Hilal Baydarov

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1987-01-01 (38 years old)

Place of Birth

Baku, Azeri SSR, USSR (now Azerbaijan)

Hilal Baydarov

Biography

Hilal Baydarov (Azerbaijani: Hiləl Baydarov; Russian: Хилал Байдаров; born 1987; Baku) is an Azerbaijan filmmaker, cinematographer and editor. During his high school years, he won the national championships of mathematics twice in 2004 and 2005. In 2011 he lead the Azerbaijani team at the informatics olympiad. After a master in computer sciences, Baydarov studied at the Sarajevo Film Academy under acclaimed Hungarian filmmaker Béla Tarr before going on to make his feature debut HILLS WITHOUT NAMES (2018), which premiered at the Montreal World Film Festival, the same year his documentary debut BIRTHDAY won the Docu Talent Award at the Sarajev...

Production

2022

Crane Lantern

as Writer

2022

Crane Lantern

as Editor

2022

Crane Lantern

as Producer

2022

2022

2022

Sermon to the Fish

as Cinematography

2022

2023

2023

2023

2023

Sermon to the Birds

as Director of Photography

2023

2022

Crane Lantern

as Director

2022

2018

2018

Hills Without Names

as Cinematography

2018

2018

2018

Birthday

as Director

2018

Birthday

as Screenplay

2019

2019

When the Persimmons Grew

as Director of Photography

2019

Mother and Son

as Director

2021

In Between Dying

as Director

2018

2021

In Between Dying

as Producer

2021

2021

2020

2020

Nails in My Brain

as Screenplay

2020

2020

Nails in My Brain

as Director of Photography

2020

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Stone Over Stone

as Director

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Stone Over Stone

as Producer

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