Residence Tehran, Iran Occupation Director, writer Siblings Darioush Ayari | Nationality Iranian Years active 1970–present | |
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Born May 14, 1951 (age 65) ( 1951-05-14 ) Ahvaz, Iran Movies and TV shows The Paternal House, Roozegar‑e Gharib, Par‑e parvaz, To Be or Not to Be, Two Halves of an Apple Similar Mina Sadati, Shahab Hosseini, Mehdi Hashemi, Asghar Farhadi, Asal Badiee | ||
Kianoush Ayari (Persian: کیانوش عیاری, born May 14, 1951) is an Iranian writer and director. He is famous for his realistic style and unique stories like heart transplantation in his movie Boodan yaa naboodan or fate of a teacher after the horrible Bam earthquake in Bidar show, Arezoo!.
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Life and career
He was born in the city of Ahvaz, southwest of Iran. Ayari started his cinematic career by making 8mm short films. His first professional movie was Tanooreyeh Div. His movie Abadani-ha won the Silver Leopard for the best Movie at Locarno Film Festival in 1994. His most controversial movie The Paternal House was screened at 69th Venice Film Festival but yet to be screened publicly in Iran as of december 2016 but was screened at a few cinemas in United States of America. Mehdi Hashemi, one of the best actors of Iranian theatre and cinema has played the main actor role in his movies for the last two decades, including: Thousand Eyes (TV Series), Roozegar-e Gharib (TV Series), The Paternal House and his latest movie Kanape'.
Personal life
His brother Dariush Ayari is a cinematographer. They collaborated in Thousand Eyes (TV Series), Roozegar-e Gharib (TV Series) and The Paternal House.
Cinema
TV Series
Awards
Here is a list of awards received by Kianoush Ayari in film festivals: