About

Known credits:
39
Birthday:
1987-01-01
Place of birth:
Baku, Azeri SSR, USSR (now Azerbaijan)
Website:
N/A

Hilal Baydarov

Overview

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 Sarajevo Film Festival. Since then Hilal has completed an award-winning trilogy of documentaries set in Katech Azerbaijan: WHEN THE PERSIMMONS GREW (2019) which won the Heart of Sarajevo for Best Documentary at the Sarajevo and the Interreligious Award and Special Jury Mention at Visions du réel; MOTHER AND SON (2019), which premiered in the main competition at IDFA; and NAILS IN MY BRAIN (2020) which premiered at Cinema du réel. His second feature film IN BETWEEN DYING (2020) became a participant in the man competition of the 77th Venice Film Festival.

Known for

Acting
2020 Nails in My Brain Actor 59
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2019 When the Persimmons Grew Actor 58
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2019 Mother and Son Actor 59
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Directing
2023 Sermon to the Birds Directing Director 59
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2022 Sermon to the Fish Directing Director 58
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2022 Crane Lantern Directing Director 59
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2021 In Between Dying Directing Director 59
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2020 Nails in My Brain Directing Director 59
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2019 When the Persimmons Grew Directing Director 58
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2019 Mother and Son Directing Director 59
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2018 One Day in Selimpasha Directing Director N/A
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2018 Birthday Directing Director 59
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2018 Hills Without Names Directing Director 59
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Writing
2023 Sermon to the Birds Writing Writer 59
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2022 Sermon to the Fish Writing Writer 58
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2022 Crane Lantern Writing Writer 59
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2021 In Between Dying Writing Writer 59
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2020 Nails in My Brain Writing Screenplay 59
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2019 When the Persimmons Grew Writing Screenplay 58
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2018 Birthday Writing Screenplay 59
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2018 Hills Without Names Writing Writer 59
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Production
2023 Sermon to the Birds Production Producer 59
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2022 Sermon to the Fish Production Producer 58
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2022 Crane Lantern Production Producer 59
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2021 In Between Dying Production Producer 59
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2020 Nails in My Brain Production Producer 59
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2019 When the Persimmons Grew Production Producer 58
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Camera
2023 Sermon to the Birds Camera Director of Photography 59
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2020 Nails in My Brain Camera Director of Photography 59
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2019 When the Persimmons Grew Camera Director of Photography 58
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Crew
2022 Sermon to the Fish Crew Cinematography 58
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2018 Hills Without Names Crew Cinematography 59
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Editing
2023 Sermon to the Birds Editing Editor 59
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2022 Sermon to the Fish Editing Editor 58
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2022 Crane Lantern Editing Editor 59
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2021 In Between Dying Editing Editor 59
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2020 Nails in My Brain Editing Editor 59
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2019 When the Persimmons Grew Editing Editor 58
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2018 Hills Without Names Editing Editor 59
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