Hassan Nazer ( fa, حسن ناظر) is a

British-Iranian Iranians in the United Kingdom consist of people of Iranian nationality who have settled in the United Kingdom, as well as British residents and citizens of Iranian heritage. Iranians in the United Kingdom are referred to by hyphenated terms such ...

film director A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, p ...

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and a judge in international film festivals. He was the head of jury team in SAARC Film Festival 2019 which was held in

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...

Career

Now in his early forties, Hassan’s successful Aberdeen-based restaurant business Cafe Harmony has allowed him to self-finance three feature films in the decade before Winners. Until now, he has never been supported practically or financially by the Scottish or wider UK film industry, preferring to shape his own destiny working at extreme low-budgets, learning his craft and making a name for himself in Iran, India and Afghanistan. Nazer studied at art university in

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. After moving to UK, he attended the

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where he studied Cinema. His third film,

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was selected as the Afghan entry for the

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at the

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and at

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. The film has won more than 18 awards in nationally and internationally film festivals.Films through the South Asian eye...
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Selected filmography

As director

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'' * Ma hameh gonahkarim * ''

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As producer

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As editor

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References

https://deadline.com/2022/08/winners-review-edinburgh-international-film-festival-hassan-nazer-1235093153/ ---- https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/476084/Winners-wins-audience-award-at-Edinburgh-Intl-Film-Festival ---- https://www.screendaily.com/reviews/winners-edinburgh-review/5173444.article ---- https://www.screendaily.com/features/17-films-to-watch-from-the-summer-festivals/5173904.article?amp;amp;amp;amp

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Nazer, Hassan Living people Iranian film directors Iranian film producers Iranian film editors Year of birth missing (living people)