Mehdi Jafari
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Mehdi Jafari | |
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 Jafari at the 2018 Fajr Film Festival | |
| Born | 1969 (age 56–57) |
| Alma mater | Tehran University of Art |
| Occupations | |
| Spouse | Mahin Abbas Zadeh |
Mehdi Jafari (Persian: مهدی جعفری) is an Iranian film director, screenwriter and cinematographer.[1][2] In 2021, he won the Crystal Simorgh for Best Director at the 39th Fajr Film Festival.[3][4][5]
Mehdi Jafari was born in 1969 in the city of Ahvaz . in his Youth he began his artistic career with theater acting . He obtained his B.A from the Arts Faculty at Tehran Art University in 1993 . after completing his education, he started participating in the making of fictional and documentary short films. after that he worked for ten years in the field of Advertisements.
since the year 2004, he has worked as a director of photography on around twenty Iranian films.
since 2016, he has begun making his own feature films.
The Presence of the Short Film A Little bit Higher in the Competition section of the Berlinale in 2006 is considered one of the honors of Iranian short Cinema.
Fiction Short Films
| Year | Title | Director | Writer | Format |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Ba madarbozorg | Yes | Yes | 16 mm |
| 1998 | Pilgrimage | Yes | Mehdi Jafari -Mahin Abbaszadeh | 35mm |
| 2003 | The Pond | Yes | Yes | 35mm |
| 2005 | A little bit higher | Yes | Mehdi Jafari -Mahin Abbaszadeh | 35mm |
| 2006 | All good days | Yes | Mahin Abbaszadeh | 35mm |
| 2006 | The Window | Yes | Mehdi Jafari -Mahin Abbaszadeh | 35mm |
Documentaries
| Year | Title | Director | Writer | Time | Producer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | The Stories | Yes | Yes | 80 min | The Documentary and Experimental Film Center |
| 2006 | Wherever I go the sky is mine | Yes | Safak Pavey | 18 min | Kanoon Institute for the Development of Children and Youth in Iran / Bureau for Aliens and Foreign Immigrants Ministry of Interior, Iran |
| 2007 | The 23 (TV Series) | Yes | Yes | 750 min | Alireza Reesian - IRIB Chanel 4 |
| 2016 | Name and Particulars | Yes | Yes | 65 min | Yes |
Feature films
| Year | Title | Director | Writer | Producer |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Beluga | |||
| 2017 | The Atmosphere Station | Yes | Yes | Executive |
| 2019 | The 23 | Yes | Yes | No |
| 2021 | Yadoo | Yes | Yes | No |
| 2025 | The Tear of Reedbed | Yes | Yes | NO |
Cinematography
| Year | Title |
|---|---|
| 2007 | The Night Bus |
| 2011 | Ephemeral Marriage |
| 2012 | A Respected Family |
| 2013 | The Corridor |
| The Exclusive Path | |
| 2015 | The ice age |
| 2018 | Damascus Time |
| 2020 | Abadan 11 60 |
Tv Series
| Year | Title | Director | Writer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | The Sons of Reedbed | Yes | Yes |
