Farid Mostafavi


Farid Mostafavi is an Iranian screenwriter best known for his social realist films set in urban Tehran, several of which were directed and co-written by Rakhshan Bani-Etemad.

Education

Mostafavi attended the "Institute of Cinema and Television" in 1979 and studied economics at Tehran University.

Career

His career in Islamic [Republic of Iran Broadcasting|IRIB] began in 1989 and later expanded to film. He has worked as writer and co-producer on "An Outlook to the Cinema", a thirteen-part television program about cinema, as assistant director on "The World Satirist", a ten-part television play, as voice-over writer for documentary films on "Centrality" and "Immigrants", and as researcher and screenwriter on "Crossing from Iran Deserts", a documentary/fiction series.

Filmography

Kharej az Mahdudeh Payizan Rooz-e Bashokouh Zard-e Qanari Pul-e Khareji Omid Badal Roya-ye nime-shab-e tabestan Under the [Skin of the City|Zir-e Pust-e Shahr] Zendan-e Zanan Zahr-e Asal Gilane Taghato Asr-e Jome Khunbazi Zaadboom Ghesseh-ha
  • ''Kafshhaiam Koo?''

Honors and awards