Biography
Amir Naderi has been one of the most influential personalities of New Iranian Cinema since the 1970s. His early movies were closely tied to Iranian life and culture but took inspiration from the esthetic of Italian neorealism, e.g. work with nonprofessional actors, a loose narrative structure, and socially relevant topics.
The Runner (Davandeh, 1984), about a boy trying to fulfill his dreams in the inhospitable environment of postwar Iran, enjoyed widespread international acclaim.
At the beginning of the 1990s Naderi emigrated to the USA; since then directing has taken him around the world where he has demonstrated unusual openness towards other cultural traditions. For example, his feature Cut (2011 – Another View at KVIFF 2012) is a poetic tribute to classic Japanese cinema but also a social critique of contemporary Japan made directly in the Land of the Rising Sun.
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Screenwriter
Movies | |
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2018 |
Fahrenheit 451 (TV movie) |
Magic Lantern |
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2016 |
Mountain |
2014 |
99 Homes |
2011 |
Cut |
2008 |
Vegas: Based on a True Story |
1997 |
A, B, C... Manhattan |
1993 |
Manhattan by Numbers |
1989 |
Aab, baad, khaak |
1984 |
The Runner |
1978 |
Marsieh |
Sakhte Iran |
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1974 |
Entezar |
Harmonica |
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Tangsir |
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1973 |
Strait |
The Experience |
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1971 |
Khodahafez rafigh |
Short | |
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1984 |
Barandeh |
Director
Movies | |
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2018 |
Magic Lantern |
2016 |
Mountain |
2011 |
60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero |
Cut |
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2008 |
Vegas: Based on a True Story |
2005 |
Sound Barrier |
2002 |
Marathon |
1997 |
A, B, C... Manhattan |
1993 |
Manhattan by Numbers |
1989 |
Aab, baad, khaak |
1984 |
The Runner |
1981 |
Jostoju-ye dovvom |
1978 |
Marsieh |
Sakhte Iran |
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1974 |
Entezar |
Harmonica |
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Tangsir |
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1973 |
Strait |
1971 |
Khodahafez rafigh |
Documentaries | |
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2014 |
Mise en scène with Arthur Penn (a conversation) |
2013 |
Venice 70: Future Reloaded |
1980 |
Jostoju |
Short | |
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1984 |
Barandeh |
Editor
Movies | |
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2024 |
Stars and the Moon |
2018 |
Magic Lantern |
2016 |
Mountain |
2008 |
Vegas: Based on a True Story |
2007 |
Orphans |
1993 |
Manhattan by Numbers |
Producer
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2018 |
Magic Lantern |
2010 |
Hamsayeh |
2008 |
Vegas: Based on a True Story |
2007 |
Orphans |
2005 |
Sound Barrier |
1997 |
A, B, C... Manhattan |
Documentaries | |
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2023 |
An Owl, a Garden & the Writer |
Performer
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1996 |
Festivalové vteřiny |
Cinematographer
Short | |
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2015 |
In omaggio all'arte italiana! |
Actor
Documentaries | |
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2006 |
Iran: A Cinematographic Revolution (TV movie) |