Reza Mirkarimi (; born 28 January 1967) is an

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screenwriter and film director.

Early life

He graduated from Fine Arts University in graphic arts in

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Career

His cinema activities started from 1987 with a short film named ''For Him'' (16mm camera) and with a series of shorts followed by two TV series aimed at young people. His second feature, ''Under the Moonlight'' (2000), dealing with social and religious issues won the Best Feature Award at the 40th Critics' Week in 2001 at the

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. The film also won the Best Director's Award as well as the Special Jury Prize at the Tokyo IFF in 2001, and the Golden Peacock Award at the

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. His fourth and fifth feature films, '' As Simple as That'' (2007) and ''

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'' (2016), won the Golden George Award for the Best Picture at the 30th and the 38th

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respectively. Mirkarimi has won seven Golden Simorgh awards at the

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and three of his films, '' So Close, So Far'', '' A Cube of Sugar'', and ''

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'', have been presented by Iran for the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar. He has also sat on several international film festival juries, including

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(Estonia),

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(Japan),

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(Tunisia), Bogota International Film Festival (Colombia), Golden Apricot –

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(Armenia), and as jury president at the 39th

. Mirkarimi has collaborated with upcoming Iranian directors by producing their films. He produced ''Don't be Tired'' in 2012 and ''Voice of Silence'' in 2013. He has also served as managing director of Khane-ye Cinema (Iranian Alliance of Motion Picture Guilds). Reza Mirkarimi has been director of

for four consecutive years from 2016 to 2019. He was also Secretary of the International Film Festival of the Fajr Film Festival.

Filmography

Short Film

* ''Baraye Ou'' (For Him) - 1987. * ''Yek Rooze Barani'' (A Rainy Day) - 1987. * ''Khoroos'' (Rooster) - 1987.

Documentary

* Iranian Carpet - 2006.

TV series

* ''Majara-haye Aftaab va Aziz Khanoom'' (The Tales of Aftaab and Lady Aziz) - 1996. * ''Bache-haye Madreseye Hemmat'' (Hemmat School Kids) - 1997.

Accolades

In 2021 he was selected as Jury Chairman for Kim Jiseok Award in

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to be held in October.

Awards

* 2019 - Golden Goblet Award for Best Feature Film

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. * 2019 - Golden Goblet Award for Best Director

. * 2019 - Best Director

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References

External links

Official Website
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