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Asghar Farhadi
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Asghar Farhadi is a filmmaker whose professional career began in 2002. He was born on May 7, 1972.
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Film & TV
Isfahan, Iran
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…
Known for
- Vittorio De Sica: Staging Life — Self2026
- Ritratti di cinema — Self2025
- Nosrat Karimi, Being an Artist in Iran — himself2024
- Room 999 — Self2023
- Talking Heads 2021 — Self2021
- About The Salesman2018
- Scenes from A Separation — Self - Narrator (voice)2018
- New Wave2016
- About Cinema — Self2015
- Il était une fois... Une séparation2014
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Official website
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Part of
- cinema of Iran
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Iran
- Place of birth
- Isfahan Province
- Spouse
- Parisa Bakhtavar
- Child
- Sarina Farhadi
- Occupation
- actor
- Educated at
- University of Tehran
- Languages spoken
- Persian
- Religion
- Twelver Shiism
- Notable work
- A Hero
- Field of work
- acting
- Official website
- asgharfarhadi.com
- Image
- The Salesman-pressconference- Asghar Farhadi.jpg
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- related category
- Category:Films directed by Asghar Farhadi
- Commons category
- Asghar Farhadi
- date of birth
- 1972-01-01
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay
- name in native language
- اصغر فرهادی
- start of work period
- 2002-00-00
- member of
- Writers Guild of America West
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Encyclopedic overview
Asghar Farhadi (Persian: اصغر فرهادی [æsˈɢæɾ ɛ fæɾhɑːˈdiː] ; born 7 May 1972) is an Iranian film director and screenwriter. He is considered one of the most prominent filmmakers of Iranian cinema as well as world cinema in the 21st century. His films have gained recognition for their focus on the human condition, and portrayals of intimate and challenging stories of internal family conflicts for which he has received many international accolades including two Academy Awards, a Golden Bear, and a Prix du scénario among others. In 2012, he was included on the annual Time 100 list of the most influential people in the world. That same year, he also received the Legion of Honour from France.
Farhadi made his directorial film debut with the drama Dancing in the Dust (2003), followed by The Beautiful City (2004) and Fireworks Wednesday (2006). He gained acclaim for his film About Elly (2009) earning a Silver Bear for Best Director. He became one of the few directors worldwide to have won the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film twice, for the family drama A Separation (2011) and the moral drama The Salesman (2016), the latter of which also received the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Screenplay.
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