Amir Ghavidel (

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: امیر قویدل) (22 March 1947 – 8 November 2009) was an Iranian writer and filmmaker. He started his artistic life at a young age from performing street theatre in his hometown

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, before moving to Tehran where he officially started his career in the

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. Ghavidel was a screenwriter and director for ten feature films in his career.

Career in cinema

Before the Iranian revolution

Ghavidel started as a

screenwriter A screenwriter (also called scriptwriter, scribe, or scenarist) is a person who practices the craft of writing for visual mass media, known as screenwriting. These can include short films, feature-length films, television programs, television ...

and an assistant director to

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for Death in the Rain (مرگ در باران) in 1975. He continued to write ''Agitation'' (اضطراب) and ''The South's Shark'' (کوسه ی جنوب) and acted as assistant director to

for these films in the next three years.

After the Iranian revolution

With the

Iranian Revolution The Iranian Revolution (, ), also known as the 1979 Revolution, or the Islamic Revolution of 1979 (, ) was a series of events that culminated in the overthrow of the Pahlavi dynasty in 1979. The revolution led to the replacement of the Impe ...

and the volatile state of cinema in those days, Ghavidel made films based on Iran's post-revolution social and political concerns and established himself as a filmmaker of modern Iranian cinema. He made his first work, ''Rain of Blood'' (خونبارش) as a documentary feature film produced by

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in 1980, one year after the revolution.

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won the

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for Best Actor for two of Ghavidel's films ''Train'' (ترن) and ''The Misty Harbour'' (بندر مه آلود), and

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was nominated for best film score for ''Train''.

Death

Ghavidel passed away as a result of complications due to liver failure on 8 November 2009 in Tehran.

Filmography

Director

* A Friend Made of Fire (2009) * Dayereh Tardid (TV Series) (2003) * Rokhsareh (2002) * Shab Cheragh (TV Series) (2002) * The Misty Harbour (1992) * Del Namak (1990) * Galan (1990) * Train (1988) * Bloody Rice (1984) * Mirza Koochak Khan (1983) * Sardar-e Jangal (1983) * A Little Tale (Short) (1980) * Rain of Blood (1980)

Writer

* The Misty Harbour (1992) * Galan (1990) * Train (1988) * Bloody Rice (1984) * Mirza Koochak Khan (1983) * Sardar-e Jangal (1983) * A Little Tale (Short) (1980) * Rain of Blood (1980) * Tonight A Tear Is Shed (1979) * The South's Shark (1978) * Agitation (1976) * Death in the Rain (1975)

Assistant Director

* The Eagles (1985) * Farman (1982) * The South's Shark (1978) * Agitation (1976) * Death in the Rain (1975)