Teymur Hajiyev
Teymur Hajiyev (Azerbaijani: Teymur Hacıyev) is an Azerbaijani film director, producer[1] and Locarno Filmmakers Academy alumnus.[2]
Teymur Hajiyev | |
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Nationality | Azerbaijani |
Alma mater | West Texas A&M University |
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Years active | 2013—present |
Notable work | Towards Evening |
Biography
He 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, Teymur worked as Marketing Director within various commercial entities in Azerbaijan.[3]
Producing more than a dozen shorts films thorough his company FIL Production, including Torn (2014) by Academy Award winner Elmar Imanov (premiered at Cannes, Quinzaine des Realisateurs, 2014),[4][5] Teymur premiered his directing debut short, The Wound, at the Palm Springs ShortsFest in 2013.[6][7] His second short Shanghai, Baku premiered at Tampere Film Festival, 2016[8][9] and his third short, salt, pepper to taste premiered at International Film Festival Rotterdam, 2019[10][11] and was included in Kinoscope’s “Top Five Shorts of 2019".[12]
The inclusion of Towards Evening in the Semaine de la Critique section (first Azeri film in history of Critic's Week programming)[13][14] at Cannes Film Festival 2020 makes Teymur the only Azerbaijani-filmmaker to have been at Cannes both as a director and a producer.[15][16]
Filmography
As writer/director/producer
As producer
As actor
- Towards Evening (supporting role — "Man") 2020[22]
References
- "Teymur Hajiyev | La Semaine de la Critique of Festival de Cannes". Semaine de la Critique du Festival de Cannes. Retrieved 2020-07-29.
- "Filmmakers Academy 10 – 17 August 2014". www.locarnofestival.ch. Retrieved 2020-10-05.
- "Теймур Гаджиев: "Суть проекта заключалась в том, чтобы дать молодым азербайджанским режиссерам возможность снять по короткометражке"". 1news.az (in Russian). Retrieved 2020-09-13.
- "Torn". Directors' Fortnight. Retrieved 2020-07-29.
- Rothe, E. Nina (2014-06-06). "Discovering Azerbaijan in Cannes: A Talk with the Torn Cast and Crew". HuffPost. Retrieved 2020-07-29.
- ""Yara" to attend U.S. short film festival". AzerNews.az. 2014-06-17. Retrieved 2020-07-29.
- "Azerbaijani film "Yara" to attend U.S. short film festival". AZERI AMERICA. 2014-06-21. Retrieved 2020-07-29.
- "Azerbaijani film to join Tampere Film Festival". AzerNews.az. 2016-02-02. Retrieved 2020-07-29.
- "Tampereen elokuvajuhlien ohjelmakirja 2016 / Tampere Film Festival catalogue 2016". Issuu. Retrieved 2020-07-29.
- "salt, pepper to taste". IFFR. 2018-12-11. Retrieved 2020-07-29.
- "StackPath". dailynewsegypt.com. Retrieved 2020-07-29.
- "Top Five Shorts of 2019". Kinoscope. 2020-02-17. Retrieved 2020-07-29.
- "Axşama doğru Towards evening | La Semaine de la Critique of Festival de Cannes". Semaine de la Critique du Festival de Cannes. Retrieved 2020-07-29.
- Sharf, Zack (2020-06-03). "Cannes Announces 2020 Official Lineup: 'French Dispatch,' 'Ammonite,' New McQueen and Ghibli". IndieWire. Retrieved 2020-07-29.
- "Entretien de l'Ambassadeur avec un cinéaste azerbaïdjanais". La France en Azerbaïdjan - Ambassade de France à Bakou (in French). Retrieved 2020-07-29.
- "Azerbaijani film for the first time at Cannes Film Festival "Criticism Week"". www.turan.az. Retrieved 2020-07-29.
- Hajiyev, Teymur (2019-01-25), Salt, Pepper to Taste (Short, Drama), Turan Abbasov, Ziya Agha, Leyla Madatkhanova, Zulfiyya Nazar Mammadova, Fil Production, retrieved 2020-09-10
- Hajiyev, Teymur (2016-03-11), Shanghai, Baku (Short, Drama), Roza Ibadova, Rasim Jafarov, Mir-Movsum Mirzazade, Gurban Ismailov, Fil Production, LUPA LT, retrieved 2020-09-10
- Hajiyev, Teymur (2014-06-21), YARA: The Wound (Short, Drama), Elmar Imanov, Shamil Suleymanli, Rasim Jafarov, Fil Production, Cinex Azerbaijan Film & Digital, retrieved 2020-09-10
- ""Gukhuroba" to compete in Sarajevo Festival". VarYox. 2020-08-02. Retrieved 2020-09-10.
- Imanov, Elmar; Kundag, Engin (2014-05-22), Torn (Short, Drama), Rasim Jafarov, Mir-Movsum Mirzazade, Zulfiyye Qurbanova, Color of May, Fil Production, retrieved 2020-09-10
- Hajiyev, Teymur (2020-10-26), Towards Evening (Short, Drama), Teymur Hajiyev, Leyla Madatkhanova, Fil Production, retrieved 2020-09-10