Huseyn Seyidzadeh was born to a family of a merchant in the city of Yerevan (then part of the Russian Empire, now the capital of Armenia).
In 1936 Seyidzadeh graduated from the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography in Moscow having been taught by prominent Soviet film directors such as Sergei Eisenstein, Mikhail Romm and Lev Kulidzhanov.
This propaganda film entitled Ayna reflected on the themes of patriotism and heroism and was dedicated to the ongoing World War II.
The film O olmasin, bu olsun ("If Not This One, Then That One"), based on the 1910 operetta by Uzeyir Hajibeyov and set in the Imperial Russia, criticized backward traditions and celebrated emerging modern lifestyles.
[1] In Azerbaijan, Huseyn Seyidzadeh is renowned for creating popular films such as Dali Kur ("The Mad Kura", 1969), Gayinana ("Mother-in-law", 1978), etc.