Hilal Baydarov

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

Birthday 1987-01-01 (37 years old)

Place of Birth Baku, Azeri SSR, USSR (now Azerbaijan)

Also Known As Хилал Байдаров

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 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

Director

2023
2022
Sermon to the Fish

as Director

2022
Crane Lantern

as Director

2021
In Between Dying

as Director

2020
Nails in My Brain

as Director

2019
2019
Mother and Son

as Director

2018
2018
Birthday

as Director

2018

Writer

2023
2022
Crane Lantern

as Writer

2022
2021
2020
Nails in My Brain

as Screenplay

2019
2018
2018
Birthday

as Screenplay

Editor

2023
2022
Crane Lantern

as Editor

2022
2021
2020
2018

Producer

2023
2022
Crane Lantern

as Producer

2022
Sermon to the Fish

as Producer

2021
In Between Dying

as Producer

2020
Nails in My Brain

as Producer

2019

Camera

2023
Sermon to the Birds

as Director of Photography

2020
Nails in My Brain

as Director of Photography

2019
When the Persimmons Grew

as Director of Photography

Crew

2022
Sermon to the Fish

as Cinematography

2018
Hills Without Names

as Cinematography