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 T
...V series for Iran's National Broadcasting Corporation (IRIB) of which "A Tale of a City" is most noteworthy. In 2001, Asghar Farhadi debuted 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.Asghar Farhadi has been a Writer in some movies:
Low Heights is about that In this exhilarating action thriller, a married couple hatch a plan to hijack a plane and redirect it to Dubai in a desperate attempt to escape the reaches of their home country. Despite their best attempts, events aboard the plane do not go as expected and the couple are forced to improvise. Boldly released following the 9/11 attacks, Low Heights is a no-holds-barred rollercoaster ride at thirty thousand feet and a must for fans of the action genre. In this film Asghar Farhadi collaborates with Leila Hatami, Reza Shafiee Jam, Ramtin Khodapanahi, Gohar Kheirandish, Hamid Farrokhnejad, Mohammad Ali Inanloo, Mehdi Saki, Ebrahim Hatamikia, Amir Aghaei, Manouchehr Mohammadi, Ahmad Kaveri, Asghar Abgoon, Mohammad Reza Aligholi, Hayedeh Safiyari, Hassan Pouya, Mehrdad Mirkiani, Shahram Ghaedi, Amir Kaveh Ahaninjan, Fereshteh Sarabandi, Abdolhamid Ghadirian, Keyvan Jahanshahi, Hassan Ghafari.
Tambourine is about that Parisa Bakhtavar's light-hearted drama is a film full of colorful characters, and largely consists of pacy, dynamic vignettes. Linked together by the illegal satellite dishes installed on the roof of an apartment block, the vignettes wittily glimpse into the very different lives of people living in or visiting the block on a single day. Centering on the luckless Mammad's efforts to fix and install satellites amidst the chaotic behavior of residents, and the mysterious Shirin's dealings with Mammad and the residents of the building, Tambourine is a thoroughly enjoyable romp. In this film Asghar Farhadi collaborates with Akram Mohammadi, Amin Hayaei, Bahareh Rahnama, Baran Kosari, Hamed Behdad, Melika Sharifinia, Saber Abar, Mehran Modiri, Kianoosh Gerami, Omid Roohani, Nima Shahrokh Shahi, Ramin Rastad, Soroosh Goodarzi, Gohar Kheirandish, Niloofar Khoshkholgh, Mohsen Ghazi Moradi, Amir Noori, Sarina Farhadi, Mohammad Reza Sharifinia, Morteza Poursamadi, Parisa Bakhtavar, Jamal Sadatian, Bahman Ardalan, Hayedeh Safiyari, Ardeshir Kazemi, Babak Ardalan, Iman Omidvari, Keyvan Moghaddam, Afarin Chitsaz, Parvin Ghaem Maghami.
Asghar Farhadi has been a Director in some movies:
Fireworks Wednesday is about that New year's day is close and time for spring cleaning. A young girl (Rouhi) is preparing for her wedding, she takes a cleaning job at a family's house. The tense atmosphere of the home, along with the fireworks on bonfire night creates an alienated feeling in her... In this film Asghar Farhadi collaborates with Hediyeh Tehrani, Houman Seyyedi, Pantea Bahram, Sahar Dolatshahi, Taraneh Alidoosti, Mani Haghighi, Matin Heydarnia, Hamid Farrokhnejad, Behshad Sharifian, Hassan Tas'iri, Jamal Sadatian, Hossein Jafarian, Hayedeh Safiyari, Mehrdad Mirkiani, Peyman Yazdanian, Hossein Abolsedgh, Bardia Kiaras, Hossein Majd, Hassan Zahedi, Mehran Maham, Amir Abedi, Yasaman Kimiavi.
