Farid Mostafavi
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27 October 1954
فرید مصطفوی Farid Mostafavi | |
|---|---|
| Born | Farid Mostafavi Kashani 27 October 1954 Tehran, Iran |
| Occupation | Screenwriter |
| Spouse | Parichehr Momtahen (1983–present) |
| Children | Sohrab Kashani (born 1989) |
Farid Mostafavi (Persian: فرید مصطفوی; born 27 October 1954 in Tehran, Iran) is an Iranian screenwriter best known for his social realist films set in urban Tehran, several of which were directed and co-written by Rakhshan Bani-Etemad.[1][2][3]
Mostafavi attended the "Institute of Cinema and Television" in 1979 and studied economics at Tehran University.
Career
His career in IRIB began in 1989 and later expanded to film.[4] He has worked as writer and co-producer on "An Outlook to the Cinema", a thirteen-part television program about cinema (1983–1984), as assistant director on "The World Satirist", a ten-part television play (1984–1986), as voice-over writer for documentary films on "Centrality" (directed by Rakhshan Bani-Etemad) and "Immigrants" (directed by F. Shafaee), and as researcher and screenwriter on "Crossing from Iran Deserts", a documentary/fiction series (1997).
Filmography
- Kharej az Mahdudeh (1986 - aka Off-Limits)[5]
- Payizan (1987)
- Rooz-e Bashokouh (1989 - aka The Grand Day)
- Zard-e Qanari (1988 - aka Canary Yellow)
- Pul-e Khareji (1989 - aka Foreign Currency)
- Omid (1991)
- Badal (1994 - aka The Stuntman)
- Roya-ye nime-shab-e tabestan (1994 - aka The Midnight Summer's Dream)
- Zir-e Pust-e Shahr (2001 - aka Under the Skin of the city)[6][7]
- Zendan-e Zanan (2002 - aka Women's Prison)
- Zahr-e Asal (2003 - aka Honey Bane)
- Gilane (2005) [8][9][10]
- Taghato (2006 - aka Crossroads)
- Asr-e Jome (2006 - aka Friday Evening)
- Khunbazi (2006 - aka Mainline)
- Zaadboom (2009 - aka Birthplace)
- Ghesseh-ha (2014 - aka Tales)[11][12]
- Kafshhaiam Koo? (2016 - aka Where Are My Shoes?)
