Kianoush Ayari ( fa, کیانوش عیاری; born May 14, 1951) is an Iranian director and screenwriter. He is famous for his realistic style and unique stories like

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in his movie ''To Be or Not to Be'' (1998) or fate of a teacher after the horrible

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in ''Wake Up, Arezoo!'' (2005)''.'' He has received various accolades, including four

Crystal Simorgh The Crystal Simorgh ( fa, ‌سیمرغ بلورین) is an award given by Fajr International Film Festival, Iran's major annual film festival. It is awarded in several categories of ''International Competition'' as well as ''Iranian Cinema Compet ...

, a Hafez Award, two Iran Cinema Celebration Awards and three Iran's Film Critics and Writers Association Awards''.''

Life and career

He was born in the city of

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, southwest of

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. Ayari started his cinematic career by making 8mm short films. 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. His most controversial movie ''The Paternal House'' 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.

Mehdi Hashemi Mehdi Hashemi (1944 – 28 September 1987) was an Iranian Shi'a cleric who was defrocked by the Special Clerical Court. After the 1979 Iranian Revolution, he became a senior official in the Islamic Revolutionary Guards; he was executed by the Is ...

, 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 ''Roozegar-e Gharib'' ( fa, روزگار قریب, italic=yes, literally "Gharib's Story") is an Iranian TV series about Dr. Mohammad Gharib, the father of Pediatrics in Iran directed by Kianoush Ayari. Story Ayyari wrote the script and the film r ...

''(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)'',

''(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 ''The Abadanis'' is a 1993 film by the Iranian director Kianoush Ayari. Ayari was also the screenwriter. The movie starred Saeed Poursamimi, Hassan Rezai and Saeed Sheikhzadeh. The film is an example of Sacred Defence cinema, i.e. cinema about t ...

(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

* Thousand Eyes (2003) *

(2007)

Awards

Here is a list of awards received by Kianoush Ayari in film festivals:List of award received by Kianoush Ayari (sourehcinema)
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References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ayari, Kianoush 1951 births Living people Iranian film directors Crystal Simorgh for Best Director winners People from Ahvaz