
Asghar Farhadi
Known for DirectingBorn 1972-05-07 (age 54)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 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 professional cinema by co-writing the script for Low Heights (2002) (Ertefae Past), a post-911 political farce chronicle of Southwest Iran, with famed war film director, Ebrahim Hatamikia. The film was met with both critical and public success. The following year, Asghar 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. It was also Iran's official submission for the Foreign Language Film competition of Academy Awards in 2009. His most famous films, A Separation (2011) (Jodaeiye Nader az Simin) and The Salesman (2016), received both an oscar, many other major international awards and good critics all around the world.Read more
Movies & web series
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From Iran, a Separation
2011 · Movie
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About Cinema
2015 · Movie
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Kusturica - Balkan's Bad Boy
2012 · Movie
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A Separation
2011 · Movie
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Beautiful City
2004 · Movie
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About Elly
2009 · Movie
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A Hero
2021 · Movie
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Fireworks Wednesday
2006 · Movie
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The Salesman
2016 · Movie
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The Past
2013 · Movie
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Low Heights
2002 · Movie
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Dancing in the Dust
2004 · Movie
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Everybody Knows
2018 · Movie
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Trial on the Street
2009 · Movie
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Canaan
2008 · Movie
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Parallel Tales
2026 · Movie
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Tambourine
2008 · Movie
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Room 999
2023 · Movie
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About The Salesman
2018 · Movie
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The Night
2007 · Movie
Talking Heads 2021
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Talking Heads 2021
2021 · Movie
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Scenes from A Separation
2018 · Movie

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Vittorio De Sica – La Vie in Scene
2026 · Movie

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Ritratti di cinema
2025 · Movie

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Nosrat Karimi, Being an Artist in Iran
2024 · Movie

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New Wave
2016 · Movie

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Il était une fois... Une séparation
2014 · Movie

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Square
2012 · Series

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Cyclothymia of a Land
Movie