Biography of Timur Ismailov
Timur Ismailov was born and grew up in Baku (Azerbaijan) in 1977.
As a child he dreamt of becoming a painter and took painting lesson at the children’s art gallery in Baku.
After the secondary school he went on studying social and political sciences at the local university. But in 1995 Timur moved with his family to Istanbul (Turkey), and after a year to Kaliningrad (Russia), where he studied economics, management and philosophy. He combined his studies with writing songs and singing in a couple of local rock bands.
In December 2002 Timur immigrated to the Netherlands. In 2004 he was admitted to the NFTA (The Netherlands Film and Television Academy), faculty of screenwriting. After almost three years of studies he switched from screenwriting to directing fiction.
In June 2009 he graduated as a bachelor of Film and Television from the NFTA with his film BINGO, which he both wrote and directed.
This film got laudatory reviews of the film critics in the Dutch press and was enthusiastically received by a broad audience.
Filmography of Timur Ismailov:
Bingo (VARA 2009, graduation film (s16mm, 28 min) - writer & director)
Caveman (NFTA 2008, commercial)
Hoogtij (AHK 2008, dance film (DigiBeta, pro 35mm, 6 min)- writer & director)
High Tide (2008– music video for the song of Fanny Alofs (DigiBeta, pro 35mm, 6 min) –director)
Animator (NFTA 2008, 3rd year short (s16mm, 16 min) - director)
Kamer 2.46 (NFTA & Maastricht Theatre Academy 2008, short (8 min) – writer & director)
Vivi’s Honeymoon (NFTA 2007, 2nd year short (s16mm, 7 min) - director)
Worst-case scenario (NFTA & ArtEZ 2007, short (5 min) - writer & director)
Skytrack (Mediawave 2006, short (5 min) - writer, director, producer, cameraman, editor- in collaboration with Sara Verweij)
Chimera (NFTA 2007, 3rd year short (s16mm, 11 min) - writer)Ik zie, ik zie.. (NFTA 2006, 2nd year short (s16mm, 5 min) - writer)
Laatste Bos (NFTA 2006, 2nd year short (s16mm, 6 min) - writer)
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