Abolfazl Attar

ابوالفضل عطار
M.Abolfazl Attar. Z
Born 23 September 1968(1968 -09-23)
Mashhad, Iran
Occupation Film director, screenwriter, Film editor
Years active 1981-present

Mirza Abolfazl Attar. Z (Persian: ابوالفضل عطار ) Born September 23, 1968 in Mashhad, Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran is an Iranian Film director, Screenwriter & Film editor [1]

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Early life

Abolfazl Attar started learning filmmaking from Dariush Arjmand, in early 1980s.He was an active member of the Iranian Young Cinema Society [2], in decade 1980s.In 1989, after one year of effort at Iranian Young Cinema Society, he succeeded to change the usual format of 8 mm films, into the 16 mm and 35 mm film-format, by making his 16 mm film titled “A Window To The Alley”.The first film Iranian Young Cinema Society produced which had won many internationals awards, was named “TO THE DUST AGAIN” Directed by Mahdi Bemani Naeini, which Abolfazl Attar had written its scripts. For the first time in Iran, in 1997, in the internal bulletin of Khorasan Script writers Association, he suggested the registration and patent of scripts in cinema; which later on this idea was widely implemented in Iranian Center for Script Writers and The Iranian Alliance of Motion Picture Guilds (House of Cinema)[3].In 2007 he conducted a research project to revise and improve the legal rights of authors and intellectual property owners, and presented it to the Iranian authorities.

Memberships

Establisher, Executive Director & Head of Management SETAYESH FILM setayesh film
Union of Iranian Entertainment Companies (UIEC)
The Iranian Alliance of Motion Picture Guilds [4] [5]
Iranian Young Cinema Society (IYCS)[2]

Activities

Artistic activity started in 1981 with the Theater in Mashhad
Making short films,8 mm, 16 mm and 35 mm
Making Documentary films and video advertising
Teaching filmmaking in Mashhad Young Cinema Society, howze honari & private institutions
Started professional filmmaking in 1993 With TV "This home is far away ".
Collaborate With more than fifty short film, half long, series and movies as:
Screenwriter, consulting, planning, production manager, editing, Actor, assistant director & cinematographer.
Member of jury in Film Festival: (Iranian Young Cinema Society) provinces :Khorasan, Gilan, Mazandaran, Semnan.
Writing articles and film criticism in newspapers Khorasan, culture and cinema & soure

Selected filmography

FOR ALL OF US Screenwriter
TO THE DUST AGAIN Screenwriter
THE BURNED EARTH Screenwriter Director Editor
ROOTS IN DEPTH Screenwriter Director Editor
THE RINGING OF MY BELL Screenwriter Director Editor
WINDOW ON ALLEY Screenwriter Director Production Manager
THE LAW OF KARMA [6] Screenwriter Director Line Producer
EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT Screenwriter Director Editor
REFERENCE POINT Director
MY DEAR FAMILY(YOUTHFULNESS) [7] Director Co -Editor Line Producer

Awards

Year Films Awards Festivals
1987 ROOTS IN DEPTH Best Scriptwriter 2nd Youth's Film Festival in Khorassan
1987 THE RINGING OF MY BELL Best Director 2nd Youth's Film Festival in Khorassan
1987 THE BURNED EARTH Best Film Editor 2nd Youth's Film Festival in Khorassan
1987 ROOTS IN DEPTH Second Prize for the filmscript Fajr Artistic and Cultural Competitions
1988 THE RINGING OF MY BELL Best Scriptwriter 6th Iranian National Youth`s Film Festival, Tehran
1988 THE RINGING OF MY BELL Candidate of the Best Editor & Director 6th Iranian National Youth's Film Festival, Tehran
1989 TO THE DUST AGAIN Best Scriptwriter 7th Iranian National Youth's Film Festival, Tehran
1990 TO THE DUST AGAIN Best Film Danobiale International Film festival, Austria (Scriptwriter)
1990 TO THE DUST AGAIN Best Film Eskopie International Film Festival Skopje Film Festival, Yugosalvia (Scriptwriter)
1991 TO THE DUST AGAIN Best Film Igualada International Film Festival, Spain (Scriptwriter)
2000 THE LAW OF KARMA Best Film Youth's Film Festival, Khorassan
2005 THE LAW OF KARMA Best Film Fajr International Film Festival( Khorassan Province), Iran

External links

References

  1. ^ "Iranian Short Film Festival 2003". http://www.shortfilmfest.ir/competition_2003/sp-program-2003/sp_program_nikzat-2003_page.htm. Retrieved 14 February 2010. 
  2. ^ http://www.iycs.ir/index_e.htm
  3. ^ ::: The Iranian Aliance of Motion Picture Guilds :::
  4. ^ ::: The Iranian Aliance of Motion Picture Guilds :::
  5. ^ انجمن فیلم کوتاه ایران - ابوالفضل عطار
  6. ^ [1]
  7. ^ وبلاگ ابوالفضل عطار | Abolfazl Attar Web - گزارش تصويري از فيلم خانواده عزيزم مرداد My Dear Family A Film By Abolfazl Attar 1390