In Brief Parvīz Kīmiyāvī is a director, screenwriter, and editor. Born in Tehran, Kīmiyāvī studied filmmaking at École nationale supérieure…

In Brief Bachchah’hā-yi āsmān (Children of Heaven), (1996), is an Iranian drama written and directed by Majīd Majīdī. The film…

In Brief Mīlānī is one of Iran’s most prominent female filmmakers, working primarily in the genres of melodrama and comedy. Mīlānī’s…

In Brief A prominent filmmaker and screenwriter associated with the Iranian New Wave movement, he made his first feature, Ḥasan…

In Brief Rakhshān Banī Iʿtimād is an Iranian director, screenwriter and producer who has directed and produced over 20 documentaries…

In Brief Jaʿfar Panāhī (b. 1960) is an Iranian director, screenwriter, and editor. His collaboration with ʿAbbās Kiyārustamī as an…

In Brief Gulistān is an Iranian filmmaker, the founder of the Golistān Films, and a literary figure born in Shiraz…

In Brief Dāriyush Mihrjūyi (born in Tehran, 8 December 1939) is an Iranian director and screenwriter. Mihrjūyi – who graduated…

In Brief Aṣghar Farhādī (born in Khumaynīʹshahr, Isfahan, in 1972) – who has a bachelor’s degree in dramatic literature from…

In Brief Active 1962–2016. One of the most prominent and internationally recognized figures of Iranian and world cinema, Kiyārustamī, who…

In Brief Iranian filmmaker, playwright, screenwriter, and stage director. A popular and critically acclaimed filmmaker in Iran and abroad, he…