Gamar Salamzade
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5 May 1908
Gamar Salamzade | |
|---|---|
| Born | Qəmər Əliqulu qızı Salamzadə 5 May 1908 |
| Died | 20 April 1994 (aged 85) |
| Occupations | film director, screenwriter |
| Known for | first Azerbaijani female film director |
| Notable work | "Rampant Band" |
Gamar Ali Kuli gizi Salamzade (Azerb.: Qəmər Əliqulu qızı Salamzadə, 5 May 1908, Julfa, Nakhchivan – 20 April 1994, Baku) was an Azerbaijani and Soviet film director and screenwriter. She was the first Azerbaijani female film director[1] and the creator of the first children’s film in Azerbaijan.[2]
Gamar Salamzade was born on 5 May 1908 in Julfa, Nakhchivan.[3] In 1912 her family moved to Tbilisi where in 1919 her father, a famous poet Aligulu Gamkusar, was killed by Mensheviks.[4] After graduating from the Azerbaijan Pedagogical Institute, Salamzade in 1929 went to study at the Moscow State College of Cinematography learning from Lev Kuleshov and Sergei Eisenstein.[3] She took an internship with film director Alexander Dovzhenko.[4]
After completing her education, Salamzade returned to Baku in 1931-32 and studied at the graduate school together with director Rza Tahmasib, artists Salam Salamzade and Rustam Mustafayev. During this period, she wrote scripts for the films Natavan and Nizami.[4]