Asghar Farhadi
Directing · Director · Producer · Screenplay
Born May 7, 1972 · Isfahan, Iran
Active 2002–present
Asghar Farhadi (اصغر فرهادی) was born in 1972 in Iran. He became interested in cinema in his teenage years and started his filmmaking education by joining the Youth Cinema Society of Esfahan in 1986 where he made 8mm and 16mm short films.
Filmography
Parallel Tales (2026) — Director · Screenplay · ProducerA Separation (2011) — Director · Producer · WriterThe Salesman (2016) — Director · Writer · ProducerAbout Elly (2009) — Director · Writer · Screenplay · Producer · Production Design · Costume DesignThe Past (2013) — Director · WriterEverybody Knows (2018) — Director · WriterA Hero (2021) — Director · Writer · ProducerFireworks Wednesday (2006) — Director · WriterBeautiful City (2004) — Director · WriterDancing in the Dust (2004) — Director · Writer · Costume DesignLow Heights (2002) — WriterTambourine (2008) — ScreenplayHomeless (2004) — IdeaCanaan (2008) — Co-WriterTrial on the Street (2009) — WriterAbout The Salesman (2018)The Night (2007) — StoryNew Wave (2016)Il était une fois... Une séparation (2014)