Hamid Tamjidi
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Hamid Tamjidi | |
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| حمید تمجیدی | |
| Born | Tehran, Iran |
| Nationality | Iranian |
| Education | College of Film and Television |
| Occupation(s) | Film actor, film director |
| Website | http://www.kasrafilm.com/ |
Hamid Tamjidi (Persian: حمید تمجیدی; born 1956) is an Iranian writer, film director, and producer.
Early life[edit]
Tamjidi was born in Tehran and graduated with a degree in film editing from Seda v Sima University. He has four children - Larisa, Kasra, Nakisa, and Parsa. His oldest son, Kasra, has appeared in some of his films.
Early career[edit]
He made his first film The Burnt Twigs as part of his thesis. Then he was hired by the Iran TV network as the official film editor. Two years later he started to work as a writer and director for the same organization. One of his first documentaries Doragh Pond won several awards and a year after he began his first TV series Agate based on his screenplay. In 1987 his short documentary Call of the Pond won the jury's special award at the Fajr international film festival. At that time he established his film company KASRAFILM and produced and directed several more films. He made six films, TV series, and more than fifty documentaries.[1]
Among Tamjidi's most popular films were the documentary films Tree (1982), Hur 'e Doragh (1983 & winner for best documentary at the third Fajr international film festival) Call of the Pond (1986 winner of the jury's special award at the sixth Fajr international film festival).[2]
The TV series he wrote and directed are The Map (1986), Agate (1988), Learning for Living (1991), Wages of Fear (1992), Playing with Death (1995), and Tell Him That I Love Him (1999).
The feature films that he wrote directed and produced: The Burnt Twigs (1977), The Mirage (1986), The Rose (1989), Dear Wednesday (1992), Playing with Death (1995), and Endless Night (1999).[3]
His last movie The Endless Night was banned from public screening and he couldn't continue his work for years.[4] In 2006 he immigrated to Canada and now lives in NB. In 2007 he wrote his first English screenplay, Saffron. In 2016 he made his first movie The Bird May Die in Canada and won several major awards from international film festivals such as the Chandler International Film Festival, Alaska International Film Festival, Depth of Field International Film Festival Competition, Hollywood Film Competition, International Independent Film Awards, Los Angeles Film Awards, European Cinematography AWARDS (ECA).[5][6]
Filmography[edit]
Movies
- The Burnt Twigs, 1977
- The Mirage, 1986
- The Rose , 1989
- Dear Wednesday, 1992
- Playing with Death, 1995
- Endless Night, 1999
- The bird May Die, 2016
TV series
- Tree, 1982
- Hur'e Doragh, 1983
- Call of the Pound, 1986
- Aghigh, 1988
- Wages of Fear, 1992
- Playing with Death, 1995
- Tell Him That I Love Him, 1999
References[edit]
- ^ "OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD: Endless Night by Hamid Tamjidi". World Film Carnival Singapore. Retrieved 2023-07-21.
- ^ "آزادی فوری رهبران جنبش سبز از حصر را پیگیری کنید". Asr e Nou. November 18, 2013.
- ^ "Endless Night: A stricken Family on the Nowruz Eve". film-magazine.com. Retrieved 2023-07-21.
- ^ "Iranian movies receive nominations at Love International Film Festival". Tehran Times. Retrieved 2023-07-21.
- ^ "BEST FILMS OF YEARS: ANDROMEDA FİLM FESTİVAL'S AWARDS". ANDROMEDA FİLM FESTİVAL. Retrieved 2023-07-21.
- ^ "Award Winners 2016: THE BIRD MAY DIE by Hamid Tamjidi". Los Angeles Film Awards. Retrieved 2023-07-21.
External links[edit]
- Hamid Tamjidi at IMDb
- پرنده مردنیست در بانک اطلاعات اینترنتی فیلمها,The Bird May Die (IMDb)
- Kasra Film(کسری فیلم)
- Film Director/Writer: Hamid Tamjidi in La Vanguardia
- Hamid Tamjidi/Writer at AMC Theatres
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