Ali Samadi Ahadi
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| native_name = علی صمدی احدی
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| birth_place = Tabriz, Iran
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| notable_works = Lost Children, Salami Aleikum, The Green Wave
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Ali Samadi Ahadi (born 9 February 1972 in Tabriz, Iran) is an Iranian-German filmmaker and scriptwriter who has directed Lost Children, Salami Aleikum, The Green Wave, etc.{{cite web | url=http://www.academycologne.org/de/akademie-der-kuenste-der-welt/mitglieder-der-akademie/ali-samadi-ahadi.html | title=Ali Samadi Ahadi | publisher=Akademie der Künste der Welt | access-date=March 26, 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130617002248/http://www.academycologne.org/de/akademie-der-kuenste-der-welt/mitglieder-der-akademie/ali-samadi-ahadi.html | archive-date=2013-06-17 | url-status=dead }}{{cite web | url=http://www.ali-samadi-ahadi.de | title=Ali Samadi Ahadi | publisher=Ali Samadi Ahadi's official website | access-date=March 26, 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170917143946/http://ali-samadi-ahadi.de/ | archive-date=September 17, 2017 | url-status=dead }}
Biography
Ali Samadi Ahadi was born in 1972 in Tabriz, Iran. He is an Iranian Azerbaijani. During Iran-Iraq War, at the age of 12 he escaped alone from home to avoid being killed in the war. He took his Abitur in Hannover and studied sociology and electronic media in Hannover. He has been working as an independent scriptwriter, director and editor. His documentary Africa Mayibuye had its premiere at the Filmfestival of Mannheim. His music documentary film Culture Clan was nominated for the Rose d'Or 2005 at the Montreux film festival.{{cite web | url=http://mubi.com/cast_members/165516 | title=Ali Samadi Ahadi | publisher=MUBI | access-date=March 26, 2013}}{{cite web | url=http://www.wff.pl/en/filmy/lost-children/ | title=Lost Children | publisher=Warsaw film festival | access-date=March 26, 2013}}
Ali was diagnosed with leukemia in 2015 in Germany. He received the diagnosis after seeking care for "stomach pain" the same year.{{cite AV media| url-status = live| archive-url = https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211209/h-QF_Dl86zg| archive-date = 2021-12-09| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-QF_Dl86zg| title = CHAIforyou: mit Ali Samadi Ahadi | website=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}
Filmography
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- 1992: Leipziger Allerlei, Short film (together with Nils Loof and Rasmus Sievers)
- 1996: Geburtstag mit der Omi, Short film
- 1998: Goodbye Matze, Short film
- 2003: Culture Clan, documentary
- 2005: Lost Children, documentary (together with Oliver Stoltz)
- 2009: Salami Aleikum, Comedy, Social, Romance. mixture with animation
- 2010: Iran: Elections 2009, TV-documentary
- 2011: The Green Wave (2010 film), documentary
- 2013: 45 Minutes to Ramallah
- 2013: Pettersson und Findus - Kleiner Quälgeist, große Freundschaft (filming)
- 2021: Moonbound
- 2024: Seven Days
References
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- {{cite web | url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/persian/arts/2013/03/130319_aparat_week_12.shtml | title='سالامی علیکوم' در آپارات | publisher=BBC Persian | date=20 March 2013 | access-date=26 March 2013}}
- {{cite web | url=http://zamaaneh.com/azadeh/2009/07/post_146.html | title=فیلمی درباره کلیشههای ایرانی و آلمانی | publisher=Radio zamaneh | access-date=March 26, 2013}}
- {{cite web | url=http://www.littlewhitelies.co.uk/features/articles/ali-samadi-ahadi-14691 | title=Ali Samadi Ahadi | publisher=little white lies | access-date=March 26, 2013 | archive-url=https://archive.today/20130421062152/http://www.littlewhitelies.co.uk/features/articles/ali-samadi-ahadi-14691 | archive-date=2013-04-21 | url-status=dead }}
- {{cite web | url=http://www.arte.tv/de/3257630.html | title=Iran: Elections 2009 | publisher=Arte TV | access-date=March 26, 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131005215739/http://www.arte.tv/de/3257630.html | archive-date=2013-10-05 | url-status=dead }}
External links
{{Commons category|Ali Samadi Ahadi}}
- {{IMDb name|1893665}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20170917143946/http://ali-samadi-ahadi.de/ ali-samadi-ahadi.de], Ali Samadi Ahadi's official website
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Category:Iranian expatriates in Germany
Category:Film people from Tabriz
Category:German people of Azerbaijani descent
Category:Iranian film directors
Category:Film people from Cologne
Category:German documentary filmmakers
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