Mani Haghighi

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1969-07-16 (56 years old)

Place of Birth

Tehran, Iran

Mani Haghighi

Biography

Mani Haghighi (b.1969, Tehran) studied philosophy at McGill University, Montreal before returning to Iran to make films. His first feature, Abadan (2003) premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival. His screenplay for Asghar Farhadi’s Fireworks Wednesday (2006, co-written with the director) won the Special Jury Prize at the Three Continents Festival, Nantes. His second feature film, Men at Work (Berlinale, Forum 2006) won the Best Screenplay Prize at the 2007 Asian Film Awards (Hong Kong) and the Best Screenplay Prize in the international section of the Fajr Film Festival (Tehran). Canaan (2008), based on a short story by Alice Munro, was followed...

Production

2013

Modest Reception

as Director

2022

Subtraction

as Director

2022

Subtraction

as Writer

2016

2016

2004

Abadan

as Director

2008

Canaan

as Director

2006

Men at Work

as Director

2006

2016

A Dragon Arrives!

as Screenplay

2016

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Hamoon Bazha

as Director

2018

Pig

as Director

2018

Pig

as Screenplay

2004

Abadan

as Screenplay

2006

Men at Work

as Screenplay

2013

Modest Reception

as Screenplay

2008

Canaan

as Screenplay

2001

To stay

as Director

2001

To stay

as Producer

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