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Asghar Farhadi Information

Asghar Farhadi (Persian: اصغر فرهادی Persian pronunciation: [æsɣæɾe fæɾhɒːdiː]), born 1 January 1972 in Khomeynishahr, Province of Isfahan) is a critically and internationally acclaimed Iranian screenwriter and film director.

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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,[1] which he followed with the critically acclaimed A Beautiful City.

His third film, Fireworks Wednesday won the Gold Hugo at the 2006 Chicago International Film Festival. His fourth film, About Elly won the Silver Bear for Best Director at 59th International Berlin Film Festival as well as Best Picture at Tribeca Film Festival. It is about a group of Iranians who take a trip to the Caspian Sea that turns tragic. Famous film theorist and film critic David Bordwell has called About Elly a masterpiece. [2]

His latest film Nader and Simin, A Separation premiered on 9 February 2011 at the 29th Fajr International Film Festival in Tehran and received rave reviews from Iran Society of Film Critics. It won Farhadi four awards including Best Director (for the third time after Fireworks Wednesday and About Elly). On 15 February it also played in competition at the 61st Berlin International Film Festival which finally earned him Golden Bear for best film becoming the first Iranian film to win the Golden Bear. In June 2011, A Separation won the Sydney Film Prize in competition with Cannes Festival's winner The Tree of Life directed by Terrence Malick .[1]

On 19 December 2011, he was announced as being on the jury for the 62nd Berlin International Film Festival, scheduled to be held in February 2012.[2]

On 15 January 2012 his movie "A Separation"(Nader and Simin) won the Golden Globe for best foreign language film.[3]

Filmography as director

Year English title Original title Transliteration
2003 Dancing in the Dust رقص در غبار Raghs dar ghobar
2004 The Beautiful City شهر زیبا Shahr-e ziba
2006 Fireworks Wednesday چهارشنبه سوری Chaharshanbe-soori
2009 About Elly درباره الی Darbareye Elly
2011 Nader and Simin, A Separation جدایی نادر از سیمین Jodaeiye Nader az Simin

Awards

See also

References

  1. ^ "2011 SFF Official Competition winner is...". News. Sydney Film Festival. 19 June 2011. http://www.sff.org.au/public/news/2011-sff-official-competition-winner-is/. Retrieved 5 July 2011.
  2. ^ "Berlinale 2012: International Jury". berlinale.de. 2011-12-19. http://www.berlinale.de/en/presse/pressemitteilungen/alle/Alle-Detail_11861.html. Retrieved 2011-12-21.
  3. ^ "Golden Globes: 'A Separation' wins best foreign language film". latimes.com. 2012-1-15. http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/movies/2012/01/separation-golden-globes-best-foreign-language-film.html. Retrieved 2011-1-16.

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Name Farhadi, Asghar
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Short description Film director
Date of birth 1 January 1972
Place of birth Isfahan, Iran
Date of death
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