Farid Mostafavi

فرید مصطفوی
Farid Mostafavi
Born
Farid Mostafavi Kashani

(1954-10-27) 27 October 1954 (age 70)
Tehran, Iran
OccupationScreenwriter
SpouseParichehr Momtahen (1983–present)
ChildrenSohrab Kashani (born 1989)

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]

Education

Mostafavi attended the "Institute of Cinema and Television" in 1979 and studied economics at Tehran University.

Career

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

  • 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

References

  1. ^ "Farid Mostafavi - Poster | Bio | Movies | Birthdate - Movients".
  2. ^ "Tales". Archived from the original on 24 December 2013.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ BFI
  6. ^ "Farid Mostafavi". Metacritic.
  7. ^ "Under the Skin of the City". Amazon.
  8. ^ "Farid Mostafavi".
  9. ^ ""GILANEH" (Gilaneh)".
  10. ^ "Gilaneh by Rakhshan Beni-Etimad & Mohsen Abdolvahab | ArteEast". Archived from the original on 10 September 2014. Retrieved 10 September 2014.
  11. ^ "Tales". Archived from the original on 24 December 2013.
  12. ^ "Banietemad awarded in Venice". 8 September 2014.
  13. ^ "'Pigeon' Soars, 'Birdman' Snubbed at Venice Awards". Variety. 6 September 2014. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
  14. ^ Andrews, Nigel (7 September 2014). "Venice Film Festival: Golden Lion". Financial Times. Retrieved 7 September 2014.