Farhadi at the 2018 Stockholm International Film Festival
Born
(1972-05-07) 7 May 1972 (age 52)
Homayoon Shahr, Isfahan, Pahlavi Iran
Alma mater
Tarbiat Modares University University of Tehran
Occupations
Film director
screenwriter
film producer
Years active
1997–present
Notable work
About Elly (2009) A Separation (2011) The Past (2013) The Salesman (2016) Everybody Knows (2018) A Hero (2021)
Spouse
Parisa Bakhtavar
(m. 1990)
Children
2, including Sarina Farhadi
Asghar Farhadi (Persian: اصغر فرهادی, [æsˈɢæɾɛfæɾhɑːˈdiː]ⓘ; born 7 May 1972)[1] 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. In 2012, he was included on the annual Time 100 list of the most influential people in the world.[2] 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 rose to greater prominence becoming 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.
He also gained acclaim for his films The Past (2013) which was filmed in France and Everybody Knows (2018) which was filmed in Spain. He returned to Iran with A Hero (2021), which earned Farhadi the Cannes Film Festival's Grand Prix.[3]
^Soureh Movie Database Archived 21 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine
^"Asghar Farhadi – Filmmaker". Time. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
^"A Hero: Asghar Farhadi has been contemplating his latest drama for decades". Web News Observer. 12 January 2022. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
AsgharFarhadi (Persian: اصغر فرهادی, [æsˈɢæɾ ɛ fæɾhɑːˈdiː] ; born 7 May 1972) is an Iranian film director and screenwriter. He is considered one of the...
romanized: Qahremaan) is a 2021 Iranian-French drama film written and directed by AsgharFarhadi and starring Amir Jadidi, Mohsen Tanabandeh and Sahar Goldoost. The...
written and directed by AsgharFarhadi, starring Leila Hatami, Peyman Moaadi, Shahab Hosseini, Sareh Bayat, and Sarina Farhadi. It focuses on an Iranian...
fourth film by filmmaker AsgharFarhadi, the film examines middle class relationships in Iran. It received universal acclaim. Farhadi won the Silver Bear for...
the daughter of Parisa Bakhtavar and Academy Award-winning director AsgharFarhadi. In 2011, she won Silver Bear for Best Actress at Berlin International...
2012: AsgharFarhadi, A Separation 2011: AsgharFarhadi, A Separation 2012: AsgharFarhadi Best Foreign Film, A Separation 2012: AsgharFarhadi Best Foreign...
romanized: Čahâršanbe-Suri) is a 2006 Iranian drama film directed by AsgharFarhadi and co-written by Farhadi and Mani Haghighi. It stars Hedieh Tehrani, Taraneh Alidoosti...
dramatic roles, as exemplified by her long collaboration with Oscar winner AsgharFarhadi, making her one of the most acclaimed actresses of her generation. She...
(2011) and About Elly (2009) by Iranian Academy Award-winning director AsgharFarhadi and Last Knights (2015) and the independent drama film Camp X-Ray (2014)...
the most black winners of the Academy Awards ever. Iranian director AsgharFarhadi, who won the award for Best Foreign Language Film for The Salesman,...
premiere. Her last film performance in Iran was in About Elly directed by AsgharFarhadi. In January 2012, it was reported that Farahani would not be welcome...
of Iran, who has appeared in the films of renowned directors such as AsgharFarhadi, Ebrahim Hatami Kia, Pouran Derakhshandeh, Reza Attaran, Abbas Kia Rostami...
nominations of the Iranian film director and screenwriter AsgharFarhadi. In addition to these awards, Farhadi has received awards and nominations from film festivals...
for his collaborations with Iranian Academy Award-winning director AsgharFarhadi in About Elly (2009), A Separation (2011), and The Salesman (2016)....
to 1957 Ali Asghar Bazri, Iranian wrestler Asghar Ali Engineer, Indian civil engineer, Islamic scholar, and religious figure AsgharFarhadi, Iranian film...
has carried out are for internationally well-known filmmakers such as AsgharFarhadi, Bahram Beyzai, Bahman Ghobadi, Rakhshan Banietemad, Reza Dormishian...
the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film; it was directed by AsgharFarhadi and distributed in the US by Amazon Studios. In 2018, the period comedy-drama...
Winterbottom (2006) Joseph Cedar (2007) Paul Thomas Anderson (2008) AsgharFarhadi (2009) Roman Polanski (2010) Ulrich Köhler (2011) Christian Petzold...
her father. She rose to international fame for her role as Simin in AsgharFarhadi's Academy Award-winning film A Separation (2011), for which she received...
and unredeeming". In 2012, in a Sight & Sound poll, Iranian filmmaker AsgharFarhadi selected Taxi Driver as one of his 10 best films of all time. Quentin...
shocked and saddened" by the news. Oscar-winning Iranian film-maker AsgharFarhadi – who had been due to fly to Paris to visit his friend – said he was...
Sarbolouki. Art figures include renowned filmmakers Abbas Kiarostami and AsgharFarhadi, actor Khosrow Shakibai and poet Mohammad-Taqi Bahar. Other notable...
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