Teymur Hajiyev Explained

Teymur Hajiyev
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Birth Date:28 August 1982
Birth Place:Baku, Azerbaijan SSR
Nationality:Azerbaijani
Alma Mater:West Texas A&M University
Years Active:2013—present
Notable Works:Towards Evening

Teymur Hajiyev is an Azerbaijani film director, producer,[1] voting member of the European Film Academy[2] and Locarno Filmmakers Academy alumnus.[3]

Biography

Hajiyev was born on August 28, 1982, in Baku, Azerbaijan SSR. After graduating from West Texas A&M University in 2006, and before moving into filmmaking, he worked as a marketing director within various commercial entities in Azerbaijan.[4]

Hajiyev produced several short films through his company FIL Production, including Torn (2014) by the Academy Award winner Elmar Imanov (premiered at the Cannes Quinzaine des Realisateurs in 2014).[5] [6] He premiered the first movie that he directed, the short film The Wound, at the Palm Springs ShortsFest in 2013.[7] [8] His second short film, Shanghai, Baku, premiered at the Tampere Film Festival in 2016,[9] [10] and his third, Salt, Pepper to Taste, at the International Film Festival Rotterdam in 2019.[11] [12] The latter movie was included in Kinoscope’s “Top Five Shorts of 2019".[13]

Towards Evening was the first Azeri film included in the Critics' Week section of the Cannes Film Festival, featuring there in 2020.[14] [15] Hajiyev is the only Azerbaijani filmmaker to have participated at Cannes as a director and a producer.[16] [17]

Filmography

As writer/director/producer

As producer

As actor

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Teymur Hajiyev. 2020-07-29. Critics' Week. en.
  2. Web site: Azernews.Az . 2022-05-10 . National filmmakers join European Film Academy [PHOTO] ]. 2022-07-09 . Azernews.Az . en.
  3. Web site: Filmmakers Academy 10 – 17 August 2014. 2020-10-05. www.locarnofestival.ch. 2020-10-10. https://web.archive.org/web/20201010162742/https://www.locarnofestival.ch/en/pardo/Locarno-Young/Locarno-Academy/filmmakers-academy/past-editions/filmmakers-past-edition-2014. dead.
  4. Web site: Теймур Гаджиев: "Суть проекта заключалась в том, чтобы дать молодым азербайджанским режиссерам возможность снять по короткометражке". 2020-09-13. 1news.az. ru.
  5. Web site: Torn. 2020-07-29. Directors' Fortnight. en-US.
  6. Web site: Rothe. E. Nina. 2014-06-06. Discovering Azerbaijan in Cannes: A Talk with the Torn Cast and Crew. 2020-07-29. HuffPost. en.
  7. Web site: 2014-06-17. "Yara" to attend U.S. short film festival. 2020-07-29. AzerNews.az. en.
  8. Web site: 2014-06-21. Azerbaijani film "Yara" to attend U.S. short film festival. 2020-07-29. AZERI AMERICA. en.
  9. Web site: 2016-02-02. Azerbaijani film to join Tampere Film Festival. 2020-07-29. AzerNews.az. en.
  10. Web site: Tampereen elokuvajuhlien ohjelmakirja 2016 / Tampere Film Festival catalogue 2016. 2020-07-29. Issuu. March 2016 . en.
  11. Web site: 2018-12-11. salt, pepper to taste. 2020-07-29. IFFR. en.
  12. Web site: StackPath. 2020-07-29. dailynewsegypt.com. 12 November 2018 .
  13. Web site: 2020-02-17. Top Five Shorts of 2019. 2020-07-29. Kinoscope. en-CA.
  14. Web site: Axşama doğru Towards evening. 2020-07-29. Critics' Week. en.
  15. Web site: Sharf. Zack. 2020-06-03. Cannes Announces 2020 Official Lineup: 'French Dispatch,' 'Ammonite,' New McQueen and Ghibli. 2020-07-29. IndieWire. en.
  16. Web site: Entretien de l'Ambassadeur avec un cinéaste azerbaïdjanais. 2020-07-29. La France en Azerbaïdjan - Ambassade de France à Bakou. fr.
  17. Web site: Azerbaijani film for the first time at Cannes Film Festival "Criticism Week". 2020-07-29. www.turan.az.
  18. Web site: 2020-08-02. "Gukhuroba" to compete in Sarajevo Festival. 2020-09-10. VarYox. en-US.

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