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Asghar Farhadi
Directing A Separation and The Salesman, both Academy Award-winning films.
About Elly · A Separation
- Born
- 7 May 1972
- Birthplace
- Homayoun Shahr, Iran (now Khomeyni Shahr)
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Asghar Farhadi
An Iranian director and screenwriter whose dramas reveal how ordinary decisions become moral conflicts. Family obligations, incomplete information and social pressure drive his stories.
Early life
Early filmmaking
Made short films through a young-cinema organisation in Iran.
Theatre studies
Studied theatre and stage direction in Tehran.
Career
- 1990s
Television and writing
Worked in television before directing features.
- 2003
Feature debut
Directed Dancing in the Dust.
- 2009–2012
International recognition
About Elly and A Separation brought major festival and Academy recognition.
- 2016–2017
The Salesman
Won a second foreign-language film Oscar.
Selected work
About Elly
A seaside trip becomes a crisis of truth and responsibility.
A Separation
A family dispute draws another household into competing claims.
The Salesman
A couple’s response to an assault strains their relationship.
Beyond directing
Theatre influence
Uses ensemble performance and tightly structured dramatic situations.
Family
His wife Parisa Bakhtavar and daughter Ida Farhadi also work in film.
Sources & photo credit
Life, career and references ↗Academy Awards ceremony ↗Photo: Frankie Fouganthin. CC BY-SA 4.0 · Original image. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.
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