Our Man in Tehran is a 2013 Canadian documentary film, profiling the role of Kenneth D. Taylor, Canada's ambassador to Iran in the 1970s, in helping six American hostages escape from Iran during the Iran hostage crisis of 1979-1980 by engineering the Canadian Caper.[1]

Our Man in Tehran
Film poster
Directed byDrew Taylor
Larry Weinstein
Written byDrew Taylor
Robert Wright
Produced byNiv Fichman
Elena Semikina
Drew Taylor
Larry Weinstein
StarringKenneth D. Taylor
CinematographyJohn Minh Tran
Edited bySteve Weslak
Music byAsher Lenz
Stephen Skratt
Production
company
Rhombus Media
Release date
  • 13 September 2013 (2013-09-13) (TIFF)
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

The film premiered at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival,[1] but was distributed to general audiences as a television film on The Movie Network.[2] It was released in the United States on May 15, 2015.[3]

Several other political, journalism and diplomatic personalities involved in the events also appear in the film, including Joe Clark, Flora MacDonald, Robert Anders, William Daugherty, Carole Jerome, Tony Mendez, Joe Schlesinger, Zena Sheardown and Gary Sick.

The film won five Canadian Screen Awards at the 3rd Canadian Screen Awards in 2015, winning Best Documentary Program, Best Direction in a Documentary or Factual Series (Drew Taylor, Larry Weinstein), Best Photography in a Documentary Program or Factual Series (John Minh Tran), Best Picture Editing in a Documentary Program or Factual Series (Steve Weslak) and Best Sound in a Documentary, Factual or Lifestyle Program or Series (Martin Lee, David McCallum, Sanjay Mehta, Brennan Mercer, Jane Tattersall).[4]

The film was adapted in part from cowriter Robert Wright's 2010 book Our Man in Tehran.[5]

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