Asghar Farhadi

Asghar Farhadi (born 1972) is an Iranian screenwriter and film director.

Career

Asghar Farhadi is a graduate of Theatre, with a BA in Dramatic Arts and MA in Stage Direction from Tehran University and Tarbiat Modarres University. Farhadi made short 8mm and 16mm films in Isfahan branch of Iranian Young Cinema Society before moving on to writing plays and screenplays for IRIB. He also directed such TV series as the popular "A Tale of a City" and co-wrote the screenplay of Ebrahim Hatamikia’s "Low Heights". "Dancing in the Dust" was his feature film debut, [http://www.neshane.com/product-dancing%20in%20the%20dust.htm] which he followed with the critically acclaimed "A Beautiful City." Fireworks Wednesday is his latest film which won the Gold Hugo at the 2006 Chicago International Film Festival.

Filmography (as a director)

* "Raghs dar ghobar (Dancing in the Dust)", 2003
* "Shah-re ziba (The Beautiful City)", 2004
* "Chaharshanbe-soori (Fireworks Wednesday)", 2006

Awards

*Gold Hugo, Chicago International Film Festival (2006)
*The Norwegian Peace Film Award, Tromsø International Film Festival (2005)
*Grand Prix, Warsaw International Film Festival (2004)
*Silver St. George, Moscow International Film Festival (2003)
*Best Director, Asia-Pacific Film Festival (2003)

ee also

*Iranian cinema

External links

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