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Eldar Quliyev (January 18, 1941 – April 16, 2021) was a Soviet and Azerbaijani film director, screenwriter, and actor.^[1]

Biography

Eldar was the son of composer and pianist Tofig Guliyev. He studied at the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography from 1960 to 1966, where he was taught by Sergei Gerasimov.^[2] He then began working for the film studio Azerbaijanfilm in 1967, where he directed fictional films and documentaries. He also became a professor of cinematography at the Azerbaijan State University of Culture and Arts. That year, he directed his first short film, titled Biri vardı, biri yoxdu... [az]. His best known films include Babek and Nizami [az].^[3]

Eldar Quliyev died in Baku on 16 April 2021 at the age of 80.^[4]

Filmography

• Bir cənub şəhərində (1969)
• Var olun, qızlar... (1972)
• Səmt küləy (1975)
• Ürək... Ürək... [az] (1976)
• Sevinc buxtası [az] (1977)
• Babek (1979)
• Nizami (1982)
• Gümüşgöl əfsanəsi (1985)
• Burulğan (1987)
• Təxribat [az] (1989)
• Dostuma məktub [az] (1992)
• Unudulmuş qəhrəman [az] (2005)
• Girov [az] (2005)
• Heydər Əliyev. Dünyaya pəncərə [az] (2006)
• İstanbul reysi [az] (2010)
• Dərvişin qeydləri [az] (2013)

Awards

• Honored Art Worker of the Azerbaijan SSR [az] (1976)
• State Prize of the Azerbaijan SSR [az] (1978)
• Order of the Red Banner of Labour (1980)
• People's Artiste of the Azerbaijan SSR (1982)
• Shohrat Order (2001)^[5]
• Sharaf Order (2011)
• Honorary Diploma of President (2016)
• “Gizil Chinar” International Award [az] (2018)
• Istiglal Order (2021)^[6]

References