Esmael Barari
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Esmael Barari

Iranian film director

Esmael Barari (Persian: اسماعیل براری); (born 1965), is an Iranian filmmaker, film director, screenwriter, film editor and film producer.2

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Born Oct 26, 1965.1

About

He is director of World Iranian Film Center, a member of The Union of Iranian Cinema Producers and a member of international jury of Mostra Valencia Film Festival.

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Companies

Early life and education

  • Date not recordedIran University of Art3

Career

Occupation: film director, film producer, teacher.5

Known for: Dead Heat under the Shrubs.6

Esmael Barari graduated in filmmaking from Art University. In 1988, his short film, Reaction, won top prize at the first National Students Film Festival of Tehran and the silver plaque at the 1989 Ebensee Festival of Nations. His other short films are Nader's Gift (1989) and Loneliness And The Cold (1990) which was presented in FIPA Cannes-91 and received The Golden Butterfly for the Best Film at 5th International Festival of Film and Video for Children and Young Adults. Up to now he has made more than 20 feature, documentary and short films & TV series. His younger brother, Ahmad Barari, is a professor in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT) in Canada.

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Personal life

  • BornOct 26, 1965, Bandar-e Anzali7
  • CitizenshipIran8
  • SpouseMahnaz Kashani married 19919 10
  • Children411

Awards

  • 2004Valladolid International Film Festival for Dead Heat under the Shrubs12
  • 1991Festival International de Programmes Audiovisuels (FIPADOC)12
  • 1991International Film Festival for Children and Youth12