Asghar Farhadi
7 May 1972 – present
Asghar Farhadi is an Iranian film director and screenwriter whose dramas centre on moral dilemmas within families. A Separation won the Golden Bear at the 2011 Berlin International Film Festival and the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 2012, and The Salesman won the same Academy Award in 2017. His other films include About Elly, The Past and A Hero.
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Life events
He took a degree in dramatic arts at the University of Tehran and later a master's degree in stage direction at Tarbiat Modares University.
The film follows a young housekeeper drawn into a couple's marital crisis on the eve of the Iranian new year.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgThe film also took the acting prizes for its male and female ensembles.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgIt was the first Iranian film to win the award.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHis first film made outside Iran was shot in and around Paris.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe did not attend the ceremony, citing a United States travel ban affecting Iranian nationals.
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