Hasan Seyidbeyli (Azerbaijani: Həsən Mehdi oğlu Seyidbəyli) was a Soviet and Azerbaijani writer, dramatist, screenwriter, film director, and People's Artist of the Azerbaijan SSR (23.12.1976).[1][2]

Hasan Seyidbeyli
Plaque on building where Azerbaijani film director and writer Hasan Seyidbeyli lived in Baku
Plaque on building where Azerbaijani film director and writer Hasan Seyidbeyli lived in Baku
Born(1920-12-22)22 December 1920
Baku, Azerbaijan SSR
Died25 June 1980(1980-06-25) (aged 59)
Baku, Azerbaijan SSR
Occupationfilm director, screenwriter and cinematographer
CitizenshipSoviet

Biography

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Hasan Seyidbeyli was born on December 22, 1920, in Baku, the Azerbaijan SSR. In 1938-1939, he studied at Leningrad Institute of Film Directors. In 1942, his literary activity began. In 1943, he continued his education at the director faculty of the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography (with S.Eisenstein and G.Kozintsev).[3]

Hasan Seyidbeyli is the author of such screenplays as To my dear nation (1954), Under the sultry sky (1957), On distant shores (1958), Soviet Azerbaijan, and Perfection.

He is the author of screenplays and director of films such as Telephonist girl (1962), Why are you silent? (1962), Find the girl (1970), and Value of happiness (1976).

Hasan Seyidbeyli is the director of “Nesimi”, which was awarded the first-place prize at the VII All-Union Festival in Baku.

From 1963 to 1980, he was the chairman of Azerbaijan Union of Filmmakers. Hasan Seyidbeyli died on June 25, 1980, in Baku.

Filmography

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Year Film Director
1947 From Baku to Goy Gol  
1949 Large way  
1949 In summer cottages of Quba and Tartarchay valley  
1954 To my dear nation  
1957 Under the sultry sky  
1958 On distant shores  
1960 Dishonestly earned money  
1960 A road incident  
1962 Telephonist girl  
1963 Island of miracles  
1964 Force of gravity  
1966 Gipsy girl  
1966 Why are you silent?  
1969 Our teacher Jebish  
1970 Find the girl  
1972 Soviet Azerbaijan  
1973 Nesimi  
1974 Pages of life  
1976 The clouds are our umbrella  
1976 Concerns for happiness  
1979 Toral and Zeri  
1979 Perfection  
1980 Goodbye, my friend  
1980 His unlucky love
2002 Hasan Seyidbeyli-the filmmaker
2009 Cinema, living in colors[4]

Memory

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A street in Baku is named after Hasan Seyidbeyli.

References

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  1. ^ "Сеидбейли Гасан Мехти-оглы". КИНО-ТЕАТР.ru.
  2. ^ Respublika kino sənəti işçilərinə Azərbaycan SSR fəxri adlarının verilməsi haqqında Azərbaycan SSR Ali Soveti Rəyasət Heyətinin 23 dekabr 1976-cı il tarixli Fərmanıanl.az
  3. ^ "Вечер, посвященный 90-летнему юбилею кинорежиссера и народного артиста Азербайджана Гасана Сеидбейли". Музейный Центр Министерства Культуры и Туризма Азербайджанской Pеспублики.
  4. ^ "Həsən Seyidbəyli". Adam.az.
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