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Jafar Panahi

Iranian film director · Iran · On the map · Directors · Born 1960 · age 66

Jafar Panahi is an Iranian filmmaker and actor. He is known internationally for his artistic contributions to post-1979 Revolution Iranian cinema, and he has been associated with the Iranian New Wave.

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2026On the Road with Abbas KiarostamiFilm2025Asia Pacific Screen Award for Achievement in DirectingAwardGotham Independent Film Award for Best DirectorAwardGotham Independent Film Award for Best Original ScreenplayAwardPalme d'OrAward2023And, Towards Happy AlleysFilm2021Hit the RoadFilm, Producer20183 FacesFilm, Director, Writer201676 Minutes and 15 seconds with Abbas KiarostamiFilm2015Golden BearAwardPreis für die Freiheit und Zukunft der MedienAward2013Honorary Doctorate from the University of StrasbourgAwardSilver Bear for Best ScreenplayAwardClosed CurtainFilm, 2013Director, Writer2012Sakharov PrizeAward2011Carrosse d'orAward2010The AccordionFilm, Director, Writer2009C à vousSeries2007Persian CarpetFilm, Director, Writer2005Cinema IranFilm2003Un Certain RegardAwardCrimson GoldFilm, 2003Director, Producer2001Democracy Now!Series2000Golden LionAwardThe CircleFilm, 2000Director, Producer1997Golden LeopardAward1996The Daily ShowSeries1995Caméra d'OrAwardThe White BalloonFilm, 1995Director, Writer1992Akharin emtehanFilm, Director1988Yarali bashlarFilm, Director1960Born11 July 1960

People around Jafar

  • The White Balloon 1995
  • Through the Olive Trees 1994
  • The Mirror 1997
  • It Was Just an Accident 2025
  • Taxi 2015

Filmography 39

107 credits on file

Television 4

Awards

Palme d'Or2025
Asia Pacific Screen Award for Achievement in Directing2025
Gotham Independent Film Award for Best Director2025
Gotham Independent Film Award for Best Original Screenplay2025
Best Screenplay Award2018
Golden Bear2015
Preis für die Freiheit und Zukunft der Medien2015
Silver Bear for Best Screenplay2013
Honorary Doctorate from the University of Strasbourg2013
Sakharov Prize2012
Carrosse d'or2011
Silver Bear2006
Un Certain Regard2003
Golden Lion2000
Golden Leopard1997
Caméra d'Or1995

About this person

His work, rooted in neorealism and centered on the lives of women, children, and the marginalized, constitutes a critical portrait of the social, political, and gendered structures of contemporary Iran.

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Country
Iran
Category
Directors
Type
Movie Director
Status
Living
Dates
Born 1960 · age 66