Jamshed Usmonov ( tg, Ҷамшед Усмонов, fa, جمشید عثمانف; born 13 January 1965), also credited as Djamshed Usmonov, is a
Tajik film director, producer, scriptwriter and one of the most notable figures of contemporary Persian cinema.
He studied at the Dushanbe Fine Arts School in
Dushanbe
Dushanbe ( tg, Душанбе, ; ; russian: Душанбе) is the capital and largest city of Tajikistan. , Dushanbe had a population of 863,400 and that population was largely Tajik. Until 1929, the city was known in Russian as Dyushambe (ru ...
and Director's School in
Moscow
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. His film ''
To Get to Heaven, First You Have to Die'', was screened in the
Un Certain Regard
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section at the
2006 Cannes Film Festival
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.
Filmography
* 1998: ''
Flight of the Bee
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''
* 2002: ''
Angel on the Right
''Angel on the Right'' ( tg, Фариштаи китфи рост, Farishtai kitfi rost; fa, فرشته کتف راست) is a 2002 Tajik comedy-drama film directed by Jamshed Usmonov. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 20 ...
''
* 2006: ''
To Get to Heaven, First You Have to Die'' ( tg, Bihisht faqat baroi murdagon)
* 2011: ''
My Wife's Romance''
Awards and honors
The Flight of the Bee
Torino Film Festival 1998 : Grand Prix, Audience Award, Fipresci Prize
Thessaloniki Film Festival 1998 : Silver Alexander.
Angel on the Right
Official Selection Cannes Film Festival 2002, “Un Certain Regard”
Special Jury Prize Angers 2003,
Special Jury Prize Tokyo Filmex 2003,
Grand Prix Tromso 2003,
Grand Prix Barcelona Asian Film Festival,
FIPRESCI Prize
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at the 2002
London Film Festival
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.
To Get to Heaven, First You Have to Die
Official Selection Cannes Film Festival 2006, “Un Certain Regard”
Grand Prix Tokyo Filmex 2006
See also
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Iranian cinema
The Cinema of Iran ( Persian: سینمای ایران), also known as the Cinema of Persia, refers to the cinema and film industries in Iran which produce a variety of commercial films annually. Iranian art films have garnered international fame ...
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Tajikistan
Tajikistan (, ; tg, Тоҷикистон, Tojikiston; russian: Таджикистан, Tadzhikistan), officially the Republic of Tajikistan ( tg, Ҷумҳурии Тоҷикистон, Jumhurii Tojikiston), is a landlocked country in Centr ...
References
External links
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Kiarostami's "Friend's home" brought me back to cinema (An interview with Jamshid Usmanov)(in Persian)
Ethnic Tajik people
Tajikistani film directors
Persian-language film directors
1965 births
Living people
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