Reza Parsa is a
Swedish
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film director. At the age of 22, he was admitted to the 4-year directing program at the
National Film School of Denmark
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History
The National ...
(1991–95) and directed the most award-winning (11 awards) graduation film, ''Never (Gränsen)'', in the history of the school.
To date Reza Parsa has won more than 30 national and international awards, including the
Ingmar Bergman Award, the
Student Academy Award
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Description
The awards were originally named the Student Film Awards and were first ...
(Student Oscar) and prizes in
Cannes Film Festival
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, Brasília, Seattle, Chicago, and San Sebastian.
''
Before the Storm'' Parsa's first
feature film
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, is a suspense
thriller which has achieved great critical success and has been sold to 35 countries worldwide, incl. The United States.
Reza Parsa and his
screenwriter Johan Bergman Lindfors, both based in Sweden, are now preparing Parsa's next feature film.
National and International Awards
Credits
Director
*''The Haga Man (Hagamannen)'' (2009)
*''Meeting Evil (Möte med Ondskan)'' (2002)
*''Before the Storm (Före Stormen)'' (2000)
*''The 8th Song (Den 8:e Sången)'' (1998)
*''Tigerheart (Tigerhjärta)'' (1997)
*''Never (Gränsen)'' (1995)
Screenwriter
*''Meeting Evil (Möte med Ondskan)'' (2002)
*''Before the Storm (Före Stormen)'' (2000)
*''The 8th Song (Den 8:e Sången)'' (1998)
*''Never (Gränsen)'' (1995)
Creator of Documentary Concept
*''Aviation'' (2003)
*''Belas Dukkehus'' (2003)
*''It's All Good'' (2003)
*''Min Velsignede Bror'' (2003)
*''Det Ulogiske Instrument'' (2003)
External links
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1968 births
Living people
Swedish film directors