Teymur Hajiyev

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]

Teymur Hajiyev
Born	(1982-08-28) August 28, 1982 (age 40) Baku, Azerbaijan SSR
Nationality	Azerbaijani
Alma mater	West Texas A&M University
Occupations	Director writer producer
Years active	2013—present
Notable work	Towards Evening

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 more than a dozen 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 himself, the short The Wound, at the Palm Springs ShortsFest in 2013.^[7][8] His second short, 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 Semaine de la Critique section of the Cannes Film Festival, featuring there in 2020.^[14][15] Hajiyev is the only Azerbaijani filmmaker to have participated at Cannes both as a director and a producer.^[16][17]

Filmography

As writer/director/producer

• Towards Evening (FIL Production/Mandarin Agency) 2020
• Salt, Pepper to Taste (FIL Production) 2019^[18]
• Shanghai, Baku (FIL Production/LUPA LT) 2016^[19]
• The Wound (FIL Production/CineX) 2014^[20]

As producer

• Gukhuroba (SPLIT Production/FIL Production) 2020^[21]
• Torn (FIL Production/Color of May) 2014^[22]

As actor

• Towards Evening (supporting role — "Man") 2020^[23]

References

1. "Teymur Hajiyev | La Semaine de la Critique of Festival de Cannes". Semaine de la Critique du Festival de Cannes. Retrieved 2020-07-29.
2. Azernews.Az (2022-05-10). "National filmmakers join European Film Academy [PHOTO]". Azernews.Az. Retrieved 2022-07-09.
3. "Filmmakers Academy 10 – 17 August 2014". www.locarnofestival.ch. Retrieved 2020-10-05.
4. "Теймур Гаджиев: "Суть проекта заключалась в том, чтобы дать молодым азербайджанским режиссерам возможность снять по короткометражке"". 1news.az (in Russian). Retrieved 2020-09-13.
5. "Torn". Directors' Fortnight. Retrieved 2020-07-29.
6. Rothe, E. Nina (2014-06-06). "Discovering Azerbaijan in Cannes: A Talk with the Torn Cast and Crew". HuffPost. Retrieved 2020-07-29.
7. ""Yara" to attend U.S. short film festival". AzerNews.az. 2014-06-17. Retrieved 2020-07-29.
8. "Azerbaijani film "Yara" to attend U.S. short film festival". AZERI AMERICA. 2014-06-21. Retrieved 2020-07-29.
9. "Azerbaijani film to join Tampere Film Festival". AzerNews.az. 2016-02-02. Retrieved 2020-07-29.
10. "Tampereen elokuvajuhlien ohjelmakirja 2016 / Tampere Film Festival catalogue 2016". Issuu. Retrieved 2020-07-29.
11. "salt, pepper to taste". IFFR. 2018-12-11. Retrieved 2020-07-29.
12. "StackPath". dailynewsegypt.com. Retrieved 2020-07-29.
13. "Top Five Shorts of 2019". Kinoscope. 2020-02-17. Retrieved 2020-07-29.
14. "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.
15. Sharf, Zack (2020-06-03). "Cannes Announces 2020 Official Lineup: 'French Dispatch,' 'Ammonite,' New McQueen and Ghibli". IndieWire. Retrieved 2020-07-29.
16. "Entretien de l'Ambassadeur avec un cinéaste azerbaïdjanais". La France en Azerbaïdjan - Ambassade de France à Bakou (in French). Retrieved 2020-07-29.
17. "Azerbaijani film for the first time at Cannes Film Festival "Criticism Week"". www.turan.az. Retrieved 2020-07-29.
18. 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
19. 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
20. 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
21. ""Gukhuroba" to compete in Sarajevo Festival". VarYox. 2020-08-02. Retrieved 2020-09-10.
22. 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
23. Hajiyev, Teymur (2020-10-26), Towards Evening (Short, Drama), Teymur Hajiyev, Leyla Madatkhanova, Fil Production, retrieved 2020-09-10

•  Azerbaijan portal
•  Biography portal
•  Film portal

External links

• Teymur Hajiyev at IMDb
• Teymur Hajiyev's channel on YouTube