Abolfazl Attar

{{Short description|Iranian film director (born 1968)}}

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| name = Abolfazl Attar "Adin Attar"

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1968 |9|23|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Mashhad, Iran

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| occupation = Film director, actor, film editor, screenwriter

| yearsactive = 1981–present

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Mirza Abolfazl Attar. Z "Adin Attar" ({{langx|fa| ابوالفضل عطار }}; born September 23, 1968) is an Iranian film director, actor, screenwriter and film editor.{{cite web|url=http://www.shortfilmfest.ir/competition_2003/sp-program-2003/sp_program_nikzat-2003_page.htm |title=Iranian Short Film Festival 2003 |access-date=14 February 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091020065256/http://www.shortfilmfest.ir/competition_2003/sp-program-2003/sp_program_nikzat-2003_page.htm |archive-date=October 20, 2009 }}

Early life

Adin Attar was born in Mashhad, Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran and started learning filmmaking in the early 1980s. He was an active member of the Iranian Young Cinema Society In 2007 he conducted a research project to revise and improve the legal rights of authors and intellectual property owners, and presented it to the Iranian authorities.

File:Abolfazl Attar & Sid Ganis , President of Oscar Academy 2009 . Tehran .Iran.JPG, President of Oscar Academy 2009, Tehran, Iran]]

File:Nikita_Mikhalkov.Adin(Abolfazl)_Attar.jpg, Russian filmmaker and actor, Tashkent International Film Festival, Uzbekistan 2021]]

Memberships

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Founder, Executive Director & Head of Management SETAYESH FILM
Union of Iranian Entertainment Companies (UIEC)
The Iranian Alliance of Motion Picture Guilds {{Cite web |url=http://www.khanehcinema.ir/EN/IndexEN.aspx |title=::: The Iranian Alliance of Motion Picture Guilds ::: |access-date=2010-02-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100206171429/http://www.khanehcinema.ir/EN/indexen.aspx |archive-date=2010-02-06 |url-status=dead }}{{Cite web |url=http://www.iranianshortfilm.com/fa/MemberPage.aspx?un=aattar |title=انجمن فیلم کوتاه ایران - ابوالفضل عطار |access-date=2010-03-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101125011136/http://iranianshortfilm.com/fa/MemberPage.aspx?un=aattar |archive-date=2010-11-25 |url-status=dead }}
Iranian Young Cinema Society (IYCS)

Activities

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Artistic activity started in 1981 with the Theater in Mashhad
Making short films,8 mm, 16 mm and 35 mm
Making Documentary films and video advertising
Teaching filmmaking in Mashhad Young Cinema Society, howze honari & private institutions
Started professional filmmaking in 1993 with TV "This home is far away ".
Collaborate With more than fifty short film, half long, series and movies as:
Screenwriter, consulting, planning, production manager, editing, actor, assistant director & cinematographer.
Member of jury in Film Festival: (Iranian Young Cinema Society) provinces: Khorasan, Gilan, Mazandaran, Semnan.
Writing articles and film criticism in newspapers Khorasan, culture and cinema & soure{{typo help inline|reason=similar to source|date=July 2021}}
Secretary of Scientific, Cultural, Art & Literature Services in newspaper of Gozaresh -e- Rooz

Selected filmography

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1988FOR ALL OF USScreenwriter
1988TO THE DUST AGAINScreenwriter
1986THE BURNED EARTHScreenwriterDirectorEditor
1986ROOTS IN DEPTHScreenwriterDirectorEditor
1987THE RINGING OF MY BELLScreenwriterDirectorEditor
1990WINDOW ON ALLEYScreenwriterDirectorProduction Manager
1999The Law of Karma[http://www.shortfilm-ir.com/fiction_pg/fiction_5_page.htm#43] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080704060923/http://www.shortfilm-ir.com/fiction_pg/fiction_5_page.htm#43|date=July 4, 2008}}ScreenwriterDirectorLine Producer
2008EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENTScreenwriterDirectorEditor
2010-11REFERENCE POINTDirector
2011MY DEAR FAMILY (YOUTHFULNESS) [http://attarfilm.blogfa.com/post-10.aspx وبلاگ ابوالفضل عطار {{pipe}} Abolfazl Attar Web - گزارش تصويري از فيلم خانواده عزيزم مرداد My Dear Family A Film By Abolfazl Attar 1390]DirectorCo -EditorLine Producer
2011-12THE LAST RAINY DREAMDirector
2013SEVENTH PASSWORDEditor

As an actor

File:Bahman_-_adin.jpg & Attar in Behind the scenes of series "Rough Land" Antalya Turkey 2016]]

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1992Rainy NightOlder brotherMajid Hamed
2011The Last rainy dreamPolice Maj.Adin Attar
2012Like GlassUniversity professorJavad Mozdabadi
2012Once Upon a TimeIn two rolesAbolfazl Ahmadian
2015The testing seasonKazem KarimiNavid Torabi
2016RouletteAta GuneshMohsen Rabiei
2016Rough LandBahramMohammad Ravandi
2016Beautiful CityTooraj JamaliMehdi Mazloumi
2016BorderlineDoctor ParsaAhmadreza Garshasbi

Awards

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1987ROOTS IN DEPTHBest Scriptwriter2nd Youth Film Festival in Khorassan
1987THE RINGING OF MY BELLBest Director2nd Youth Film Festival in Khorassan
1987THE BURNED EARTHBest Film Editor2nd Youth Film Festival in Khorassan
1987ROOTS IN DEPTHSecond Prize for the filmscriptFajr Artistic and Cultural Competitions
1988THE RINGING OF MY BELLBest Scriptwriter6th Iranian National Youth Film Festival, Tehran
1988THE RINGING OF MY BELLCandidate of the Best Editor & Director6th Iranian National Youth Film Festival, Tehran
1989TO THE DUST AGAINBest Scriptwriter7th Iranian National Youth Film Festival, Tehran
1990TO THE DUST AGAINBest FilmDanobiale International Film festival, Austria (Scriptwriter)
1990TO THE DUST AGAINBest FilmEskopie International Film Festival Skopje Film Festival, Yugoslavia (Scriptwriter)
1991TO THE DUST AGAINBest FilmIgualada International Film Festival, Spain (Scriptwriter)
2000THE LAW OF KARMABest FilmYouth's Film Festival, Khorassan
2005THE LAW OF KARMABest FilmFajr International Film Festival (Khorassan Province), Iran

See also

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