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Asghar Farhadi Biography

Birth Name:Asghar Farhadi

Birth Place:Homayoonshahr, Iran

Profession Writer, Director, Producer, Costume designer, Production designer

Fast Facts

Received the Silver Bear for Best Director Award at the 59th Berlin Film Festival
In 2013, he won the Argentinean Film Critics Association Silver Condor Award for Best Foreign Film
Graduated from the University of Tehran with a degree in dramatic arts
Earned his degree in stage direction from Tarbiat Modares University
In 1990, he got married to fellow film director Parisa Bakhtavar
Started out making films in the Iranian Young Cinema Society
Is the first Iranian filmmaker to win an Academy Award

Awards

2003APFF Award-Best Screenplay: winner
2003APFF Award-Best Director: winner
2003Special Jury Award-International Competition - Best Film: winner
2003Golden St. George-: nominated
2003New Currents Award-: nominated
2004Grand Jury Prize-: nominated
2004Special Jury Prize-: winner
2004Golden Peacock-: winner
2004Grand Prix-: winner
2005FIPRESCI Prize-: winner
2006Gold Hugo-Best Feature: winner
2006Crystal Simorgh-Best Director: winner
2006Critics Award-: nominated
2006Silver Crow Pheasant-Best Director: winner
2006Golden Crow Pheasant-: nominated
2006Golden Leopard-: nominated
2006Youth Jury Award-: nominated
2006Golden Montgolfiere-Best Film: nominated
2006Special Jury Award-: winner
2007Golden Lady Harimaguada-: winner
2009Asia Pacific Screen Award-Best Film: nominated
2009Jury Grand Prize-: winner
2009Asia Pacific Screen Award-Best Screenplay: winner
2009Asia Pacific Screen Award-Achievement in Directing: nominated
2009Special Jury Award-: winner
2009APFF Award-Best Screenplay: winner
2009Golden Berlin Bear-: nominated
2009Silver Berlin Bear-Best Director: winner
2009Netpac Award-: winner
2009Gold Hugo-Best Feature: nominated
2009Crystal Simorgh-Best Director: winner
2009Audience Award-Best Film: winner
2009Golden Crow Pheasant-: winner
2009Jury Award-Best Narrative Feature: winner
2009Reader Jury of the "Standard"-: winner
2010Asian Film Award-Best Director: nominated
2010Asian Film Award-Best Screenwriter: nominated
2010Student Jury's decision-: winner
2011Black Pearl Award-Best Narrative Feature: nominated
2011Narrative Competition-Special Jury Award: winner
2011Amazonas Award-Best Film: winner
2011Asia Pacific Screen Award-Best Film: winner
2011Asia Pacific Screen Award-Achievement in Directing: nominated
2011Asia Pacific Screen Award-Best Screenplay: nominated
2011Golden Reel-Best Foreign Film: winner
2011Reader Jury of the "Berliner Morgenpost"-: winner
2011Prize of the Ecumenical Jury-Competition: winner
2011Golden Berlin Bear-: winner
2011CFCA Award-Best Screenplay, Original: nominated
2011Best Film-Feature Film Competition: winner
2011Best Screenplay-: winner
2011Crystal Simorgh-Best Director: winner
2011Audience Award-Best Film: winner
2011Crystal Simorgh-Best Screenplay: winner
2011Audience Award-: winner
2011Grand Prix - Golden Apricot-Best Film: winner
2011Guild Film Award - Gold-Foreign Film (Ausländischer Film): winner
2011ICP Award-Best Screenplay: winner
2011Silver Peacock-Best Director: winner
2011LAFCA Award-Best Screenplay: winner
2011LAFCA Award-Best Foreign Film: nominated
2011Most Popular Feature Film-: winner
2011Silver Mirror Award-Best Feature: nominated
2011International Competition-Best Film: winner
2011FIPRESCI Prize-International Competition: winner
2011TVE Otra Mirada Award-: winner
2011Sydney Film Prize-Best Film: winner
2011People's Choice Award-: nominated
