Kianoush Ayari

{{Infobox person

| name = Kianoush Ayari

| image = Kianoush Ayari 20161002 01.jpg

| caption = Ayari in 2016

| native_name = کیانوش عیاری

| native_name_lang = Fa

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1951|05|14}}

| birth_place = Ahvaz, Iran

| occupation = {{hlist|Director|screenwriter|editor}}

| nationality = Iranian

| years_active = 1970–present

}}

Kianoush Ayari ({{langx|fa|کیانوش عیاری}}; born May 14, 1951) is an Iranian director and screenwriter.[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0043668/ Kianoush Ayyari (Imdb)] He is famous for his realistic style and unique stories like heart transplantation in his movie To Be or Not to Be (1998) or fate of a teacher after the horrible Bam earthquake in Wake Up, Arezoo! (2005). He has received various accolades, including four Crystal Simorgh, a Hafez Award, two Iran Cinema Celebration Awards and three Iran's Film Critics and Writers Association Awards.

Life and career

He was born in the city of Ahvaz, southwest of Iran. Ayari started his cinematic career by making 8mm short films.[http://www.sourehcinema.com/People/People.aspx?Id=138112170131 Kianoush Ayari (sourehcinema)] His first professional movie was Tanooreyeh Div. His movie Abadani-ha won the Silver Leopard for the best Movie at Locarno Film Festival in 1994.{{cite web|url=http://www.pardolive.ch/pardo/history/palmares.html|title=Locarno Film Festival award winners}} His most controversial movie The Paternal House[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2420018/ The Paternal House (Imdb)] was screened at 69th Venice Film Festival but yet to be screened publicly in Iran as of december 2016 but was screened at a few cinemas in United States of America.{{cite web|url=http://filmint.nu/?p=14700|title=Banned Again: Kianoosh Ayari on Paternal House (2012)|date=March 4, 2015}}{{cite web|url=http://www.isna.ir/news/95090905105/%D9%86%D9%85%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B4-%D9%81%DB%8C%D9%84%D9%85-%DA%A9%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%88%D8%B4-%D8%B9%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D8%A2%D9%85%D8%B1%DB%8C%DA%A9%D8%A7|title=نمایش فیلم کیانوش عیاری در آمریکا|date=November 29, 2016}} Mehdi Hashemi, one of the best actors of Iranian theatre and cinema has played the main actor role in his movies for the last two decades, including: Thousand Eyes (TV Series), Roozegar-e Gharib (TV Series), The Paternal House and his latest movie Kanape'.

Personal life

His brother Dariush Ayari is a cinematographer. They collaborated in Thousand Eyes (TV Series), Roozegar-e Gharib (TV Series) and The Paternal House.

Filmography

=Cinema=

Taze-nafas-ha (1979)
Tanooreyeh Div (1985)
The Spirit of Scorpion (1986)
The Grand Day (1988)
Beyond the Fire (1990)
Two Halves of an Apple (1991)
The Abadanis (1993)
Cow's Horn (1995)
To Be or Not to Be (1998)
Iranian Spread (2002)
Wake up, Arezoo! (2004)
The Paternal House (2012)
Canape' (2016)

=TV Series=

Thousand Eyes (2003)
Roozegar-e Gharib (2007)

Awards

Here is a list of awards received by Kianoush Ayari in film festivals:[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0043668/awards?ref_=nm_ql_2 List of award received by Kianoush Ayari (Imdb)][http://www.sourehcinema.com/Festival/People/Activity.aspx?Id=138112170131&Kind=Int List of award received by Kianoush Ayari (sourehcinema)]

Year	Festival	Award	Nominated Work	Result
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1985	4th Fajr Film Festival	Best Director	Tanooreyeh Div	{{won}}
1987	6th Fajr Film Festival	Best Director	Ansuyeh Atash	{{won}}
1994	Locarno International Film Festival	Silver Leopard	Abadani-Ha	{{won}}
1994	Nantes Three Continents Festival	Golden Montgolfiere	Abadani-Ha	{{nominated}}
1998	Cairo International Film Festival	Best Screenplay	Boodan yaa naboodan	{{won}}
1998	Cairo International Film Festival	Golden Pyramid	Boodan yaa naboodan	{{nominated}}
2002	Karlovy Vary International Film Festival	Crystal Globe	Sofreh Irani	{{nominated}}
2004	23rd Fajr Film Festival	Best Director	Bidar show, Arezoo!	{{won}}
2004	23rd Fajr Film Festival	Best Art Achievement	Bidar show, Arezoo!	{{won}}
2012	Venice Film Festival	Venice Horizons Award	The Paternal House	{{nominated}}