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]
فرید مصطفوی Farid Mostafavi | |
|---|---|
| Born | Farid Mostafavi Kashani 27 October 1954 Tehran, Iran |
| Occupation | Screenwriter |
| Spouse | Parichehr Momtahen (1983–present) |
| Children | Sohrab Kashani (born 1989) |
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.