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Asghar Farhadi

Birth Name:
Asghar Farhadi
Birth Place:
Homayoonshahr, Iran
Profession
Writer, Director, Producer, Costume designer, Production designer
Asghar Farhadi

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. GeorgeNominated
  • 2003New Currents AwardNominated
  • 2004Grand Jury PrizeNominated
  • 2004Special Jury PrizeWinner
  • 2004Golden PeacockWinner
  • 2004Grand PrixWinner
  • 2005FIPRESCI PrizeWinner
  • 2006Gold Hugo - Best Feature:Winner
  • 2006Crystal Simorgh - Best Director:Winner
  • 2006Critics AwardNominated
  • 2006Silver Crow Pheasant - Best Director:Winner
  • 2006Golden Crow PheasantNominated
  • 2006Golden LeopardNominated
  • 2006Youth Jury AwardNominated
  • 2006Golden Montgolfiere - Best Film:Nominated
  • 2006Special Jury AwardWinner
  • 2007Golden Lady HarimaguadaWinner
  • 2009Asia Pacific Screen Award - Best Film:Nominated
  • 2009Asia Pacific Screen Award - Achievement in Directing:Nominated
  • 2009Jury Grand PrizeWinner
  • 2009Asia Pacific Screen Award - Best Screenplay:Winner
  • 2009APFF Award - Best Screenplay:Winner
  • 2009Special Jury AwardWinner
  • 2009Golden Berlin BearNominated
  • 2009Silver Berlin Bear - Best Director:Winner
  • 2009Netpac AwardWinner
  • 2009Gold Hugo - Best Feature:Nominated
  • 2009Audience Award - Best Film:Winner
  • 2009Crystal Simorgh - Best Director:Winner
  • 2009Golden Crow PheasantWinner
  • 2009Jury Award - Best Narrative Feature:Winner
  • 2009Reader Jury of the "Standard"Winner
  • 2010Asian Film Award - Best Screenwriter:Nominated
  • 2010Asian Film Award - Best Director:Nominated
  • 2010Student Jury's decisionWinner
  • 2011Black Pearl Award - Best Narrative Feature:Nominated
  • 2011Narrative Competition - Special Jury Award:Winner
  • 2011Amazonas Award - Best Film:Winner
  • 2011Asia Pacific Screen Award - Best Screenplay:Nominated
  • 2011Asia Pacific Screen Award - Achievement in Directing:Nominated
  • 2011Asia Pacific Screen Award - Best Film:Winner
  • 2011Golden Reel - Best Foreign Film:Winner
  • 2011Golden Berlin BearWinner
  • 2011Reader Jury of the "Berliner Morgenpost"Winner
  • 2011Prize of the Ecumenical Jury - Competition:Winner
  • 2011CFCA Award - Best Screenplay, Original:Nominated
  • 2011Best ScreenplayWinner
  • 2011Best Film - Feature Film Competition:Winner
  • 2011Audience Award - Best Film:Winner
  • 2011Crystal Simorgh - Best Director:Winner
  • 2011Crystal Simorgh - Best Screenplay:Winner
  • 2011Audience AwardWinner
  • 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 FilmWinner
  • 2011Silver Mirror Award - Best Feature:Nominated
  • 2011International Competition - Best Film:Winner
  • 2011FIPRESCI Prize - International Competition:Winner
  • 2011TVE Otra Mirada AwardWinner
  • 2011Sydney Film Prize - Best Film:Winner
  • 2011People's Choice AwardNominated
  • 2011Roger's People's Choice AwardWinner
  • 2011VVFP Award - Best Screenplay:Nominated
  • 2011World Cinema Amsterdam Jury Award - Best Film:Nominated
  • 2011World Cinema Amsterdam Audience AwardWinner
  • 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 Non-English Language Film:Winner
  • 2012INOCA - Best Original Screenplay:Winner
  • 2012INOCA - Best Director:Nominated
  • 2012Silver Ribbon - Best Non-European Director (Regista del Miglior Film Non-Europeo):Nominated
  • 2012IOMA - Best Original Screenplay (Miglior sceneggiatura originale):Nominated
  • 2012ALFS Award - Screenwriter of the Year:Winner
  • 2012ALFS Award - Director of the Year:Nominated
  • 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 AmideiWinner
  • 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
  • 2013Palme d'OrNominated
