Farid Mostafavi
فرید مصطفوی Farid Mostafavi | |
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| Born | Farid Mostafavi Kashani 27 October 1954 Tehran, Iran |
| Occupation | Screenwriter |
| Spouse | Parichehr Momtahen (1983–present) |
| Children | Sohrab Kashani (born 1989) |
Farid Mostafavi (Persian: فرید مصطفوی; born 27 October 1954 in Tehran, Iran) is an Iranian screenwriter best known for his social realist films set in urban Tehran, several of which were directed and co-written by Rakhshan Bani-Etemad.[1][2][3]
Education
[edit]Mostafavi attended the "Institute of Cinema and Television" in 1979 and studied economics at Tehran University.
Career
[edit]His career in IRIB began in 1989 and later expanded to film.[4] He has worked as writer and co-producer on "An Outlook to the Cinema", a thirteen-part television program about cinema (1983–1984), as assistant director on "The World Satirist", a ten-part television play (1984–1986), as voice-over writer for documentary films on "Centrality" (directed by Rakhshan Bani-Etemad) and "Immigrants" (directed by F. Shafaee), and as researcher and screenwriter on "Crossing from Iran Deserts", a documentary/fiction series (1997).
Filmography
[edit]- Kharej az Mahdudeh (1986 - aka Off-Limits)[5]
- Payizan (1987)
- Rooz-e Bashokouh (1989 - aka The Grand Day)
- Zard-e Qanari (1988 - aka Canary Yellow)
- Pul-e Khareji (1989 - aka Foreign Currency)
- Omid (1991)
- Badal (1994 - aka The Stuntman)
- Roya-ye nime-shab-e tabestan (1994 - aka The Midnight Summer's Dream)
- Zir-e Pust-e Shahr (2001 - aka Under the Skin of the city)[6][7]
- Zendan-e Zanan (2002 - aka Women's Prison)
- Zahr-e Asal (2003 - aka Honey Bane)
- Gilane (2005) [8][9][10]
- Taghato (2006 - aka Crossroads)
- Asr-e Jome (2006 - aka Friday Evening)
- Khunbazi (2006 - aka Mainline)
- Zaadboom (2009 - aka Birthplace)
- Ghesseh-ha (2014 - aka Tales)[11][12]
- Kafshhaiam Koo? (2016 - aka Where Are My Shoes?)
Honors and awards
[edit]- Best Screenplay Award, House of Cinema Festival (for Women's Prison)
- Best Screenplay Award, House of Cinema Festival (for Crossroads, with Abolhassan Davoudi)
- Best Screenplay Award, International Fajr Film Festival (for Khunbazi, with Rakhshan Bani-Etemad, Mohsen Abdolvahab and Naghmeh Samini)
- Best Screenplay Award, International Fajr Film Festival (for Birthplace, with Abolhassan Davoudi)
- Best Screenplay Award, 71st Venice International Film Festival (for Tales, with Rakhshan Bani-Etemad)[13][14]
References
[edit]- ^ "Farid Mostafavi - Poster | Bio | Movies | Birthdate - Movients".
- ^ "Tales". Archived from the original on 24 December 2013.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ Biennale di Venezia [@la_Biennale] (6 September 2014). "#Venezia71 Rakhshan Banietemad and Farid Mostafavi won the Award for Best Screenplay with Ghesseha (Tales)" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "TV series to explore life of Iran's last shah [آرشیو] - فوروم ایران آمریکا". Archived from the original on 10 September 2014. Retrieved 10 September 2014.
- ^ BFI
- ^ "Farid Mostafavi". Metacritic.
- ^ "Under the Skin of the City". Amazon.
- ^ "Farid Mostafavi".
- ^ ""GILANEH" (Gilaneh)".
- ^ "Gilaneh by Rakhshan Beni-Etimad & Mohsen Abdolvahab | ArteEast". Archived from the original on 10 September 2014. Retrieved 10 September 2014.
- ^ "Tales". Archived from the original on 24 December 2013.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Banietemad awarded in Venice". 8 September 2014.
- ^ "'Pigeon' Soars, 'Birdman' Snubbed at Venice Awards". Variety. 6 September 2014. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
- ^ Andrews, Nigel (7 September 2014). "Venice Film Festival: Golden Lion". Financial Times. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
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