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Hassan Yektapanah

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Hassan Yektapanah
حسن یکتاپناه
Hassan Yektapanah in Warsaw in 2004.
Born (1963-05-26) 26 May 1963 (age 61)[1]
NationalityIranian
Occupation(s)Film director, screenwriter
Years active1984-
Known forJom'e
AwardsCaméra d'Or (2000)

Hassan Yektapanah (born 1963, in Tehran) is an Iranian (Persian) filmmaker and screenwriter.[2]

He started his career as an assistant director, first with Jafar Panahi on "The Mirror" (1997) and then on Abbas Kiarostami's film "Taste of Cherry" (1997).

The first film he directed was Jom'e, winning the Caméra d'Or for the best first-time entry at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival.[3]

Filmography

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Awards and honours

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  • Golden Camera, Cannes Film Festival (2000)
  • Silver Leopard, Locarno film festival (2004)
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IMDb [2]

References

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  1. ^ [1] Hassan Yetapanah on Sooreh Website
  2. ^ Terri Ginsberg, Chris Lippard (2020). "Yektapanah, Hassan". Historical Dictionary of Middle Eastern Cinema. Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 516–517. ISBN 9781538139059.
  3. ^ "Festival de Cannes: Djomeh". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-10-14.