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Amir Naderi is one of the most influential figures of 20th century Persian cinema. He developed his knowledge of cinema by watching films at the theater where he worked as a boy, reading film criticism, and making relationships with leading film critics. He began his career with still photography for some notable Iranian features. In the 1970s, Mr. Naderi turned to directing, and made some of the most important features of the New Iranian Cinema. In 1971, his directorial debut, GOODBYE, FRIEND, was released in Iran. Amir Naderi first came into the international spotlight with films that are now known as cinema classics, THE RUNNER (1985), and WATER, WIND, DUST (1989). THE RUNNER is considered by many critics to be one of the most influential films of the past quarter century. After expatriating to New York in the early '90s, Amir Naderi continued to produce new work. He was named a Rockefeller Film and Video Fellow in 1997, and has served as an artist in residence and instructor at Columbia University, the University of Las Vegas, and New York's School of Visual Arts. His US films have premiered at the Film Society of Lincoln Center/ MoMA's New Directors/ New Films series, the Venice, Cannes, Tribeca, and Sundance Film Festivals. His film SOUND BARRIER (2005) had its premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival and won the prestigious Roberto Rossellini Prize at the Rome Film Festival. His last feature film VEGAS: BASED ON A TRUE STORY (2008) was in competition at the Venice Film Festival, where it won the CinemAvvenire Best Film in Competition Prize and the SIGNIS Award. The film was also shown at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York, the Pusan International Film Festival and CineVegas in Las Vegas. His last three films MARATHON, SOUND BARRIER, and VEGAS were all shown at the FILMeX Film Festival in Tokyo.- Writer
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Mardik Martin is in the elite group of screenwriters on WGA's list of 101 Greatest Screenplays ever written. He immigrated to the United States from Iraq to attend 'New York University'. He won the Mahler award and graduated with a Master's degree in Screenwriting in 1968, then went on to teach at NYU from 1968 to 1973. Mardik moved to Hollywood after Mean Streets (1973), which he co-wrote with Martin Scorsese, became a huge success. He worked for Chartoff-Winkler Productions in the years following, writing screenplays like Valentino (1977) and collaborating with Scorsese on multiple projects before writing the first three drafts of Raging Bull (1980). Recently Martin co-wrote the screenplay to Fatih Akin's The Cut (2014) which premiered in the Competition at the 'Venice Int. Film Festival 2014'. Mardik Martin is a professor at the prestigious 'USC School of Cinematic Arts', having mentored and taught thousands of the brightest young luminaries in the movie business.- Director
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Naser Taghvai is an Iranian film director and screenwriter. Naser Taghvai was born in Abadan, Iran. After early experiences as a story writer, he began filming documentaries in 1967. He made his debut, Tranquility in the Presence of Others, in 1970 and gained the attention of Iranian critics. He became famous by directing the TV series My Uncle Napoleon. His concern for the ethnography and atmosphere of southern Iran is notable in his films. Most of his works have been based on novels. Captain Khorshid is an adaptation of Ernest Hemingway's To Have and Have Not, which won the third prize at the 48th Locarno International Film Festival in Switzerland in 1988. In 1999 he directed a segment of the film Tales of Kish, which was nominated for the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival.- Patrik Baboumian was born on 1 July 1979 in Abadan, Iran.
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Mahshid Afsharzadeh was born on 21 March 1965 in Abadan, Iran. She is an actress and director, known for The Future World (2001), Weeds (2001) and A Man in the Mirror (1992).- Abe Nathan was born on 29 April 1927 in Abadan, Iran. He was an actor, known for The Dock (1960) and Personenbeschreibung (1972). He died on 27 August 2008 in Tel Aviv, Israel.
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Kaveh Golestan was born on 8 July 1950 in Abadan, Iran. He was a cinematographer and director, known for Recording the truth (1991), Stardust Stricken - Mohsen Makhmalbaf: A Portrait (1996) and Qaleh (1966). He died on 2 April 2003 in Kifri, Iraq.- Bijan Ganjali is an Iranian Actor and Voice actor born on November 24th 1952 in Abadan,Iran. He has been more active in the field of theater and radio in Iran, he is also still present in movies and series.He has acted in more than 30 plays so far. He is also a radio announcer and film dubber.
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Abbas Rashidi was born on 8 January 1956 in Abadan, Iran. He is an actor and production manager, known for Liberation (2019), The Madness (2020) and Ability (2018). He has been married to Massoumeh Ansari since 29 October 1979. They have one child.- Ahmad Irandoust was born on 16 June 1971 in Abadan, Iran. He is an actor, known for Farzand-e Afyoon (2007), Don't Step Into My Shoes (2017) and Cut of Police Station (2010).
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- Music Department
Nematollah Aghasi was born on 9 July 1939 in Abadan, Iran. He was an actor, known for Bravo (1971), Conqueror of Hearts (1972) and Godspeed (1977). He died on 6 November 2005 in Iran.- Actor
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Ali Ghorbanzadeh was born on October 22, 1978 in Abadan, Iran by the Persian Gulf. He became interested in acting at the age of 15. He started working in entertainment in animation, and directed his first animated film at the age of 16. At the age of 19 he started acting in live action, and directed yet another animation short film called Dokhtaram (My Daughter) at the age of 21, starring Iranian veteran actor Reza Kianian. Though Ghorbanzadeh has not academically studied acting, but his vast resume and his wide spectrum of roles he has played makes him a recognizable name and face amongst Iranian audiences. Ghorbanzadeh is a much sought after actor among Iranian directors, though in recent years he has worked mainly with leading director Saman Moghadam (Maxx, Ghalbe Yakhi). Together, Moghadam and Ghorbanzadeh have produced three features film like "Sperm Whale (2015)" and "Sperm Whale: Roya's Selection (2017)" which was the Box Office Hit of IRAN in 2017...- Sedigheh Kianfar was born on 8 February 1932 in Abadan, Iran. She was an actress, known for Fifty Days of Disquiet (1994), Hamoun (1990) and I Love the Earth (1994). She died on 25 May 2020 in Iran.
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Khosrow Parvizi was born in 1933 in Abadan, Iran. He was a director and editor, known for Bitter Earth (1963), Keshtye Noah (1968) and The Stray Hero (1965). He died in 2012 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Maya Kulieva was born on 1 May 1920 in village Bezmein, Poltoratsk uyezd, Transcaspian Oblast, Turkestan ASSR, RSFSR [now Abadan, Ahal Province, Turkmenistan]. She was an actress, known for Volshebnyy kristall (1945), Syn pastukha (1955) and Lichnaya zhizn korolevy (1993). She was married to Hodja-Durdy Annayev. She died on 27 April 2018 in Ashkhabat, Turkmenistan.