Reza Mirkarimi ( fa, رضا میرکریمی; born 27 January 1967) is an

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screenwriter and film director. He was also Secretary of the International Film Festival of the Fajr Film Festival.

Career

He graduated from Fine Arts University in graphic arts in

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. His cinema activities started from 1987 with a short film named ''For Him'' (16mm camera) and with a series of shorts followed by two TV series aimed at young people. His 1999 first feature, ''The Child and The Soldier'', has won several national and international awards, including the ”Golden Butterfly” at the 1999 Isfahan International Children and Youth Film Festival, Iran and the "Montgolfiere d'Argent” at the Festival of 3 Continents, Nantes, France, in 2000, as well as the "Golden Shoe" at the "Children and Teenagers Film Festival" in Zelin, Croatia, in 2001. ''The Child and The Soldier'', was released in France in 2001. In 2000, his second feature, ''Under the Moonlight'', dealing with social and religious issues won the Best Feature Award at the 40th Critics' Week at the 2001

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. The film also won the Best Director's Award as well as the Special Jury Prize at the Tokyo IFF in 2001, and the Golden Peacock Award at the

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. His fourth and fifth feature films, '' As Simple as That'' (2007) and ''

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'' (2016), won the Golden George Award for the Best Picture at the 30th and the 38th

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respectively. He also contributes to young Iranian directors by producing their films. He has produced ''Don't be Tired'' in 2012 and ''Voice of Silence'' in 2013. His latest film, ''Castle of Dreams'' (2019), won big at

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, receiving three awards for the best picture, the best director, and the best actor. Mirkarimi has so far won seven Golden Simorgh awards at the

Fajr International Film Festival Iran's annual Fajr International Film Festival ( fa, جشنواره بین‌المللی فیلم فجر), or Fajr Film Festival (little: FIFF; fa, جشنواره فیلم فجر), has been held every February and April in Tehran since 1982. T ...

. Three of his films have been presented by Iran for the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar: ''

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'', '' A Cube of Sugar'', and ''

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''. He has also sat on several international film festival juries, including

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(Estonia),

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(Japan),

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(Tunisia), Bogota International Film Festival (Colombia), Golden Apricot –

Yerevan International Film Festival The ''Golden Apricot'' Yerevan International Film Festival (GAIFF) ( hy, «Ոսկե Ծիրան» Երևանի միջազգային կինոփառատոն) is an annual film festival held in Yerevan, Armenia. The festival was founded in 2004 w ...

(Armenia), and as jury president at the 39th

. He has also served as managing director of Khane-ye Cinema (Iranian Alliance of Motion Picture Guilds). Reza Mirkarimi has been director of

for four consecutive years from 2016 to 2019.

Filmography

Short Film

* ''Baraye Ou'' (For Him) - 1987 * ''Yek Rooze Barani'' (A Rainy Day) - 1987 * ''Khoroos'' (Rooster) - 1987

Documentary

* Iranian Carpet - 2006

Tv Series

* ''Majara-haye Aftaab va Aziz Khanoom'' (The Tales of Aftaab and Lady Aziz) - 1996 * ''Bache-haye Madreseye Hemmat'' (Hemmat School Kids) - 1997

Accolades

In 2021 he was selected as Jury Chairman for Kim Jiseok Award in

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to be held in October.

Awards

* 2019 - Golden Goblet Award for Best Feature Film

* 2019 - Golden Goblet Award for Best Director

2019 * 2019 - Best Director

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References

External links

Official Website
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at ''Iranactor.com'' Iranian film directors Crystal Simorgh for Best Director winners People from Tehran 1967 births Living people Producers who won the Best Film Crystal Simorgh Crystal Simorgh for Best Screenplay winners {{Iran-film-director-stub