– Chairman of the Confederation of Filmmakers' Union of the CIS and Baltic States, the Secretary of the Union of Cinematographers of the Russian Federation, Chairman of the Jewish Film Festival in Moscow, the chairman of the Union of Cinematographers of Azerbaijan, member of the European Film Academy Felix, a member of the Academy Award "Oscar", the professor.

Rustam Ibragimbekov is the author of more than 30 feature and television films, among them are: "In this young city" (1970), "White Sun of the Desert" (with V. Ezhov, 1971), "And then I said - no ..." (1974), "Heart of my heart ..." (1976), "Country house for one family" (1978), "Strategy of Risk" (1979), "Interrogation" (1979), "The mystery of ship clock" (1981), "Birthday" (1983), "Before the closed door" (1985), "Keep me, my talisman" (1986), "Free Fall", "Another Life", "Filer" (all - 1987), "Temple of air "(1989)," Hitchhiking "," Taxi Blues "(producer, 1989)," Seven days after the murder, "" See Paris and Die "(1990)," Duban-Duban "(producer, 1990)," Urga . Territory of Love "(producer, 1992)," Destroyed bridges "(Azerbaijan-USA, writer, produсer1993)," Burnt by the Sun "(writer, together with N. Mikhalkov, 1994)," “A man who tried”.(director, co-authored with O. Safaraliyeva, writer, producer, 1997), "The  Siberian Barber" (writer, together with N. Mikhalkov), "Family" (writer, director, producer, 1998), "East-West" ( writer, together with S. Bodrov, 1999), "Mysteries" (script writer, together with M. Kalatozashvili, 2000).

In 1998 he received the Grand Prix of the first interstate Teleforum "Commonwealth" for the film "The man who tried”. In 1999 he was awarded the “Order of Merit” of the III degree. In 2000 he was awarded one of France's highest honors - the Commander of the Order of literature and art.

Rustam Mamed Ibrahimovic Ibragimbekov  is the Honored Artist of Russia and Azerbaijan, the People's Writer of Azerbaijan, USSR State Prize (1981), Russian State Prize winner (1993, 1998, 1999, 2000), State Prize of Azerbaijan SSR winner  (1980), Laureate of the Lenin Young Communist League prize (1979).