A Separation is about that Simin wants to leave Iran with her husband Nader and daughter Termeh. Simin sues for divorce when Nader refuses to leave behind his Alzheimer-suffering father. Her request having failed, Simin goes back to her parents’, but Termeh decides to stay with Nader… In this film Asghar Farhadi collaborates with Leila Hatami, Shahab Hosseini, Sarina Farhadi, Mahmoud Kalari, Merila Zarei, Payman Maadi, Ali Asghar Shahbazi, Shirin Yazdanbakhsh, Hayedeh Safiyari, Mohammad Reza Delpak, Sattar Oraki, Mehrdad Mirkiani, Mahmoud Samakbashi, Sareh Bayat, Samad Farhang, Keyvan Moghaddam, Kimia Hosseini, Bahareh Riahi, Mohammadhasan Asghari, Shirin Azimiyannezhad, Hamid Dadju, Mohammad Ebrahimian, Ali Fattahi, Nafise Ghodrati, Roya Hosseini, Seyyed Jamshid Hosseini, Hamid Janane, Sahar Kave, Seyyd Hamid Mirshams, Manuchehr Mohammadzade, Mazdak Mohaymeni, Majid Nameni, Ali Nazari, Farhad Nosrati, Mahmoud Rafi'i, Peyman Sadeghi, Mohammad Saffari, Nosratollah Seyfizade, Bahare Shahbazi, Khodarahm Soleymannezhad, Maria Tehranchi, Armine Zeytounchian, Peyman Tayebi, Sohi Banoo Zoalghadr, Habib Majidi, Babak Karimi.
Beautiful City is about that Directed by multi-award winning filmmaker Asghar Farhadi, 'Beautiful City' is a cinematic gem not to be missed. Akbar has just turned eighteen. He has been held in a rehabilitation centre for committing murder at the age of sixteen when he was condemned to death. Legally speaking, he had to reach the age of eighteen so that the conviction could be carried out. Now, Akbar is transferred to prison to await the day of his execution. A'la, a friend of Akbar, who himself has undergone imprisonment for burglary, soon after his release tries desperately to gain the consent of Akbar's plaintiff so as to stop the execution. 'Beautiful City' is a simple film about the power of forgiveness. In this film Asghar Farhadi collaborates with Ahoo Kheradmand, Faramarz Gharibian, Taraneh Alidoosti, Babak Ansari, Hossein Farzi Zadeh, Farhad Ghaemian, Ali Loghmani, Shahrzad Pouya, Mehrdad Mirkiani, Masoud Behnam, Hamidreza Sadri, Hassan Zahedi, Iraj Taghipoor, Keyvan Moghaddam, Habib Majidi.
The Past is about that Following a four year separation, Ahmad returns to Paris from Tehran, upon his French wife Marie’s request, in order to finalize their divorce procedure. During his brief stay, Ahmad discovers the conflicting nature of Marie’s relationship with her daughter Lucie. Ahmad’s efforts to improve this relationship soon unveil a secret from their past. In this film Asghar Farhadi collaborates with Ali Mosaffa, Mahmoud Kalari, Babak Karimi Tari, Alexandre Mallet Guy, Juliette Welfling, Bérénice Bejo, Tahar Rahim, Pauline Burlet, Elyes Aguis, Sabrina Ouazani, Evgueni Galperine, Youli Galperine, Lucía Bretones-Méndez, Jean-Daniel Vuillermoz, Nadia Cherouk, Claude Lenoir.
About Elly is about that A group of friends - well-to-do professionals from Tehran - have gone on holiday together to the seaside, with their young children. One of the party, the vivacious Sepideh (Golshifteh Farahani) has invited along someone of whom they know next to nothing: a young woman called Elly (Taraneh Alidoosti), who is their children's teacher. Mischievous Sepideh is hoping to set Elly up with the single friend in their party: Ahmad (Shahab Hosseini), who is recently divorced and has just returned from a long stay doing business in Germany. When one of the group goes missing, the taut thriller takes off... Pitched somewhere between the ghostly mysteries of Gone Girl and the existential malaise of L’Avventura, 'About Elly' is another stunner from director Asghar Farhadi. Synopsis by IMVbox.com In this film Asghar Farhadi collaborates with Ahmad Mehranfar, Golshifteh Farahani, Saber Abar, Shahab Hosseini, Taraneh Alidoosti, Rana Azadivar, Mani Haghighi, Merila Zarei, Payman Maadi, Hossein Jafarian, Hayedeh Safiyari, Mohammad Reza Delpak, Mehrdad Mirkiani, Hassan Zahedi, Andrea Bauer.
Other films are:
Dancing in the Dust, The Night, The Salesman, Canaan, Trial on the Street, Everybody Knows, Gohar Kheirandish a Filmography, A Hero
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