EDUCATION
European Film College, Ebeltoft, Denmark (Major: Acting and Producing) 2015 – 2016
Müjdat Gezen School of Theatrical Arts, İstanbul, Turkey (Major: Acting) 2010 – 2012
The University of the Arts, Philadelphia USA (Major: Acting and Direct 2006 – 2010
FILMOGRAPHY
ACTOR
The Island Within – Lead Actor (as Seymur) - Aug 2018 – Nov 2018
(dir. Ru Hasanov)
-Sarajevo Film Festival, Best Director Award
Felaket - Supporting Actor (as Miri) - 2018
(dir. Emil Quliyev)
The Great Director – Lead Actor (as Orzan) Aug 2016 - Oct 2016
(dir. Chris Waitt)
Welcome to Denmark – Lead Actor (as Omar) - 2016
(dir. Oscar Anker Wiedaman)
3 Otaq (Three Rooms) TV series – Lead Actor (as Boyuh Mellim) - 2014 - 2015
(dir. Aykhan Tan / Orkhan Ata)
Sudan (From Water)(short film) – Lead Actor (as Elias) - 2014
(dir. Aykhan Tan)
Thus Spoke Zarathustra (short film) – Lead Actor (as Orkhan) - 2013
(dir. Aykhan Tan)
Cavanlıq (The Youth) TV series – Lead Actor (as Orkhan) - Oct 2011 - Jun 2012
(dir. Osman Albayrak)
DIRECTOR
Post Scriptum (short film) 2016
(Baku, Azerbaijan)
3 Otaq (Three Rooms) TV serial, (broadcasted for 1 season) 2014 -2015
(Produced by Babylon Group, Baku, Azerbaijan)
T of Generation (Documentary Trilogy)
Kobuleti, Georgia - 2013
Baku, Azerbaijan - 2013
Amsterdam, Netherlands - 2014
Co-director to dir. Osman Albayrak in Cavanlıq (The Youth) TV series
PIK Production.Baku (Azerbaijan) - Oct 2011 - Jun 2012
PRODUCER
Dota 2 (animation) - 2021
(dir. Orkhan Ata and Elchin Cooper)
7EDDI music album (for rap star Xpert) - 2021
Gruppa Krisha (music band based in New Hampshire, USA) - 2021
Krisha Show (online talk show) - 2020 – Present
The Island Within - Aug 2018 – Nov 2018
(dir. Ru Hasanov)
T of Generation (Documentary Trilogy)
Georgia - Kobuleti - 2013
Baku - 2013
Amsterdam - 2014
3 Otaq (Three Rooms) TV serial, (broadcasted for 1 season) - 2014 – 2015
Babylon Group, Baku, Azerbaijan
Sudan (From Water) - 2014
(dir. Aykhan Tan)
LANGUAGES
Azerbaijani (native)
Turkish
(Listening C2 , Reading C2 , Spoken Interaction C2 , Spoken Production C2 , Writing C2 )
Russian
(Listening C1 , Reading C1 , Spoken Interaction C2 , Spoken Production C2 , Writing A2 )
English
(Listening C2 , Reading C2 , Spoken Interaction C2 , Spoken Production C2 , Writing C2 )
Uzbek
(Listening C2 , Reading C2 , Spoken Interaction C2 , Spoken Production C2 , Writing C2 )
Turkmen
(Listening C2 , Reading C2 , Spoken Interaction C2 , Spoken Production C2 , Writing C2 )
Kazakh
(Listening C2 , Reading C2 , Spoken Interaction C2 , Spoken Production C2 , Writing C2 )
Levels : A1 and A2 : Basic User - B1 and B2 : Independent User - C1 and C2 : Proficient User
Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.
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Ru Hasanov on Sarajevo Player ‘The Island Within’ and the Rising Azerbaijani Film Biz
Seymour Tahirbekov is a reluctant chess star, a young grandmaster from Azerbaijan whose life is rigidly controlled by his emotionally toxic father and coach.
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Reviews ‘The Island Within’: Sarajevo Review
A brooding father-son relationship is explored with bone dry humour and playful visuals
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Review: The Island Within
Azerbaijani director Ru Hasanov's second film is a strangely specific story of a special protagonist who puts himself into extraordinary circumstances