Behrouz Afkhami

Behrouz Afkhami
Koulaei in the conference of Commemoration of Lady of Islamic Revolution
Member of the Parliament of Iran
In office 26 May 2000 – 27 May 2004
Constituency	Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr
Majority	973,727 (33.22%)
Personal details
Born	(1956-10-24) October 24, 1956 Tehran, Iran
Political party	Islamic Iran Participation Front (until 2009)
Spouse(s)	Nahid Tolou (separated) Marjan Shirmohammadi (current wife)
Alma mater	Iran Broadcasting University
Religion	Shia Islam

Behrouz Afkhami (born October 24, 1956) is an Iranian film director and screenwriter. He is known for a style that utilizes point of view camera techniques to portray stories of human drama. He was also member of the Iranian Parliament from 2000 to 2004. He is the executor Haft.

Career and life

Behrouz Afkhami has been teaching script writing, directing and editing both privately and in universities since 1989.^[1]

Filmography

• Azar Shahdokht Parviz va Digaran, 2014, 114 minutes, Super 35 Millimeter
• Saint Pertersburg, 2011, 130 minutes, Super 35 Millimeter
• The Son of Dawn, 2006-2009, 110 minutes, Super 35 Millimeter
• The River's End, 2004, 98 minutes, Super 35 Millimeter. Gavkhouni was screened at the Toronto, Brisbane, and Cannes film festivals. It won the South Korean Movie Award and the Catholic Church Award at Brisbane.
• Hemlock, 2000, 86 minutes, Cinemascope. Shokaran broke the Iranian box office record and is one of few Iranian melodramas to be released in the US.^[2]
• The World Champion, 1998, 96 minutes, Super 35 Millimeter
• The Day of the Devil, 1995, Super 35 Millimeter
• The Day of the Angel, 1993, Cinemascope
• The Bride, 1991, 90 Minutes, Super 35 Millimeter

Television series

• Eleven Minutes, 30 Seconds, 2008, television production, 75 minutes.
• One Hundred & Twenty Five, television production, 12 episodes, 50 minutes each.
• Kouchak Jangli (Rebel in the Jungle), television production series: 10 episodes, 750 minutes total. Based on scripts from Nasser Taghvai.
• More than 10 documentaries for Iranian National Television.

Director of Photography

• Under the Rain 1986, 110 minutes, 16 millimeter, Director: Seifollah Daad

Script writing

• Child of the Dawn, 2011.
• Eleven Minutes 30 Seconds, 2008.
• One Hundred and Twenty Five, 2006.
• The River's End, 2004.
• Hemlock, 2000.
• The World Champion, 1998.
• The Day of the Devil, 1995, adaptation of Fredrich Forside's book “Fourth Protocol”.
• The Day of the Angel, 1993.
• The Bride, 1991, co-writer Alireza Davoodnejad.
• Kouchak Jangli (Rebel in the Jungle).
• Manuscripts, directed by Mehrzad Minoui.
• 53 Men, directed by Yousef Seyed Mahdavi.

Film Editing

• Don't put Mud in the Spring, 1989.
• Quarantine, 2007.
• Gavkhouni (The River's End), 2004.
• Eleven Minutes 30 Seconds, 2008.

Tv Host

• Haft Third series

Published books

• Volcanic Core of Cinema (Anthology), year unknown.

Teaching

• Tehran University of Art
• Faculty of Visual Arts, University of Tehran
• Faculty of TV & Radio in cooperation with the National Broadcasting Company
• Private institutes in Iran and Canada

Awards

• South Korean Movie Award for Best Director
• Netpac Award Brisbane International Film Festival for Best Motion Picture
• Crystal Simorgh Fajr Film Festival for Best Screenplay
• Special Jury Award Fajr Film Festival for Best Director
• Honorary Diploma Fajr Film Festival for Best Director

References

External links

• Behrooz Afkhami at the Internet Movie Database
• Official website of Behrooz Afkhami