Aliyev Shamil
The film director Shamil Aliyev was born in 1960. From 1984 to 1989 he studied at the Faculty of Film Directing of the M.A. Aliyev State Culture and Art Institute of Azerbaijan.
He has worked in the J. Jabbarli “Azerbaijanfilm” film studio as a film director, has won prizes and awards at several international film festivals, and has published the first encyclopaedic website about Azerbaijani cinematography (http://www.cinema.aznet.org).
His short-length film “Occasional Meeting” won the 2003 “Golden Lamp” National Cinematographic Award in Baku.
Filmography:
1. “Confession” (feature film, 1992)
Directed by: Shamil Aliyev – Written by: Shamil Aliyev & Jamil Quliyev
- VIIth Ashgabat International Film Festival (Turkmenistan, 1996) – Prize and Diploma
- XXth Cairo International Film Festival (Egypt, 1996)
- XIIth Tashkent International Film Festival (Uzbekistan, 1997)
2. “Occasional Meeting” (short feature film, 1999)
Directed by: Shamil Aliyev
- IInd Flagstaff International Film Festival (USA) – Bronze Award
- XIIth Ankara International Film Festival (Turkey, 2000)
- XIIIth Clermont–Ferrand International Film Festival (France)
- XXIXth Algarve International Film Festival (Portugal, 2001)
- VIth Moscow International Forum Festival (Russia, 2002)
- IXth Minsk International Film Festival (Belarus, 2002)
- XIIth International Film Festival “Zolotoy Vityaz” (Russia, 2003)
- “Golden Lamp” National Cinematographic Award (Baku, 2003)
3. “Azerbaijan carpets” (Baku, 2009)
E-mail: aliyevsh@yahoo.com
www.cinema.aznet.org
