
Asghar Farhadi
Directing
Born: 1972-05-07 · Isfahan, Iran
Biography
Asghar Farhadi (اصغر فرهادی) was born in 1972 in Iran. He became interested in cinema in his teenage years and started his filmmaking education by joining the Youth Cinema Society of Esfahan in 1986 where he made 8mm and 16mm short films. Asghar Farhadi received his Bachelors in Theater from University of Tehran's School of Dramatic Arts in 1998 and his Masters in Stage Direction from Tarbiat Modarres University a few years later. During these formative years, Farhadi made six shorts and two TV
🎬 Movies (27)

Vittorio De Sica: Staging Life
2026
Self

Parallel Tales
2026
Director

Ritratti di cinema
2025
Self

Nosrat Karimi, Being an Artist in Iran
2024
himself

Room 999
2023
Self
Talking Heads 2021
2021
Self

A Hero
2021
Director

About The Salesman
2018

Scenes from A Separation
2018
Self - Narrator (voice)

Everybody Knows
2018
Director

New Wave
2016

The Salesman
2016
Director

About Cinema
2015
Self

Il était une fois... Une séparation
2014

The Past
2013
Director

Kusturica - Balkan's Bad Boy
2012
Himself

From Iran, a Separation
2011
Self - Director

A Separation
2011
Director

About Elly
2009
Director

Trial on the Street
2009
Writer

Tambourine
2008
Screenplay

Canaan
2008
Co-Writer

The Night
2007
Story

Fireworks Wednesday
2006
Director

Dancing in the Dust
2004
Director

Beautiful City
2004
Director

Low Heights
2002
Writer
