Biography:
Asghar Farhadi was born in Isfahan, Iran in 1972. Whilst at school he became interested in writing, drama and the cinema, took courses at the Iranian Young Cinema Society and started his career as a filmmaker by making super 8mm and 16mm films.
He graduated with a Master’s Degree in Film Direction from Tehran University in 1998. 
During his studies, he not only wrote and directed student plays, but also wrote plays for national radio and directed for television with such shows as the hit series Tale of a City.
In 2001, Farhadi wrote the screenplay for Ebrahim Hatamikia’s box-office and critical success Low heights.
His directorial debut was with 2003’s Dancing in the Dust. This film went on to participate in the Moscow Film Festival, where it won both the Best Leading Actor and Film Critics awards.
Farhadi made his second feature film, Beautiful City, in 2004 which won the Best feature film award at the Warsaw Film Festival 2004, the India International Film Festival and Moscow’s Faces of Love Film Festival.
“Chahar shanbeh souri / Fireworks Wednesday”, his third feature, award winner at the Locarno International Film Festival 2006, has also been successful in other international festivals. The film has been released in both Europe and the USA.

Darbareye Elly /About Elly”, his fourth feature, won the Silver Bear for Best Director at the 2009 Berlinale.The film has had a worldwide impact and received excellent reviews.

Filmography:
Short Films
1988: Janali / Fiction, 20 min
1989: Radio / Fiction, 15 min
1990: Donyaye divarha / The World of Walls /Fiction, 10 min -
1991: Majerahaye Filmsaz/ The adventures of Mr Filmmaker / Fiction, 18 min
1992: Cheshm-ha / The Eyes / Documentary, 15 min
1998: Sim / The Wire / Fiction, 20 min

Feature Films
2003: Raghss dar ghobar / Dancing in the Dust / Fiction,  35mm, Colour, 105 min
2004: Shahr-e Ziba / Beautiful City / Fiction, 35mm, Colour, 102 min
2006: Chahr shanbeh souri / Fireworks Wednesday / Fiction, 35mm, colour, 104 min
2009: Darbareye Elly / About Elly / Fiction, 35mm, Colour, 119 min