FILM DIRECTOR

Jafar Panahi

1960 - Today

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Jafar Panâhi (Persian: جعفر پناهی, [d͡ʒæˈfæɾ pænɒːˈhiː]; born 11 July 1960) is an Iranian film director, screenwriter, and film editor, commonly associated with the Iranian New Wave film movement. After several years of making short films and working as an assistant director for fellow Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami, Panahi achieved international recognition with his feature film debut, The White Balloon (1995). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jafar Panahi has received more than 774,319 page views. His biography is available in 47 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 45 in 2019). Jafar Panahi is the 239th most popular film director (up from 436th in 2019), the 170th most popular biography from Iran (up from 211th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Iranian Film Director.

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  • 47

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.36

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.82

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Jafar Panahi ranks 239 out of 2,041. Before him are Edwin S. Porter, Gabriel Axel, Ruggero Deodato, Terence Young, Jacques Becker, and Béla Tarr. After him are Michael Moore, James Ivory, Yılmaz Güney, Bertrand Tavernier, Víctor Erice, and John Sturges.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1960, Jafar Panahi ranks 56. Before him are Lepa Brena, Naoki Urasawa, Neil Gaiman, José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, Damon Hill, and Michael Nyqvist. After him are Jennifer Grey, John Galliano, Hideaki Anno, Walter Zenga, Jonas Gahr Støre, and Jeremy Clarkson.

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Jafar Panahi ranks 170 out of 631. Before him are Abbas Mirza (1789), Phraates V (-100), Abu al-Faraj al-Isfahani (897), Vologases III of Parthia (100), Sadegh Hedayat (1903), and Mir-Hossein Mousavi (1942). After him are Harpagus (-700), Tiridates I of Armenia (null), Mehdi Bazargan (1907), Shaul Mofaz (1948), 'Adud al-Dawla (936), and Al-Baydawi (1201).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Iran

Among film directors born in Iran, Jafar Panahi ranks 3. Before him are Abbas Kiarostami (1940), and Dariush Mehrjui (1939). After him are Barbet Schroeder (1941), Asghar Farhadi (1972), Shirin Neshat (1957), Majid Majidi (1959), Mohsen Makhmalbaf (1957), Masoud Kimiai (1941), Ali Hatami (1944), Hossein Shahabi (1967), and Bahman Ghobadi (1969).

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Filmography

Taxi
Director
A yellow cab is driving through the vibrant and colourful streets of Tehran. Very diverse passengers enter the taxi, each candidly expressing their views while being interviewed by the driver who is no one else but the director Jafar Panahi himself. His camera placed on the dashboard of his mobile film studio captures the spirit of Iranian society through this comedic and dramatic drive…
Apr 15o 20157.043 / 10
Through the Olive Trees
Director
Complications arise in a director's attempt to film a scene in Life, and Nothing more... (1992).
Feb 1o 19947.354 / 10
3 Faces
Director
Filmmaker Jafar Panahi and actor Behnaz Jafari travel to a tiny village after receiving a plea for help from a girl whose family has forbidden her from studying acting. Amusing encounters abound, but they soon discover that the local hospitality is rivaled by the desire to protect old traditions.
Jun 6o 20186.724 / 10