Asghar Farhadi

Birthday:

05/07/1972

Place of birth:

Isfahan, Iran:

Biography:

Asghar Farhadi (اصغر فرهادی) was born in 1972 in Iran. He became interested in cinema in his teenage years and started his filmmaking education by joining the Youth Cinema Society of Esfahan in 1986 where he made 8mm and 16mm short films. Asghar Farhadi received his Bachelors in Theater from University of Tehran's School of Dramatic Arts in 1998 and his Masters in Stage Direction from Tarbiat Modarres University a few years later. During these formative years, Farhadi made six shorts and two TV series for Iran's National Broadcasting Corporation (IRIB) of which "A Tale of a City" is most noteworthy. In 2001, Asghar Farhadi debute d in professional cinema by co-writing the script for Low Heights (2002) (Ertefae Past), a post-911 political farce chronicle of Southwest Iran, with famed war film director, Ebrahim Hatamikia. The film was met with both critical and public success. The following year, Asghar Farhadi made his directorial debut, Dancing in the Dust (2003) (Raghs dar Ghobar), about a man forced to divorce his wife and go hunting snakes in the desert in order to repay his debts to his in-laws. The film earned recognition at Fajr and Moscow International Film Festivals and a year later, Beautiful City (2004) (Shahr-e-Ziba), a grave work about a young man condemned to death at the age of sixteen, received awards from Fajr and Warsaw International Film Festivals. His third film, Fireworks Wednesday (2006) (Chaharshambe Soori), won the Gold Hugo at the 2006 Chicago International Film Festival. His fourth film, About Elly (2009) (Darbareye Elly) was called "a masterpiece" by film critic David Bordwell and won the Silver Bear for Best Director at 59th Berlin International Film Festival as well as Best Picture at Tribeca Film Festival. It was also Iran's official submission for the Foreign Language Film competition of Academy Awards in 2009. His most famous films, A Separation (2011) (Jodaeiye Nader az Simin) and The Salesman (2016), received both an oscar, many other major international awards and good critics all around the world.



Credits

Room 999 (2023)
Talking Heads 2021 (2021)
Self
Scenes from A Separation (2018)
Self - Narrator (voice)
About The Salesman (2018)
The New Wave (2016)
About Cinema (2015)
Kusturica - Balkan's Bad Boy (2012)
Himself
From Iran, a Separation (2011)
Self - Director
Cyclothymia of a Land ()
Himself
A Hero (2021)
Director
A Hero (2021)
Writer
A Hero (2021)
Producer
Everybody Knows (2018)
Director
Everybody Knows (2018)
Writer
The Salesman (2016)
Director
The Salesman (2016)
Writer
The Salesman (2016)
Producer
The Past (2013)
Director
The Past (2013)
Writer
A Separation (2011)
Director
A Separation (2011)
Screenplay
A Separation (2011)
Producer
Trial on the Street (2009)
Writer
About Elly (2009)
Director
About Elly (2009)
Writer
About Elly (2009)
Screenplay
About Elly (2009)
Producer
About Elly (2009)
Production Design
About Elly (2009)
Costume Design
Canaan (2008)
Co-Writer
Tambourine (2008)
Screenplay
The Night (2007)
Story
Fireworks Wednesday (2006)
Director
Fireworks Wednesday (2006)
Writer
Beautiful City (2004)
Director
Beautiful City (2004)
Writer
Dancing in the Dust (2004)
Director
Dancing in the Dust (2004)
Writer
Dancing in the Dust (2004)
Costume Design
Low Heights (2002)
Writer
Untitled Asghar Farhadi Project ()
Director
Untitled Asghar Farhadi Project ()
Screenplay