Hasan Seyidbeyli ( az, Həsən Mehdi oğlu Seyidbəyli) was a

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and Azerbaijani writer, dramatist, screenwriter, film director, and People's Artist of the Azerbaijan SSR (23.12.1976).Respublika kino sənəti işçilərinə Azərbaycan SSR fəxri adlarının verilməsi haqqında Azərbaycan SSR Ali Soveti Rəyasət Heyətinin 23 dekabr 1976-cı il tarixli Fərmanı
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Biography

Hasan Seyidbeyli was born on December 22, 1920 in

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, the Azerbaijan SSR. In 1938-1939, he studied at

Leningrad Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

Institute of Film Directors. In 1942, his literary activity began. In 1943, he continued his education on the director faculty of the

Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography The Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography (russian: Всероссийский государственный институт кинематографии имени С. А. Герасимова, meaning ''All-Russian State Institute of Cinemat ...

(with S.Eisenstein and G.Kozintsev). 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 Alī Imādud-Dīn Nasīmī ( az, Seyid Əli İmadəddin Nəsimi سئید علی عمادالدّین نسیمی, fa, عمادالدین نسیمی), often known as Nesimi, was a 14th-century Azerbaijani Ḥurūfī poet. Known mostly by his ...

”, which was awarded the first-place prize at the VII

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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

Memory

A street in Baku is named after Hasan Seyidbeyli.

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Seyidbeyli, Hasan 1920 births Film people from Baku 1980 deaths Soviet film directors Azerbaijani film directors Soviet screenwriters Male screenwriters People's Artists of Azerbaijan Soviet Azerbaijani people 20th-century screenwriters