Kamran Shirdel
{{Short description|Iranian filmmaker}}
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| native_name = کامران شیردل
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| alma_mater = Sapienza University of Rome
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| years_active = 1973–present
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| awards = Kraków Film Festival (1981)
Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (2010)
| occupation = Film director, documentarist, translator
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Kamran Shirdel ({{langx|fa|کامران شیردل}}; born 21 June 1939) is an Iranian filmmaker and documentarist.
Biography
Kamran Shirdel was born on 21 June 1939 in Tehran.{{Cite web|date=2020-12-21|title=Cinema Verite commemorates Kamran Shirdel|url=https://en.mehrnews.com/news/167463/Cinema-Verite-commemorates-Kamran-Shirdel|access-date=2021-06-20|website=Mehr News Agency|language=en}} He studied architecture and urbanism at the University of Rome (now Sapienza University of Rome) and film direction at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia of Rome, graduating in 1964. He worked as an assistant director with John Huston on The Bible before making his diploma film, Gli Specchi (The Mirrors), in Rome. He returned to Iran and started his film career in 1965.{{Cite web|date=2020-12-21|title=Cinéma Vérité honors veteran documentarian Kamran Shirdel|url=https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/456036/Cinéma-Vérité-honors-veteran-documentarian-Kamran-Shirdel|access-date=2021-06-20|website=Tehran Times|language=en}}{{Cite web|title=کامران شیردل؛ ۸۰ ساله، هم‌چنان "برای زندگی می‌جنگد"|url=https://www.radiofarda.com/a/kamran_shirdel_80_years_old/30019614.html|access-date=19 November 2021|website=رادیو فردا|language=fa}}{{Cite web|title=کامران شیردل|url=https://irandocfilm.org/member/کامران-شیردل/|access-date=19 November 2021|website=انجمن مستندسازان سینمای ایران|language=fa-IR}}
Since January 2000, Shirdel is the founder and director of the Kish International Documentary Film Festival which is held annually in the January in Kish Island in the Persian Gulf.{{Cite web|title=Kamran Shirdel Spotlight|url=https://www.docunight.com/kamran-shirdel-spotlight|access-date=2021-06-20|website=Docunight|language=en}} He is also the managing director of Filmgrafic Co. Kamran Shirdel was appointed as Il cavaliere Della Republica Italiana and received the Medals of La stella della solidarieta italiana in a ceremony held in Farmanieh Palace in Tehran in May 2010.{{Cite web|title=کامران شیردل: مسئولیت حرف های مطرح شده را قبول نمی کنم! - ایسنا|url=https://www.isna.ir/amp/99100100268/|access-date=19 November 2021|website=www.isna.ir}}{{Cite web|title=کامران شیردل مستندهای خود را به مرکز گسترش اهدا کرد - خبرگزاری مهر {{!}} اخبار ایران و جهان {{!}} Mehr News Agency|url=https://www.mehrnews.com/amp/4615776/|access-date=19 November 2021|website=www.mehrnews.com}}{{Cite web|title=مستند{{!}} "تهران پایتخت ایران است"؛ روایتی ناتمام از کامران شیردل|url=https://etemadonline.com/content/473575/مستند-تهران-پایتخت-ایران-است-روایتی-ناتمام-از-کامران-شیردل|access-date=19 November 2021|website=اعتمادآنلاین|language=fa}}{{Cite web|title=برنامه‌های روز ششم جشنواره "سینماحقیقت"/ روزی به نام کامران شیردل|url=https://www.mojnews.com/بخش-%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%87%D9%86%DA%AF%DB%8C-6/358526-%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%87-%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B2-%D8%B4%D8%B4%D9%85-%D8%AC%D8%B4%D9%86%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%87-%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%86%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AD%D9%82%DB%8C%D9%82%D8%AA-%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B2%DB%8C-%D8%A8%D9%87-%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%85-%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%B4%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%AF%D9%84|access-date=19 November 2021|website=خبرگزاری موج|language=fa}}
Filmography
- Nedamatgah (aka Women's Prison)1965 / 11 min. / Black & white / shot in 35 mm.
- Qal'eh (aka Women's Quarter, it depicts the life condition of prostitutes in Tehran's red-light district during the mid-sixties)1965 - 1980 / 18 min. / Black & White / Shot in 35 mm.{{Cite web|last=Naficy|first=Hamid|date=November 2013|title=Kamran Shirdel - Social Documentaries, Iranian New Wave 1960s-1970s film series|url=https://asiasociety.org/new-york/events/kamran-shirdel-social-documentaries|access-date=2021-06-20|website=Asia Society|language=en}}
- Tehran is the Capital of Iran 1966 - 1980 / 18 min. / Black & White / Shot in 35 mm.
- The Night It Rained (aka Oun Shab Keh Baroun Oumad, an Award-winning satirical documentary)1967 - 1974 / 35 min./Black & White / shot in 35 mm.
- The Morning of the Fourth Day (Sobh-e Rooz-e Chaahaarom) (Feature film, fiction,1972)
- Dubai (1974)1974-75 / 38 min. / color / shot in 35 mm.
- Solitude Opus 1 (2002)18 min. / color / shot in Betacam SP.
Every year, the IDFA, International Documentary Festival in Amsterdam, gives an acclaimed filmmaker the chance to screen his or her personal Top 10 favorite films. In 2007, filmmaker Maziar Bahari selected Kamran Shirdel's The Night It Rained for his top ten classics from the history of documentary.{{Cite news|title=دخالت در روایت‌های رسمی، مستندهای کامران شیردل در لندن|language=fa|work=BBC News فارسی|url=https://www.bbc.com/persian/arts-43475094|access-date=19 November 2021}}
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|1482324}}
- [http://www.ubu.com/film/shirdel.html Kamran Shirdel at UBUWEB]
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Category:Iranian documentary filmmakers
Category:Iranian film directors
Category:Film people from Tehran
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