Arash Abbasi (Persian: آرش عباسی, born in 1978 in Malayer) is an Iranian screenwriter, director and actor.[1][2]

Arash Abbasi
آرش عباسی
Abbasi in 2020
Born
Arash Abbasi

(1978-01-04) 4 January 1978 (age 46)
Malayer, Iran
EducationMA in The Rules of The Theater from University of Bologna
Occupation(s)Screenwriter, director, Actor
Years active1990–present

Early life

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Abbasi started his work in 1990 at his hometown School.[3] In 1998 he moved to Tehran to Study Drama.[4] He got a BA in Dramatic literature from Azad University of art and architecture.[5] In 2012 he Went to Bologna and in university of bologna, he got his MA in The Rules of the Theatre.[6][7]

Activities

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Abbasi has written 25 stage plays and directed 15 plays in Iran and Italy. His work Named Nevisandeh Mordeh Ast (The Writer Is Dead) has been translated to German and Italian and has been performed in different cities of Italy.[8] He is the writer of several TV series such as Istgah-e Seh Rahi (Three-Way Station), TV Film Gharibeh (Stranger) and he was the Assistant Director of TV Series such as Tajrobeh (Experience) and Khaneh-ee Dar Tariky (The House In The Darkness).[9][10] He is also the writer of Gahi (Sometimes) screenplay. He took participate in Giuseppe Tornatore Directing Workshop (2013).[11]

Earlier in 2016, Abbasi was invited to the Italian city of Bologna to stage his play "The Lady during an Iranian Cultural Festival Titled “Heart of Persia”.[12] Teatri di Vita, an international center for theater and contemporary arts in Bologna, was the main organizer of the festival.[13] The Lady was also performed in Iran with Sanam Naderi as The Lady in Italian Language.[14] In autumn 2017, Abbasi's Groupe Moj collaborated with Italian theater expert and choreographer Claudia Castellucci in a joint performance.[15]

He was the consulter of Italian Theater Film works in 2016.[16] In 2018 He was nominated in Fajr International Theater Festival for Best Director and Best Playwright – National Competition A for the play Anna Karenina free Adapted from the famous novel Anna Karenina by the Russian author Leo Tolstoy.[17] In 2019 he nominated at Fajr International Theater Festival for Best Playwright – Radio Plays Competition for the play written by the wind.[18] In 2019 he also selected for 16th Sedicicorto International Film Festival jury in Italy.[19]

In 2019 he was the writer of the Popular TV Series Paytakht SE06.[20]

Artistic Management Records

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Title
Relations and Information Deputy Manager of 34th Fajr Film Festival
Public Relations Manager of Isfahan International Children and Youth Theatre Festival
Public Relations Manager of Shahr (City) Theatre
Manager of News Center of Fath-e Khorramshahr Festival (Conquest of Khorramshahr Festival)
Secretary of Culture and Art Service of International News
Head of Malayer Theatre

Stage plays

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Year Title notes
1999 A bucket of curse for Mrs. Shamsi Writer and Director
2001 The 50th Kilometer Writer and Director
2003 The Popular Story Writer and Director
2004 Moving Blood in Dried veins
2005 Written By the Wind
2005 The Red Quote
2005 The Basement Writer and Director
2006 No Men is Allowed Writer and Director
2006 No Women is Allowed Writer and Director
2008 The Lady, La Signora[21] Writer and Director
2008 The Stranger Writer and Director
2008 Paternal
2009 Sharp Turn
2009 Every thing about Mr.F[22] Writer and Director
2010 The Sun Shines from Milan Writer and Director
2011 The lobby
2011 Catch me if you can
2012 The Writer is Dead Writer and Director
2015 The Winged Love
2015 Fathers, Mothers, Children Writer and Director
2017 Anna Karenina[23] Writer and Director
2019 Molin rouge
2019 The Party[24] Writer and Director

Scripts

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Year Title Role Notes
2018 Bologna[25] Writer and Director and Producer Italy, Short Film
2018 legal[26] Writer and Producer Iran, Short Film
2019 French Connection[27] Writer and Director and producer Italy, Short Film
2020 The capital Season 6 TV series[28] Writer Iran,15 Episodes

