Nizami Abbas
director, director of photography,
screenwriter, producer
(01.01.1957)
Nizami Veli oglu Abbas (Nizami Abbasov) was born in Bayramli village of Shamkir region. He studied at the cinematography faculty of the All-Union State Institute of Cinematography (1988). He started his first career at “Lenfilm” (1974-1975, Russia) as an assistant cameraman. Since 1976, he worked at “Azerbaijanfilm” and later at “Yaddash” studio. In 1991, he voluntarily went to the front and filmed in war zones. For some time he was the artistic director of the “Documentary Cinema-Television Studio” of the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Azerbaijan (1992-1998). First, he worked as a cinematographer, then as a director. Since 2005, he has been leading the studio “Yurdfilm” founded by himself. Honored Worker of Arts (2007). In 2015, Nizami Abbas’s film “Balaban” was awarded the “Golden Fairy” award of the Azerbaijan Film Academy in the nomination “Best Director’s Work” in a documentary film.
Nizami Abbas was a member of the jury of many international film festivals. Nizami Abbas is a member of the Board of the Azerbaijan Professional Film Directors Guild and the European Film Academy. Director Nizami Abbas I is a veteran of the Karabakh war.
Director, cinematographer Nizami Abbas is the father of cinematographer Uzeyir Abbas.
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FILMOGRAPHY:
- Old people, old people… (1982, feature film) – cinematographer
- Solo with fists (1984, short feature film) – director of photography (coursework VGIK)
- Balanced forage crops in multiple fields of cotton farming (1984, short documentary film) – director of photography
- The tale of the old oak (1984, feature film) – cinematographer
- The tale of a lonely pomegranate (1984, feature film) – cinematographer
- Arms of Aphrodite (1987, short feature film) – director of photography
- The devil in plain sight (1987, feature film) – director of photography
- Who is the owner? (1988, short documentary film) – director of photography
- Long live the golden fish (1988, short feature film) – director of photography
- The last step (1989, short documentary) – director of photography
- Oh, separation (1989, short documentary film) – director of photography
- If one hand… (1989, short documentary film) – director of photography
- Countryman (1989, short feature film) – cinematographer
- Kamandar is an Olympic champion (1989, short documentary) – director of photography
- Square (1989, short documentary film) – director of photography
- Muhammad Fuzuli (II) (1989, short documentary film) – director of photography
- Roads to freedom (1990, full-length documentary) – director of photography
- Enduring minarets (1990, short documentary film) – director of photography
- Caravan of sorrow (1990, short documentary film) – director, cinematographer
- Sarhad (1990, short documentary film) – director, cinematographer (Ashgabat International Film Festival – best documentary reportage film – “Silver Crescent” award – 1992)
- Black and white world (1991, short documentary film) – director of photography
- Two faces of war (1991, short documentary film) – director, cinematographer
- Driving (1991, short documentary film) – director, cinematographer
- The supernatural or the inadvertent logical fallacy (1992, Feature Documentary) – Director of Photography
- The unknown land (1992, full-length documentary) – director of photography
- Messenger of freedom (1993, short documentary film) – director of photography
- Undeclared war (1994, short documentary film) – director, screenwriter, cinematographer
- Painful memory (1995, short documentary film) – director of photography
- Paths of pain (II) (1995, feature-length documentary) – director of photography
- The little lieutenant (1996, feature film) – director of photography
- Person(1996-2010, short feature film) – cinematographer, editing director
- You are always with us (1997, short documentary film) – director of photography
- Broken chains (1997, Documentary Short) – Cinematographer (Malaysia TV Multi-Series Documentary)
- Devil’s market (1997, short documentary film) – director, director of photography
- General Huseyn Rasulbeyov (1998, short documentary film) – director of photography
- Our grief… Our grief… (1998, short documentary film) – director of photography
- Nasrulla Nasrullayev (1999, short documentary film) – director of photography
- Film director Arif Babayev (2000, short documentary film) – cinematographer
- Helpline (2001, short feature film) – director of photography
- The peak of martyrdom (2001, short documentary film) – director of photography
- Film director Hasan Seyidbeyli (2002, short documentary film) – director of photography
- White life (2003, feature series) – picture director
- Fikret Amirov (II) (2004, short documentary film) – director of photography
- Sky poet (2004, short documentary film) – director of photography
- Gobustan (IV) (2005, short documentary film) – director, cinematographer
- Worried man (2005, full-length documentary film) – director, cinematographer (“Humay” award – 2005)
- Goodbye, south city (2006, feature film) – member of the visual director’s team
- Azerbaijan: pages from history (2006-2008, documentary series) – director, cinematographer
- Historical monument of Sheki (2007, short documentary film) – director of photography
- Old people (2008, short feature film) – creative producer
- Rhythms of Lahic (2008, short documentary film) – producer
- My school (2008, short documentary film) – director of photography
- Azerbaijan carpet (II) (2009, short documentary film) – director of photography
- The queen of Azerbaijani painting (2009, short documentary film) – director of photography
- Oh life, you are strange (2009, Feature Documentary) – Director of Photography
- The third call (II) (2009, short documentary film) – director of photography
- The man who lives under the spell of language (2010, full-length documentary film) – director
- Bonfires of excitement (2010, short documentary film) – director of photography
- Cradle of humankind (2011, short documentary film) – director, cinematographer
- Kaman (2011, short documentary film) – director, cinematographer
- Tar (2011, short documentary film) – director
- Beyond the horizon (2011, full-length documentary) – director of photography
- Balaban (III) (2012, short film
- Stone plastic (2012, short documentary film) – director, producer
- Lighthouse (2012, short feature film) – director of photography
- Man of the far away (2012, short documentary film) – director, cinematographer, screenwriter
- Mysterious violet (2013, short documentary film) – director of photography
- Ashiq Sadiq (2014, short documentary film) – director of photography
- Children of war (2014, short documentary film) – director of photography
- Azerbaijani cuisine: the aftertaste (2015, short documentary film) – director of photography
- The first commander (2015, short documentary film) – director, screenwriter
- Wrestler commander (2015, short documentary film) – director, screenwriter
- Ruff (2016, short documentary film) – director, screenwriter
- Brave soldier (2016, short documentary film) – director, screenwriter
- Iskander’s question (2017, short documentary film) – director, screenwriter
- Flight to eternity (2019, short documentary film) – director of photography
- Gunmen (2019, full-length documentary) – director
- Lover of truth (II) (2021, feature-length feature-documentary film) – director
