Khan Babayev

director of photography
(22.03.1919 – 29.05.1967)

Khan Babayev son of Yusif  was born in Seydakaran village of Lankaran. He studied at the electronics faculty of the Azerbaijan State Polytechnic named after N.Narimanov (1931-1937), at the cinematography faculty of the All-Union State Institute of Cinematography (1938-1950, Boris Volchek’s workshop). Due to the war, he finished it only in 1950. Before the war, he worked as a sound mechanic assistant, electrical technician, second assistant to the head of the lighting workshop at the Azerbaijan State Academic Drama Theater in various organizations. After the war, he worked in numerous films as a director of photography. Until 1967, he was the secretary of the Union of Cinematographers of Azerbaijan. Khan Babayev died in 1967.

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FILMOGRAPHY:

  1. Answer to the challenge (1947, documentary film) – director of photography
  2. New life builders (1949, documentary film) – director of photography
  3. Lights of Baku (1950, feature film) – cameraman
  4. Gadabay’s wealth (1950, documentary film) – director of photography
  5. Republic stadium (1951, documentary film) – director of photography
  6. Oil explorers (1952, documentary film) – director of photography
  7. For my native people (1954, documentary film) – cameraman
  8. Song Festival (1954, documentary film) – director of photography
  9. Black stone (1956, feature film) – director of photography
  10. Songs of happiness and labor (1957, documentary film) – director of photography
  11. Stepmother (1958, feature film) – director of photography
  12. Spring of Azerbaijani culture (1959, documentary film) – director, director of photography
  13. Glorious, extraordinary year (1960, documentary film) – director of photography
  14. Song of the blind (1961, documentary film) – director of photography
  15. Great support (1962, feature film) – director of photography
  16. Invincible battalion (1965, feature film) – director of photography
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