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 |
Teymur Hajiyev ( Azerbaijani: Teymur Hacıyev) is an Azerbaijani film director, producer, [1] voting member of the European Film Academy [2] and Locarno Filmmakers Academy alumnus. [3]
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]
Teymur Hajiyev | |
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Born | |
Nationality | Azerbaijani |
Alma mater | West Texas A&M University |
Occupations |
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Years active | 2013—present |
Notable work | Towards Evening |
Teymur Hajiyev ( Azerbaijani: Teymur Hacıyev) is an Azerbaijani film director, producer, [1] voting member of the European Film Academy [2] and Locarno Filmmakers Academy alumnus. [3]
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]