Rauf Khalilov
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Rauf Khalilov Azad oglu (born October 6, 1981 Baku, Azerbaijan) is a film director, composer, designer and producer. He is a member of the Directors Guild of Azerbaijan.
Biography
[edit]In 1998 Rauf Khalilov graduated from the Azerbaijan State Academy of Fine Arts named after A. N. Alekperov , majoring in Music and Art. Since an early age, Rauf was also interested in mechanical engineering and astronomy which had a huge impact on his further work.
In 2002 Rauf Khalilov graduated from the Azerbaijan State Academy of Fine Arts with a bachelor's degree in Graphics.
Rauf is married and has one child. His father Azad Khalilov is a well-known painter of Azerbaijan.
Films and music
[edit]Genres of Movies: drama, thriller.
Having made his first short film "One Minute and Four Seconds" in 2003 Rauf Khalilov began his career as a film director. He continued his career by making few other short films. Among them: "The Chairs" and "Stability". He directed his first feature movie “Ideal World” in Los Angeles in 2008. As a composer of electronic music in 2009 he released his first album "Monopolar World", followed by other well-known singles such as "Venus", "Good Morning Apollo" and "Out of Milky Way".
Video-Art
[edit]- 2002 - Orientalism
- 2003 - Desire
- 2004 - Exit
- 2004 - 3Days
- 2004 - Leadership and Power
- 2005 - Universal Game
- 2007 - Gravity Life
- 2007 - Morning Starts at 0:01 am
Short films
[edit]Feature film
[edit]- 2008 - Ideal World[3] (Release in 2012) Los Angeles
Exhibitions and festivals
[edit]- 2000 Wings of Time, Azerbaijan
- 2000 Azerbaijan State Art Academy, Azerbaijan
- 2001 Azerbaijan Artists Union "Young Artists Exhibition”
- 2001 UNOCAL Ecology Poster Exhibition, Azerbaijan
- 2002 Orientalism: Inside & Outside. International Exhibition, Azerbaijan
- 2003 "Aluminium" Art+New Technoligies Festival of Contemporary Art, Azerbaijan
- 2003 "Appendix" International Art Exhibition, Tbilisi, Georgia
- 2004 International Short Film Festival "Oberhausen"[permanent dead link], Germany
- 2004 IV International Audiovisual Festival, Azerbaijan
- 2005 International Short Film Festival "Detmold", Germany
- 2007 52nd International Art Exhibition - La Biennale Di Venezia, Italy
- 2007 “Realities of Dreams” Aluminium 3rd International Biennial of Contemporary Art, Azerbaijan
- 2008 “NYIIFVF” New York International Independent Film and Video Festival, United States
- 2008 “STEPS of Time” Exhibition , Dresden, Germany
- 2010 “USSR-remix” project of visual art, photography, video-art and multimedia, Norway
- 2011 “Festival de Cannes, the Short Film Corner”, France[permanent dead link]
- 2012 “Festival de Cannes, the Short Film Corner”, France
- 2013 “Azerbaijani family” film Festival, Azerbaijan
Music
[edit]Genres of Music: - Ambient, Downtempo, Dub, Electro