Farid Mostafavi

فرید مصطفوی
Farid Mostafavi
Born Farid Mostafavi Kashani
(1954-10-27) 27 October 1954
Tehran, Iran
Occupation Screenwriter
Spouse(s) Parichehr Momtahen (1983–present)
Children Sohrab Kashani (b. 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. ↑ http://movients.com/people/588959-Farid%20Mostafavi.html
  2. ↑ http://irannovinfilm.com/index.php/productions/production-feature-fiction/item/tales
  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. ↑ http://www.iranamerica.com/forum/archive/index.php/t-24848.html
  5. ↑ http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2ba8ede61e
  6. ↑ http://www.metacritic.com/person/farid-mostafavi?filter-options=movies
  7. ↑ https://www.amazon.com/Under-Skin-City-Golab-Adineh/dp/B00015YV36
  8. ↑ http://www.filmweb.pl/person/Farid+Mostafavi-564839
  9. ↑ http://www.nooripictures.com/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=65:gilaneh-gilaneh&Itemid=68&tmpl=component&print=1
  10. ↑ http://www.arteeast.org/ai1ec_event/gilaneh/
  11. ↑ http://irannovinfilm.com/index.php/productions/production-feature-fiction/item/tales
  12. ↑ http://www.irna.ir/en/News/2736780/Art_&_Culture/Banietemad_awarded_in_Venice
  13. ↑ "'Pigeon' Soars, 'Birdman' Snubbed at Venice Awards". Variety. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
  14. ↑ "Venice Film Festival: Golden Lion". Financial Times. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
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