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

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 ...

. 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

* ''The Morning of The Execution'', 2023, 90 minutes * ''Fox'', 2015, 90 minutes * '' Azar, Shahdokht, Parviz and Others'', 2014, 114 minutes, Super 35 Millimeter * ''

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'', 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

* ''Thunder and Lightning'', 2021, television series * ''Operation 125'', 2009–2012, television production * ''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 Nasser Taghvai. * More than 10 documentaries for Iranian National Television.

Director of photography

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

Script writing

* ''The Morning of The Execution'', 2023. * ''Thunder and Lightning'', 2021, television series * ''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 Iran University of Art (, ''Daneshgah-e Honar-e Iran'') (former "Tehran University of Art and formally Art Academic Complex (1979-1991)), is the largest art university in Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and al ...

* Faculty of Visual Arts,

University of Tehran The University of Tehran (UT) or Tehran University (, ) is a public collegiate university in Iran, and the oldest and most prominent Iranian university located in Tehran. Based on its historical, socio-cultural, and political pedigree, as well as ...

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

Awards

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for

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(''The Morning of The Execution'', 2024) * Crystal Simorgh for Best Film in

(''Azar, Shahdokht, Parviz and Others'', 2014) * Crystal Simorgh for Best Screenplay in

(''Azar, Shahdokht, Parviz and Others'', 2014) * Honorary Diploma for

(''The Bride'', 1991) * Special Jury Award

for Best Director * South Korean Movie Award for Best Director * Netpac Award

Brisbane International Film Festival The Brisbane International Film Festival (BIFF) is an annual film festival held in Brisbane, Australia. Organised by the Screen Culture unit at Screen Queensland, the festival has taken place since 1992, with the program including features, doc ...

for Best Motion Picture

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