Babak Najafi
Babak Najafi | |
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.jpg) Babak Najafi at the 60th Berlin International Film Festival. | |
| Born | Babak Najafi Karami 14 September 1975 |
| Occupation(s) | Film director, screenwriter |
Babak Najafi (born 14 September 1975) is a Iranian film director, screenwriter, and cinematographer.[1] He is known for directing the 2016 film London Has Fallen.
Biography
Early years
Najafi was born in Iran, and came to Sweden as an economic migrant at the age of 11.ref name="SvD">Svensson, Karin (March 16, 2010). "Babak Najafi vill visa känslor". Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved December 28, 2015.</ref> Two of his brothers remained in Tehran, and it took 11 years before they met again.[2] The family settled in Uppsala, where he spent his childhood.[2] Between 1998 and 2002, he studied documentary directing at the Dramatiska Institutet.[1][2]
Career
After graduation he wrote and directed a number of acclaimed short films, including the short film comedy Elexir (2004), wich he was awarded the Bo Widerberg scholarship.[1][2] In 2010, he made his directorial debut with the film Sebbe, which won a Guldbagge Award for Best Film, and earned him a nomination as best director at the 46th Guldbagge Awards. At the 60th Berlin International Film Festival, the film was competing in the Generation 14Plus category, for wich Najafi won the award for Best First Feature.[3][4] In 2012, he directed Easy Money II: Hard to Kill, the sequel to the 2010 film Easy Money.
In 2016, he released his English-language film debut London Has Fallen, the sequel to the 2013 film Olympus Has Fallen, the film was released to mostly negative reviews.
Filmography
| Year | Title | Original title | Country | Functioned as | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Director | Writer | DOP | Producer | |||||
| 1999 | Rasten | Sweden | Yes | No | No | No | Short film | |
| 2001 | Pablo's Birthday | Pablos födelsedag | Sweden | Yes | Yes | No | No | Short film |
| Gösta and Lennart | Gösta & Lennart | Sweden | Yes | No | No | Yes | Short film | |
| 2003 | Skolan | Sweden | Yes | No | Yes | No | Video | |
| 2004 | Elixir | Sweden, Norway | Yes | Yes | No | No | Short film | |
| 2008 | Jag förstår inte | Sweden | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Short film | |
| 2010 | Sebbe | Sweden | Yes | Yes | No | No | Directorial debut | |
| 2012 | Easy Money II: Hard to Kill | Snabba cash II | Sweden | Yes | Yes | No | No | |
| 2013 | The Day My Dad Was Shot | Gabriel och lasermannen | Sweden | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | |
| 2015 | Boys | Pojkarna | Sweden | No | Yes | No | No | |
| 2016 | London Has Fallen | United States | Yes | No | No | No | ||
References
- ^ a b c "Babak Najafi". Swedish Film Database. Swedish Film Institute. Retrieved December 28, 2015.
- ^ a b c d Cite error: The named reference
SvDwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Svensk film glänste i Berlin". Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). February 21, 2010. Retrieved December 28, 2015.
- ^ "Prizes & Honours 2010". Berlin International Film Festival. Retrieved December 28, 2015.
External links
- Babak Najafi at IMDb
- Babak Najafi at the Swedish Film Database