director

(30.08.1960)

Rufat Asadov, son of  Nadir, was born in Nakhchivan. He studied at the Leningrad Technological University, the Leningrad Academy of Art, the Film School under “Lenfilm” (Alexander Sokurov’s course). He attended the “Producing Documentary Films” course led by American producer Oleg Harrinjar (1999). Internship at “Promatheus Production” film studio located in San Francisco, USA (2000). For some time, he worked at “Lenfilm” in various positions. After returning to Baku, he worked in “New Film” creative association, Azerbaijan television (1994-1996) He was the second director and actor of the film “Mrakovka” (1993, directed by V. Burbano / Ecuador) of foreign film producers, and the executive producer of the film “Pain” (2000, directed by Oleg Harrinjar / USA). He was awarded with National film awards “Humay” and “Gızıl Chirag”  and prizes of international festivals. He is a member of the Professional Film Directors Guild of Azerbaijan.

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FILMOGRAPHY:

1. Bat (1995, full length feature film) – actor (director)
2. The sixth floor of a five-story house (1996, full length feature film) – actor (doctor)
3. Night longer than life (1996, full length film-performance) – the second director
4. Gobustan (III) (1997, short documentary television film) – assistant director
5. Horror (1998, short feature film) – director
6. Oilman (1999, short documentary film) – director
7. How beautiful this world is… (1999, full length feature film) – administrator
8. Professional (1999, short documentary film) – director, actor
9. The Jews of Guba  (2000, short documentary film) – director
10. Anthropological document (2001, short documentary film) – director
11. Enchanter (2002, full length feature film) – administrator
12. Future left behind  (2004, full length feature film) – director, actor (a representative of a humanitarian organization)
13. Territory (2005, short feature film) – actor
14. The lost truth (2008-2011, feature series) – director
15. Psychiatrist (2009, short feature film) – the second director
16. Mystery (2012-2013, feature series) – director
17. Hard years… Good memories… (2014, short documentary film) – director
18. The last jew in the village (2015, short documentary film) – director, screenwriter, producer
19. Bloody January (2015, full length feature film) – line producer
20. Turning (V) (2018, full length documentary film) – director