, Chairman of the Union of Cinematographers of Belarus, Member of the Union of  Journalists of Belarus and Russia.

He is the director of more than 50 films, cinema essays, and five TV dramas.

Rais Ismagilov is the Honored Actor of the Republic of Bashkortostan, Honored Worker of Culture of Russia, and Honored cinematographer of Russia.