Amin Maher

Amin Maher (Persian: امین ماهر‎‎ , born in 1992 in Tehran, Iran) is an Iranian artist, poet and filmmaker.^[1] He is the son of the critically acclaimed Mania Akbari.^{[2] [3]}

Biography

Amin Maher started his artistic activity as the main actor in Abbas Kiarostami’s Ten.^[4] "Ten" was nominated for the Palme d'Or at Cannes Film festival in 2002^[5] and ranks at number 447 on Empire magazine's 2008 list of the 500 greatest movies of all time.^[6] The film ranked No.47 in Empire magazine's "The 100 Best Films Of World Cinema" in 2010.^[7] The French film magazine Cahiers du cinéma ranked "Ten" in first place in its list of top 10 films of 2002^[8] and also ranked "Ten" in tenth place in its list of best films of the decade 2000-2009.^[9] Four years after that, Maher performed the main role in Mania Akbari’s 10+4, a continuation of the movie “Ten”.^[10] "10+4" participated in many film festivals, such as the San Sebastián International Film Festival and the Cannes International Film Festival in the ACID section.^[11] Also The film has been screened in many international museums such as the Centre Georges Pompidou^[12] and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.^[13] Afterwards, Maher followed his film activities as an assistant director. He collaborated as an actor and assistant director with his mother, Mania Akbari, for making 6 video arts ("Sin", "Self", "Fear", "Devastation", "Escape", and "Repression")^[14] which have screened in Locarno international film festival.^[15] Maher’s recent involvement as a first assistant director was for the film "From Tehran to London" in 2012,^[16] which also participated in many festivals such as Edinburgh International Film Festival^[17] in UK and International Film Festival Rotterdam^[18] in Netherlands. Maher studied film production and has made several behind the scenes films.^[19] "Sweet Gin and Cold Wine" is a fictional short film by Amin Maher that was nominated for best short film in many film festivals such as 21th Oldenburg International Film Festival in Germany.^[20] In 2015, Maher's second short film, "Orange", was nominated for best short film in many film festivals such as Eko international film festival.^[21] Maher not only has artistic activity in cinema but also in literature. He was very interested in cinema and literature since he was a child and he studied both mediums. Amin Maher is also a poet and his first poetry book titled "Start Counting From Eleven" has published in 2013, in London.^[22]

Artworks

As an actor

• Orange (2015)
• Sweet Gin and Cold Wine (2014)
• 10 + 4 (2007)
• Repression (2004) (Video Art)
• Escape (2004) (Video Art)
• Ten (2002)

As a director

• Orange (2015)
• Sweet Gin and Cold Wine (2014)

As an assistant director

• From Tehran To London (2013)
• Fear (2004) (Video Art)
• Devastation (2004) (Video Art)

Book

• Start counting from eleven (2013) (Poem)

References

External links

• Amin Maher at the Internet Movie Database
• Official Website