Farid Mostafavi

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

(1954-10-27) 27 October 1954
Tehran, Iran
OccupationScreenwriter
SpouseParichehr Momtahen (1983–present)
ChildrenSohrab Kashani (b. 1989)

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.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  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".
  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.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  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.
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