Asghar Farhari | Асгар Фархади

Asghar Farhari was born in 1972 in Iran. He started his filmmaking education by joining the Youth Cinema Society of Esfahan in 1986 where he made 8mm and 16mm short films. He 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 of which "A Tale of a City" is most noteworthy. In 2001, he debuted in professional cinema by co-writing the script for Low Heights (2002) (Ertefae Past), a post Iran-Irag war chronicle of Southwest Iran, with famed war film director, Ebrahim Hatamikia. The film was met with both critical and public success. The following year, 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. His most recent film, A Separation (2011) (Jodaeiye Nader az Simin), became a sensation. It got critical acclaim inside and outside of Iran; Roger Ebert called it "the best picture of the year," and it was awarded the Crystal Simorgh from Fajr Film Festival, Golden Bear and Prize of the Ecumenical Jury from Berlin International Film Festival, and also won Best Foreign Language Film from The Boston Society of Film Critics, Chicago and Los Angeles Film Critics Association, New York Film Critics Circle, National Board of Review, and Golden Globes. It also received nomination for the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) Award in the best 'Film Not in the English Language' category.

Trivia

• First Iranian filmmaker to win a Golden Globe (Best Foreign Language Film, A Separation (2011)).  
• First Iranian filmmaker to receive nomination for a British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) Award (Best 'Film Not in the English Language,' A Separation (2011)).  
• Father of Sarina Farhadi who played Termeh, the eleven-year-old Daughter of Nader and Simin, in A Separation (2011).  
• First Iranian Director to be nominated for academy awards in any other category except Best Foreign Language Film.  
• First Iranian Director to be nominated for two academy awards.

Personal Quotes 

• I feel it's important to talk about the complex issues affecting us. I think it's insulting to an audience to make them sit and watch a film and then give them a message in one sentence.  
• It was in the theater that I learned how it is that you can work with actors. To give an example, I have a character in the film [A Separation (2011)] who's supposed to be a religious woman. Once the script is finished, I didn't find her and say 'You're going to be a religious character. This is what you should do'. In the few months remaining before shooting she would actually turn into a religious person. I asked her to pray promptly every day, meaning five times. I asked her to wear a chador which is the traditional long veil. I asked her not to use her personal car... to restrict her rapport with any men who were not known to her. And after a while of rehearsing this way she actually started to behave like a religious person. Don't worry, as soon as the film is over, she turned back into her former self.  
• Classical tragedy was the war between good and evil. We wanted evil to be defeated and good to be victorious. But the battle in modern tragedy is between good and good. And no matter which side wins, we'll still be heartbroken.  
• [on how Iran could consider submitting "A Separation" (2011), which deals with marital breakup in a Muslim family, for Oscar consideration] It's not a discussion that's linear - the government is this way, the people are that way. Within the government there's diversity of thought and taste. Some among them are much more open-minded, others are very closed. Perhaps what you're asking is, given the image that we have of the government which is so hard and full of censorship, how can you make such a film? That question would be like if you ask someone living in a desert, how is it that you can live, given the heat? 

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Асгар Фархади — иранский кинорежиссёр, сценарист и продюсер, лауреат премии «Золотой глобус» (2012), номинант на премию BAFTA (2012), двукратный номинант на премию «Оскар» (2012).

Биография

Асгар Фархади родился 1 января 1972 года в небольшом городе Хомейни Шар, что в провинции Исфахан, Иран. В 1996 году окончил Тегеранский и университет Тарбиат Модарес. Перед дебютом в полнометражном кино, Фархади снимал короткометражные фильмы на 8 мм и 16 мм плёнку, которые отправлял в «Иранское общество молодых кинематографистов». Работал на радиокомпанию «Голос Исламской Республики Иран», совместно с Эбрахимом Хатамикией написал сценарий для драмы «На низкой высоте».  В 2003 году Фархади снял свой первый полнометражный фильм — драму «Танцуя в пыли», получившую призы на нескольких престижных фестивалях, в том числе на ММКФ («Святой Георгий» за лучшую мужскую роль — Фарамаз Гарибян). Та же ситуация повторилась и с следующим фильмом Фархади — «Прелестным городом» — который не был слишком успешен, но получил несколько наград.  Гораздо большая слава снискала последние проекты Фархади — драмы «О Элли» и «Развод Надера и Симин». За режиссуру первой Асгар Фархади стал обладателем «Серебряного медведя за лучшую режиссёрскую работу» на Берлинском кинофестивале и удостоился положительных отзывов от кинокритиков. Вторая картина стала наиболее прославленной в карьере Фархади и принесла ему статуэтку премии «Золотой глобус» и номинации на премии «Оскар» и BAFTA.  19 декабря 2011 года директор Берлинского кинофестиваля Дитер Косслик объявил о том, что Асгар Фархади войдёт в состав членов жюри 62-го Берлинского международного кинофестиваля.

Фильмография Год

• 2003 - Танцуя в пыли (رقص در غبار ); режиссёр, сценарист 
• 2004 - Прелестный город ( شهر زیبا ); режиссёр, сценарист 
• 2006 - Среда фейерверков ( چهارشنبه سوری ); режиссёр, сценарист 
• 2009 - О Элли ( درباره ی الی ); режиссёр, сценарист, продюсер 
• 2011 - Развод Надера и Симин ( جدایی نادر از سیمین ); режиссёр, сценарист, продюсер

Источник: ru.wikipedia.org