Amir Shahab Razavian ( fa, امیرشهاب رضویان, born 25 May 1965 in Hamadan,

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...

) is an Iranian film director, filmmaker and producer. Razavian began his cinematic activities at ''Hamedan Amateur Film-making Centre'' in 1980 while still studying at high school (at ''Ebn-e Sinā'' High School in Hamadan). He earned his film directing degree from ''College of Theatre and Cinema'' of ''Art University'' in 1990. From the same college, he received in 1995 his post-graduate degree in

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. Since then, he has produced seventy short films, directed thirty documentaries and short films, and three feature films. The latter is ''The Journey of the Grey Men'' (''Safar-e Mardān-e Khākestari''), ''Tehran, Seven O'clock in the Morning'' (''Tehrān Sā'at-e Haft-e Sobh'') and '' Colors of Memory'' (with the original title ''Minā-ye Shahr-e Khāmoush'', The Minā of the Extinguished Town).Interview with Amir-Shahab Razavian,

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, April 11, 2008

Although in this document, Mr Razavian's place of birth is indicated as being

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, in the video recording of this interview (see External links) the interviewer explicitly indicates Hamadan as the place of birth without being contradicted by Mr Razavian.

Filmography

* The Journey of the Grey Men (''Safar-e Mardān-e Khākestari'' - سفر مردان خاکستری) * Tehran, Seven O'clock in the Morning (''Tehrān Sā'at-e Haft-e Sobh'' - تهران ساعت هفت صبح) * Colors of Memory (with the original title ''Minā-ye Shahr-e Khāmoush'' - مینای شهر خاموش, The Azure of the Extinguished Town) * Granny & Summer (with the original title ''Tabestane Aziz'' - تابستان عزیز)

References

External links

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Veriety

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