Kianoush Ayari

Kianoush Ayari (Persian: کیانوش عیاری; born May 14, 1951) is an Iranian director and screenwriter.[1] He is famous for his realistic style and unique stories like heart transplantation in his movie To Be or Not to Be (1998) or fate of a teacher after the horrible Bam earthquake in Wake Up, Arezoo! (2005). He has received various accolades, including four Crystal Simorgh, a Hafez Award, two Iran Cinema Celebration Awards and three Iran's Film Critics and Writers Association Awards.

Kianoush Ayari
Ayari in 2016
Born (1951-05-14) May 14, 1951
Ahvaz, Iran
NationalityIranian
Occupations
  • Director
  • screenwriter
  • editor
Years active1970–present

Life and career

He was born in the city of Ahvaz, southwest of Iran. Ayari started his cinematic career by making 8mm short films.[2] His first professional movie was Tanooreyeh Div. His movie Abadani-ha won the Silver Leopard for the best Movie at Locarno Film Festival in 1994.[3] His most controversial movie The Paternal House[4] was screened at 69th Venice Film Festival but yet to be screened publicly in Iran as of december 2016 but was screened at a few cinemas in United States of America.[5][6] Mehdi Hashemi, one of the best actors of Iranian theatre and cinema has played the main actor role in his movies for the last two decades, including: Thousand Eyes (TV Series), Roozegar-e Gharib (TV Series), The Paternal House and his latest movie Kanape'.

Personal life

His brother Dariush Ayari is a cinematographer. They collaborated in Thousand Eyes (TV Series), Roozegar-e Gharib (TV Series) and The Paternal House.

Filmography

Cinema
  • Taze-nafas-ha (1979)
  • Tanooreyeh Div (1985)
  • The Spirit of Scorpion (1986)
  • The Grand Day (1988)
  • Beyond the Fire (1990)
  • Two Halves of an Apple (1991)
  • The Abadanis (1993)
  • Cow's Horn (1995)
  • To Be or Not to Be (1998)
  • Iranian Spread (2002)
  • Wake up, Arezoo! (2004)
  • The Paternal House (2012)
  • Canape' (2016)

TV Series

Awards

Here is a list of awards received by Kianoush Ayari in film festivals:[7][8]

YearFestivalAwardNominated WorkResult
19854th Fajr Film FestivalBest DirectorTanooreyeh DivWon
19876th Fajr Film FestivalBest DirectorAnsuyeh AtashWon
1994Locarno International Film FestivalSilver LeopardAbadani-HaWon
1994Nantes Three Continents FestivalGolden MontgolfiereAbadani-HaNominated
1998Cairo International Film FestivalBest ScreenplayBoodan yaa naboodanWon
1998Cairo International Film FestivalGolden PyramidBoodan yaa naboodanNominated
2002Karlovy Vary International Film FestivalCrystal GlobeSofreh IraniNominated
200423rd Fajr Film FestivalBest DirectorBidar show, Arezoo!Won
200423rd Fajr Film FestivalBest Art AchievementBidar show, Arezoo!Won
2012Venice Film FestivalVenice Horizons AwardThe Paternal HouseNominated

See also

References
  1. Kianoush Ayyari (Imdb)
  2. Kianoush Ayari (sourehcinema)
  3. "Locarno Film Festival award winners".
  4. The Paternal House (Imdb)
  5. "Banned Again: Kianoosh Ayari on Paternal House (2012)". March 4, 2015.
  6. "نمایش فیلم کیانوش عیاری در آمریکا". November 29, 2016.
  7. List of award received by Kianoush Ayari (Imdb)
  8. List of award received by Kianoush Ayari (sourehcinema)
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