Jamshed Usmonov
Jamshed Usmonov | |
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| Born | 13 January 1965 Asht, Tajikistan |
| Occupation(s) | Film director, screenwriter, producer |
| Years active | 1998–present |
Jamshed Usmonov (Template:Lang-tg, Template:Lang-fa; born 13 January 1965), also credited as Djamshed Usmonov, is a Tajik film director, producer, scriptwriter and one of the most notable figures of contemporary Persian cinema.
He studied at the Dushanbe Fine Arts School in Dushanbe and Director's School in Moscow. His film To Get to Heaven, First You Have to Die, was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival.[1]
Filmography
- 1998: Flight of the Bee
- 2002: Angel on the Right
- 2006: To Get to Heaven, First You Have to Die (Template:Lang-tg)
- 2011: My Wife's Romance
Awards and honors
The Flight of the Bee
Torino Film Festival 1998 : Grand Prix, Audience Award, Fipresci Prize
Thessaloniki Film Festival 1998 : Silver Alexander.
Angel on the Right
Official Selection Cannes Film Festival 2002, “Un Certain Regard”
Special Jury Prize Angers 2003,
Special Jury Prize Tokyo Filmex 2003,
Grand Prix Tromso 2003,
Grand Prix Barcelona Asian Film Festival,
FIPRESCI Prize at the 2002 London Film Festival.
To Get to Heaven, First You Have to Die
Official Selection Cannes Film Festival 2006, “Un Certain Regard”
Grand Prix Tokyo Filmex 2006
See also
References
- ^ "Festival de Cannes: To Get to Heaven, First You Have to Die". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-12-14.
External links
- Jamshed Usmonov at IMDb
- Kiarostami's "Friend's home" brought me back to cinema (An interview with Jamshid Usmanov) (in Persian)
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