2011Roger's People's Choice Award-: winner
2011VVFP Award-Best Screenplay: nominated
2011World Cinema Amsterdam Jury Award-Best Film: nominated
2011World Cinema Amsterdam Audience Award-: winner
2012ASECAN Award-Best Foreign Film: winner
2012Abraccine Award-Best International Feature Film (Melhor Longa Estrangeiro): winner
2012Oscar-Best Writing, Original Screenplay: nominated
2012Award of the Argentinean Academy-Best Foreign Film (Mejor Película Extranjera): nominated
2012EDA Award-Best Non-English Language Film: winner
2012Asian Film Award-Best Director: winner
2012Asian Film Award-Best Screenwriter: winner
2012BAFTA Film Award-Best Film Not in the English Language: nominated
2012Bodil-Best Non-American Film (Bedste ikke-amerikanske film): winner
2012Chlotrudis Award-Best Director: winner
2012CEC Award-Best Foreign Film (Mejor Película Extranjera): nominated
2012Cinema for Peace Award-Cinema for Peace Award for Justice: nominated
2012César-Best Foreign Film (Meilleur film étranger): winner
2012Robert-Best Non-American Film (Årets ikke-amerikanske film): nominated
2012David-Best Foreign Film (Miglior Film Straniero): winner
2012MEDIA Prize-EU MEDIA prize: winner
2012Independent Spirit Award-Best International Film: winner
2012Gold Derby Film Award-Original Screenplay: nominated
2012Gold Derby Film Award-Foreign Language Film: winner
2012Guldbagge-Best Foreign Film (Bästa utländska film): winner
2012ICS Award-Best Original Screenplay: winner
2012ICS Award-Best Director: nominated
2012INOCA-Best Director: nominated
2012INOCA-Best Non-English Language Film: winner
2012INOCA-Best Original Screenplay: winner
2012Silver Ribbon-Best Non-European Director (Regista del Miglior Film Non-Europeo): nominated
2012IOMA-Best Original Screenplay (Miglior sceneggiatura originale): nominated
2012ALFS Award-Director of the Year: nominated
2012ALFS Award-Screenwriter of the Year: winner
2012NSFC Award-Best Screenplay: winner
2012OFTA Film Award-Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen: winner
2012OFCS Award-Best Original Screenplay: nominated
2012Premio Sergio Amidei-: winner
2013International Feature Award-Best Feature: nominated
2013EDA Award-Best Non-English Language Film: nominated
2013Silver Condor-Best Foreign Film, Not in the Spanish Language (Mejor Película Extranjera): winner
2013Asia Pacific Screen Award-Best Screenplay: nominated
2013Golden Reel-Best Foreign Film: winner
2013Prize of the Ecumenical Jury-: winner
2013Palme d'Or-: nominated
2013Cinema Brazil Grand Prize-Best Foreign-Language Film (Melhor Filme Estrangeiro): nominated
2013Best Screenplay-: winner
2013Grand Prix Asturias-Best Film: nominated
2013ICS Cannes Award-Best Screenplay: winner
2013Most Popular Feature Film-: nominated
2013ARRI/OSRAM Award-Best International Film: nominated
2013Silver Mirror Award-Best Feature: nominated
2013Audience Award-: winner
2013Prix Louis Delluc-Best Film: nominated
2013Premio Guarani-Best Foreign Film: nominated
2013Critics Award-Best Foreign Director (Melhor Diretor Estrangeiro): winner
2013Critics Award-Best Foreign Film (Melhor Filme Estrangeiro): winner
2014Chlotrudis Award-Best Original Screenplay: winner
2014Chlotrudis Award-Best Director: winner
2014César-Best Original Screenplay (Meilleur scénario original): nominated
2014César-Best Director (Meilleur réalisateur): nominated
2014César-Best Film (Meilleur film): nominated
2014Gold Derby Film Award-Foreign Language Film: nominated
2014INOCA-Best Non-English Language Film: nominated
2014IOMA-Best Original Screenplay (Miglior sceneggiatura originale): nominated
