Hasan Seyidbeyli
Plaque on building where Azerbaijani film director and writer Hasan Seyidbeyli lived in Baku
Born	(1920-12-22)22 December 1920 Baku, Azerbaijan SSR
Died	25 June 1980(1980-06-25) (aged 59) Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, Soviet Union
Occupation	Film director, screenwriter
Citizenship	Soviet
Years active	1954–1980
Children	Maryam Seyidbeyli

Hasan Seyidbeyli (Azerbaijani: Həsən Mehdi oğlu Seyidbəyli) was a Soviet and Azerbaijani writer, dramatist, screenwriter and film director.

Hasan Seyidbeyli was born in Baku. In 1938-1939, he studied at Leningrad Institute of Film Directors. In 1942, his literary activity began. In 1943, he continued his education at the director faculty of the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography (with Sergei Eisenstein and Grigori Kozintsev).^[1] Member of the Communist Party since 1955.

From 1963 to 1980, he was the chairman of Azerbaijan Union of Filmmakers.

He died in Baku at the age of 59.

• Nesimi (1973)

• On Distant Shores (1958)

• Order of the Badge of Honour (1959)
• Honored Art Worker of the Azerbaijan SSR (1960)
• Order of the Red Banner of Labour (1970)
• People's Artiste of the Azerbaijan SSR (1976)^[2][3]

• Hasan Seyidbeyli at IMDb