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Culture and art, in the paradise of May, with prohibitions and restrictions". BBC (in Persian). Retrieved 2022-04-08.
  2. ^ "I am ready to give all my small possessions to return to life before the "capital"!". ISNA (in Persian). 2020-08-14. Retrieved 2022-04-08.
  3. ^ "The short film "Phoenix" was edited". ILNA (in Persian). 2022-10-01. Retrieved 2022-04-08.
  4. ^ "I am fighting to get my place in cinema". Khabar Online (in Persian). 2021-05-08. Retrieved 2022-04-08.
  5. ^ "Theater Forum". Theater Forum (in Persian). Retrieved 2022-04-08.
  6. ^ "From the process of acquaintance of the author of "Paytakht" with Tanabandeh to the answer to the margins of this chapter". Khabar Online (in Persian). 2020-04-09. Retrieved 2022-04-08.
  7. ^ "Italy's Pietro Floridia to stage "The Violin of the Titanic" with Iranian cast". Tehran Times. 2016-10-18. Retrieved 2022-04-08.
  8. ^ "Take a look at the play "The Writer is Dead" directed by Arash Abbasi". theater.ir (in Persian). 2017-04-21. Retrieved 2022-04-08.
  9. ^ "Alvand has not had a "capital" for 2 years!". ISNA (in Persian). 2021-02-27. Retrieved 2022-04-08.
  10. ^ "'Moulin Rouge' on stage in Tehran". Mehr News Agency. 2019-07-16. Retrieved 2022-04-08.
  11. ^ "The eighth episode of the Jeeran series". Borna News Agency (in Persian). Retrieved 2022-04-08.
  12. ^ "Celebrating the winners of the Sangar National Theater Festival". IRIB (in Persian). 2022-03-08. Retrieved 2022-04-08.
  13. ^ "Tehran Short Film Festival recognized its 36 winners". Moj News (in Persian). Retrieved 2022-04-08.
  14. ^ "The play "Lady" will be staged in Italian". asriran.com (in Persian). 2015-08-17. Retrieved 2022-04-08.
  15. ^ "Closing Details of the 38th Tehran International Short Film Festival Announced / ISFA Medal Awarded at the Closing Ceremony". Moj News Agency (in Persian). 2021-10-24. Retrieved 2022-04-08.
  16. ^ "The shooting of the series "Story of a Thousand Charms" directed by Saeed Abbasi has started to be broadcast on the home theater network". Iran Online. 2021-11-01. Retrieved 2022-04-08.
  17. ^ "Abbasi restages adaptation of Tolstoy's well-known novel". Honar Online. Retrieved 2022-04-08.
  18. ^ ""Yadoo" tops at 39th Fajr Film Fsetival [sic]". Tehran Times. 2021-02-12. Retrieved 2022-04-08.
  19. ^ "Shooting a new series with Pejman Bazghi and Behnoosh Bakhtiari". IRNA (in Persian). 2021-11-02. Retrieved 2022-04-08.
  20. ^ "Who is the author of Capital 6?". Bultan News (in Persian). 2020-04-05. Retrieved 2022-04-08.
  21. ^ "'La Signora' in Bologna, Pisa". Financial Tribune. 2016-07-03. Retrieved 2022-04-08.
  22. ^ ""Everything About Mr. F" Continues / Performed at Paliz Theater". Mehr News Agency (in Persian). 2018-07-07. Retrieved 2022-04-08.
  23. ^ "Interview with Arash Abbasi, writer and director of "Anna Karnina" in Fajr 36". theater.ir (in Persian). 2018-01-26. Retrieved 2022-04-08.
  24. ^ "Arash Abbasi starts a "party" in the city theater / A study of human relations". Mehr News Agency (in Persian). 2019-11-09. Retrieved 2022-04-08.
  25. ^ "Italy Screens Iranian Short film 'Bologna'". Kayhan. 2019-09-22. Retrieved 2022-04-08.
  26. ^ ""Sharia" presence in the Japanese festival". Iranian Youth Cinema Association (in Persian). 2020-12-08. Retrieved 2022-04-08.
  27. ^ "Construction of "French Connection" completed in Italy / Products from several countries". Mehr News Agency (in Persian). 2018-04-16. Retrieved 2022-04-08.
  28. ^ "Writing 2 episodes of "Capital 6" has been completed / heartfelt collaboration with Tanabandeh". Mehr News Agency (in Persian). 2019-07-26. Retrieved 2022-04-08.
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