2014Lumiere Award-Best Screenplay (Meilleur scénario): nominated
2014Magritte Award-Best Foreign Film in Co-Production (Meilleur film étranger en coproduction): nominated
2014Sun in a Net-Best Foreign Language Film (Nejlepsí zahranicní film): nominated
2015Bodil-Best Non-American Film (Bedste ikke-amerikanske film): nominated
2015Halfway Award-Best Non-English Language Film: winner
2015Halfway Award-Best Original Screenplay: nominated
2016ACCA-Best Foreign Language Film: nominated
2016Palme d'Or-: nominated
2016Best Screenplay-: winner
2016Gold Hugo-Best Feature: nominated
2016Silver Hugo-Special Jury Prize: winner
2016Halfway Award-Best Non-English Language Film: nominated
2016Halfway Award-Best Original Screenplay: nominated
2016Most Popular Feature Film-: nominated
2016Audience Choice Award-: winner
2016ARRI/OSRAM Award-Best International Film: winner
2016Youth Jury Award-Best Film: winner
2016Golden Spike-Best Film: nominated
2016Most Popular International Feature-: nominated
2016World Cinema Amsterdam Audience Award-: winner
2016World Cinema Amsterdam Jury Award-Best Film: nominated
2017Asian Film Award-Best Screenwriter: winner
2017Honorable Mention-Best Foreign Film: winner
2017Hafez Award-Best Screenplay - Motion Picture: nominated
2017Hafez Award-Best Motion Picture: winner
2017Hafez Award-Best Director - Motion Picture: nominated
2017FIPRESCI Prize-Best Foreign Language Film: nominated
2017Golden Silk Road Award-Best Film: winner
2018ASECAN Award-Best Foreign Film: nominated
2018BAFTA Film Award-Best Film Not in the English Language: nominated
2018Palme d'Or-: nominated
2018Chlotrudis Award-Best Original Screenplay: nominated
2018Guldbagge-Best Foreign Film (Bästa utländska film): winner
2018Premio Guarani-Best Foreign Film: nominated
2019CEC Award-Best Director (Mejor Director): nominated
2019CEC Award-Best Original Screenplay (Mejor Guión Original): nominated
2019CEC Award-Best Film (Mejor Película): nominated
2019Días de Cine Award-Best Spanish Film: nominated
2019Feroz Award-Best Trailer: nominated
2019Feroz Award-Best Film: Drama: nominated
2019Goya-Best Original Screenplay (Mejor Guión Original): nominated
2019Goya-Best Director (Mejor Director): nominated
2020Gold Derby Film Award-Foreign Language Film of the Decade: nominated
2021Asia Pacific Screen Award-Achievement in Directing: winner
2021Asia Pacific Screen Award-Best Screenplay: nominated
2021Asia Pacific Screen Award-Best Film: nominated
2021Palme d'Or-: nominated
2021Award-Grand Prix: winner
2021François Chalais Award-: winner
2021Prix de la Citoyenneté-: winner
2021Hafez Award-Best Screenplay - Motion Picture: winner
2021Hafez Award-Best Motion Picture: winner
2021Hafez Award-Best Director - Motion Picture: winner
2021ICP Award-Best Screenplay: nominated
2021Narrative Feature Competition-: nominated
2021NBR Award-Best Original Screenplay: winner
2021Silver Mirror Award-Best Feature: winner
2021Audience Award-Best Narrative Feature: winner
2021Golden Spike-Best Film: nominated
2022CIC Award-Best Foreign Language Film: nominated
2022CIC Award-Best Original Screenplay: nominated
2022Chlotrudis Award-Best Original Screenplay: winner
2022Chlotrudis Award-Best Director: nominated
2022Cinema for Peace Award-Cinema for Peace Dove for the Most Valuable Film of the Year: nominated
2022Humanitas Prize-Drama Feature Film: nominated
2022OFCS Award-Best Original Screenplay: nominated
2022FIPRESCI Prize-International Screenplay: winner
2022Bridging the Borders Award-: winner
2022FIPRESCI Prize-Best Foreign Language Film: nominated
2022Satellite Award-Best Screenplay, Original: nominated