Asghar Farhadi

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1972-05-07 (53 years old)

Place of Birth

Isfahan, Iran

Asghar Farhadi

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 profess...

Acting

2023

Room 999

as Self

2015

2011

From Iran, a Separation

as Self - Director

2018

Scenes from A Separation

as Self - Narrator (voice)

Production

2009

About Elly

as Director

2011

A Separation

as Producer

2011

A Separation

as Director

2011

A Separation

as Screenplay

2006

2004

Beautiful City

as Director

2004

2013

The Past

as Director

2008

Tambourine

as Screenplay

2009

About Elly

as Writer

2009

About Elly

as Costume Design

2009

About Elly

as Production Design

2009

About Elly

as Screenplay

2009

About Elly

as Producer

2016

The Salesman

as Writer

2016

The Salesman

as Director

2006

2009

2018

Everybody Knows

as Director

2018

2002

Low Heights

as Writer

2004

Dancing in the Dust

as Costume Design

2016

The Salesman

as Producer

2004

2004

-

Parallel Tales

as Director

-

Parallel Tales

as Screenplay

2013

The Past

as Writer

2008

Canaan

as Co-Writer

2021

A Hero

as Director

2021

A Hero

as Producer

2021

A Hero

as Writer

2007

The Night

as Story

-

Parallel Tales

as Producer

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