  • 2013Prize of the Ecumenical JuryWinner
  • 2013Cinema Brazil Grand Prize - Best Foreign-Language Film (Melhor Filme Estrangeiro):Nominated
  • 2013Best ScreenplayWinner
  • 2013Grand Prix Asturias - Best Film:Nominated
  • 2013ICS Cannes Award - Best Screenplay:Winner
  • 2013Most Popular Feature FilmNominated
  • 2013ARRI/OSRAM Award - Best International Film:Nominated
  • 2013Silver Mirror Award - Best Feature:Nominated
  • 2013Audience AwardWinner
  • 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 Director:Winner
  • 2014Chlotrudis Award - Best Original Screenplay:Winner
  • 2014César - Best Original Screenplay (Meilleur scénario original):Nominated
  • 2014César - Best Film (Meilleur film):Nominated
  • 2014César - Best Director (Meilleur réalisateur):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 Original Screenplay:Nominated
  • 2015Halfway Award - Best Non-English Language Film:Winner
  • 2016ACCA - Best Foreign Language Film:Nominated
  • 2016Best ScreenplayWinner
  • 2016Palme d'OrNominated
  • 2016Silver Hugo - Special Jury Prize:Winner
  • 2016Gold Hugo - Best Feature:Nominated
  • 2016Halfway Award - Best Original Screenplay:Nominated
  • 2016Halfway Award - Best Non-English Language Film:Nominated
  • 2016Most Popular Feature FilmNominated
  • 2016Audience Choice AwardWinner
  • 2016ARRI/OSRAM Award - Best International Film:Winner
  • 2016Golden Spike - Best Film:Nominated
  • 2016Youth Jury Award - Best Film:Winner
  • 2016Most Popular International FeatureNominated
  • 2016World Cinema Amsterdam Audience AwardWinner
  • 2016World Cinema Amsterdam Jury Award - Best Film:Nominated
  • 2017Asian Film Award - Best Screenwriter:Winner
  • 2017Honorable Mention - Best Foreign Film:Winner
  • 2017Hafez Award - Best Motion Picture:Winner
  • 2017Hafez Award - Best Screenplay - Motion Picture:Nominated
  • 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'OrNominated
  • 2018Chlotrudis Award - Best Original Screenplay:Nominated
  • 2018Guldbagge - Best Foreign Film (Bästa utländska film):Winner
  • 2018Premio Guarani - Best Foreign Film:Nominated
  • 2019CEC Award - Best Original Screenplay (Mejor Guión Original):Nominated
  • 2019CEC Award - Best Film (Mejor Película):Nominated
  • 2019CEC Award - Best Director (Mejor Director):Nominated
  • 2019Días de Cine Award - Best Spanish Film:Nominated
  • 2019Feroz Award - Best Film: Drama:Nominated
  • 2019Feroz Award - Best Trailer:Nominated
  • 2019Goya - Best Director (Mejor Director):Nominated
  • 2019Goya - Best Original Screenplay (Mejor Guión Original):Nominated
  • 2020Gold Derby Film Award - Foreign Language Film of the Decade:Nominated
  • 2021Asia Pacific Screen Award - Best Screenplay:Nominated
  • 2021Asia Pacific Screen Award - Achievement in Directing:Winner
  • 2021Asia Pacific Screen Award - Best Film:Nominated
  • 2021François Chalais AwardWinner
  • 2021Palme d'OrNominated
  • 2021Award - Grand Prix:Winner
  • 2021Prix de la CitoyennetéWinner
  • 2021Hafez Award - Best Motion Picture:Winner
  • 2021Hafez Award - Best Screenplay - Motion Picture:Winner
  • 2021Hafez Award - Best Director - Motion Picture:Winner
  • 2021ICP Award - Best Screenplay:Nominated
  • 2021Narrative Feature CompetitionNominated
  • 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 Original Screenplay:Nominated
  • 2022CIC Award - Best Foreign Language Film: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 AwardWinner
  • 2022FIPRESCI Prize - Best Foreign Language Film:Nominated
  • 2022Satellite Award - Best Screenplay, Original:Nominated
  • 2026Palme d'OrNominated
  • 2026Sydney Film Prize - Best Film:Nominated
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