Behrouz Afkhami ( fa, بهروز افخمی; born October 24, 1956) is an Iranian film director and

screenwriter A screenplay writer (also called screenwriter, scriptwriter, scribe or scenarist) is a writer who practices the craft of screenwriting, writing screenplays on which mass media, such as films, television programs and video games, are based. ...

. He is known for a style that utilizes

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camera techniques to portray stories of human drama. He was also member of the

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from 2000 to 2004. He was the host of the third series of the television program, ''Haft''.

Career and life

Behrouz Afkhami has been teaching script writing, directing and editing both privately and in universities since 1989.

Filmography

* '' Azar, Shahdokht Parviz and Others'', 2014, 114 minutes, Super 35 Millimeter * '' Saint Pertersburg'', 2010, 130 minutes, Super 35 Millimeter * ''Black Noise'', 2011, 85 minutes * ''The Son of Dawn'', 2006–2009, 110 minutes,

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Millimeter * ''The River's End'', 2004, 98 minutes, Super 35 Millimeter. ''Gavkhouni'' was screened at the

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, and

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film festivals. It won the South Korean Movie Award and the Catholic Church Award at Brisbane. * ''Hemlock'', 2000, 86 minutes,

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. ''Shokaran'' broke the Iranian box office record and is one of few Iranian melodramas to be released in the US.Hemlock
/ref> * ''The World Champion'', 1998, 96 minutes, Super 35 Millimeter * ''The Day of the Devil'', 1995, Super 35 Millimeter * ''The Day of the Angel'', 1993, Cinemascope * '' The Bride'', 1991, 90 Minutes, Super 35 Millimeter

Television series

* ''Eleven Minutes, 30 Seconds'', 2008, television production, 75 minutes. * ''One Hundred & Twenty Five'', television production, 12 episodes, 50 minutes each. * ''Kouchak Jangli (Rebel in the Jungle)'', television production series: 10 episodes, 750 minutes total. Based on scripts from

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. * More than 10 documentaries for Iranian National Television.

Director of photography

* ''Under the Rain'' 1986, 110 minutes, 16 millimeter, Director: Seifollah Daad

Script writing

* ''Child of the Dawn'', 2011. * ''Eleven Minutes 30 Seconds'', 2008. * ''One Hundred and Twenty Five'', 2006. * ''The River's End'', 2004. * ''Hemlock'', 2000. * ''The World Champion'', 1998. * ''The Day of the Devil'', 1995, adaptation of Fredrich Forside's book “Fourth Protocol”. * ''The Day of the Angel'', 1993. * ''The Bride'', 1991, co-writer Alireza Davoodnejad. * ''Kouchak Jangli (Rebel in the Jungle)''. * ''Manuscripts'', directed by Mehrzad Minoui. * ''53 Men'', directed by Yousef Seyed Mahdavi.

Film editing

* ''Don't put Mud in the Spring'', 1989. * ''Quarantine'', 2007. * ''Gavkhouni (The River's End)'', 2004. * ''Eleven Minutes 30 Seconds'', 2008.

Television host

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Third series

Published books

* ''Volcanic Core of Cinema (Anthology)'', year unknown.

Teaching

Tehran University of Art University of Art ( fa, دانشگاه هنر, ''Danushgah-e Henr-e Tehran'') is the largest art university in Iran, consisting of seven faculties and an international campus in Tehran and its suburb Karaj Karaj ( fa, کرج, ) is the capital o ...

* Faculty of Visual Arts,

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* Faculty of TV & Radio in cooperation with the National Broadcasting Company * Private institutes in Iran and Canada

Awards

* South Korean Movie Award for Best Director * Netpac Award

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for Best Motion Picture *

Crystal Simorgh The Crystal Simorgh ( fa, ‌سیمرغ بلورین) is an award given by Fajr International Film Festival, Iran's major annual film festival. It is awarded in several categories of ''International Competition'' as well as ''Iranian Cinema Comp ...

Fajr Film Festival Iran's annual Fajr International Film Festival ( fa, جشنواره بین‌المللی فیلم فجر), or Fajr Film Festival (little: FIFF; fa, جشنواره فیلم فجر), has been held every February and April in Tehran since 1982. T ...

for Best Screenplay * Special Jury Award

for Best Director * Honorary Diploma

for Best Director

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Afkhami, Behrooz 1956 births Living people Iranian film directors Islamic Iran Participation Front politicians Members of the 6th Islamic Consultative Assembly Deputies of Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr Producers who won the Best Film Crystal Simorgh Crystal Simorgh for Best Screenplay winners