Latif Safarov

film director
(30.09.1920 – 09.12.1963)

Latif Safarov son of Bashir, was born in Shusha. When he was 7 years old, he appeared in the movie “Gilan Gizi”. Later, little Latif, who came to Baku with the creative team, was admitted to the studio. At the age of ten, he played the lead role in the film “Latif” (1930). Later, he played child roles in other films. He studied at Ganja Pedagogical Technical College (1931). In 1940, he was admitted to the All-Union State Institute of Cinematography in Moscow (Grigory Kozintsev’s course). The beginning of the war did not allow him to continue his education, he returned to Barda and for some time (1941-1946) was engaged in teaching. In 1946, he returned to Moscow and continued his studies. In 1950, he finished his studies and returned to Baku, where he started working in a film studio. Latif Safarov was the first head of the Union of Cinematographers of Azerbaijan (1958). Honored artist (1960) Latif Safarov committed suicide in 1963.

Director, actor Latif Safarov was the husband of singer Shavket Alakbarova.

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FILMOGRAPHY:

  1. Gilan’s daughter (1928, full length feature film) – actor (Gulgul)
  2. Sevil (1929, full length feature film) – actor (Gunduz)
  3. Golden bush (1930, full length feature film) – actor
  4. Letif (1930, full length feature film) – actor (Latif)
  5. Almas (1936, full length feature film) – actor (country boy)
  6. Baku citizens (1938, full length feature film) – assistant director
  7. Azerbaijan with orden (1938, full length documentary film) – assistant director
  8. Peasants (1939, full length feature film) – assistant director
  9. Twentieth spring (1940, short documentary film) – assistant director
  10. New horizon (1940, full length feature film) – assistant director
  11. Response to challenge (1947, short documentary film) – director, screenwriter
  12. Builders of new life (1949, short documentary film) – director, screenwriter
  13. Gadabay’s wealth (1950, short documentary film) – director, screenwriter
  14. Azerbaijan border guards (1951, short documentary film) – director, screenwriter
  15. Young Leninists (1951, short documentary film) – director, screenwriter
  16. In the gardens of Guba (1953, short documentary film) – director
  17. Fertile land (1954, short documentary film) – director, screenwriter
  18. Bakhtiyar (II) (1955, full length feature film) – director
  19. Baku and Baku citizens (1957, short documentary film) – director, screenwriter
  20. Under the burning sky (1957, full length feature film) – director
  21. Leyli and Medjnun (1961, full length feature film) – director
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