Mukhtar Dadashov Explained

Mukhtar Dadashov
Birth Date:	11 September 1913
Birth Place:	Baku, Russian Empire
Death Place:	Baku, Azerbaijan
Nationality:	Azerbaijani
Occupation:	Film director, screenwriter, theater and film actor

Mukhtar Baba oglu Dadashev (Azerbaijani: Muxtar Baba oğlu Dadaşov; b. September 11, 1913; Baku, Russian Empire - d. May 7, 1998; Azerbaijan) was a Soviet and Azerbaijani theater and film actor, film director, screenwriter and cameraman. He was a Honored Artist of the Azerbaijan SSR (1960), People's Artist of the Azerbaijan SSR (1976), laureate of the State Prize of the Azerbaijan SSR (1980) and member of the CPSU since 1942.

Life

Mukhtar Dadashov was born on September 11, 1913, in Baku. He appeared on the stage of the Azerbaijan State Academic National Drama Theatre for the first time in 1924, and four years later he played the role of Gunduzu in the first performance of Jafar Jabbarli's play "Sevil". In 1929, he started working as a director's assistant at the Azerbaijan State Theatre of Young Spectators. In 1933, he studied basic cameramanship in Moscow. In 1943, he was recruited by the Soviet Union to film the crimes of the Nazis. The videos he took at this time were shown as evidence during the Nuremberg trials.^[1]

Filmography

List:^{[2] [3]} Movie roles

• 1934 - Living god (Abdurrahim)
• 1969 - In a southern city (Hasan)

Director

• 1968 - For the sake of the law
• 1974 - Winds are blowing in Baku

Screenwriter

• • 1945 - The Cloth Peddler 1968 - For the sake of the law
• 1974 - Winds are blowing in Baku

Operator

• 1940 - New Horizon
• 1943 - Submarine T-9
  • 1945 - The Cloth Peddler 1947 - Beyond Araz
• 1955 - Bakhtiar

Awards

List:^{[4] [5] [6]}

• Order of the Badge of Honour (1946)
• Special prize at the international film festival held in Cannes for the documentary film "Soviet Azerbaijan" (1951)
• Honored Artist of the Azerbaijan SSR (1960)
• People's Artist of the Azerbaijan SSR (1976)
• State Prize of the Azerbaijan SSR (1980)
• Honorary diploma of the Republic of Azerbaijan (1993)
• Shohrat Order (1998)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Xatırlama . https://web.archive.org/web/20220705153430/http://www.anl.az/down/meqale/xalqqazeti/xalqqazeti_sentyabr2009/89638.htm . 5 July 2022 . M. Mükərrəmoğlu . 2009 . Xalq qəzeti . 24 June 2023 .
2. Web site: Görkəmli kinooperator və kinorejissor Muxtar Dadaşovun 100 illik yubileyi qeyd edilmişdir . https://web.archive.org/web/20210227103411/https://azertag.az/xeber/Gorkemli_kinooperator_ve_kinorejissor_Muxtar_Dadasovun_100_illik_yubileyi_qeyd_edilmisdir-218659 . 27 February 2021 . 2013 . . 24 June 2023 .
3. Азербайджанской ССР кинематография. Кино: Энциклопедический словарь / Гл. ред. С. И. Юткевич; Редкол.: Ю. С. Афанасьев, В. Е. Баскаков, И. В. Вайсфельд и др. — Москва: Советская энциклопедия, 1987. p. 13.
4. Web site: M. B. Dadaşovun Azərbaycan Respublikasının Fəxri fərmanı ilə təltif edilməsi haqqında . https://web.archive.org/web/20221019103029/https://e-qanun.az/framework/8355 . 19 October 2022 . 7 November 2019 . e-qanun.az . 24 June 2023 .
5. Web site: Muxtar Dadaşov . https://web.archive.org/web/20210226064001/http://medeniyyet.az/page/news/4403/Muxtar-Dadasov.html . 26 February 2021 . 17 February 2018 . . 24 June 2023 .
6. Web site: Каннский кинофестиваль (Festival international du film de Cannes) . https://web.archive.org/web/20140819130613/http://www.old.russiancinema.ru/template.php?dept_id=3&e_dept_id=4&e_prize_id=17 . 19 August 2014 . 19 August 2014 . www.old.russiancinema.ru . 24 June 2023 .