Kambuzia Partovi
Appearance
کامبوزیا پرتوی Kambuzia Partovi | |
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Born | Kambuzia Partovi November 11, 1955 |
Nationality | Iranian |
Occupation(s) | Film director, screenwriter, actor |
Years active | 1988–present |
Known for | Café Transit |
Spouse(s) | Fereshteh Sadre Orafaee (m. 1980) |
Awards | FIPRESCI Prize (2006) |
Kambuzia Partovi (also spelt Kambozia Partovi, born 11 November 1955 in Rasht) is an Iranian film director and scriptwriter. He was born in Rasht, Iran on the Caspian Sea. After studying theater arts in school he wrote mainly scripts for TV series. In 1988 he made his feature film debut with Golnar.[1] His 2007 film Café Transit was selected by Iran as its candidate for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. He has also written screenplays for other directors, most notably Jafar Panahi's The Circle. Partovi trained and supported many Iranian artists and film makers, most notably Bahman Ghobadi. In 2013 he acted in and co-directed Closed Curtain with Panahi.
Filmography
- 1988 Golnar
- 1990 The Singer Cat
- 1991 The Fish
- 1992 Adult s game
- 1994 The Legend of Two Sisters
- 1997 Naneh Lala va bacheharesh
- 2005 Café Transit
- 2013 Closed Curtain (co-directed with Jafar Panahi)
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