Jafar Panahi
Directing Born Jul 11, 1960 Mianeh, Iran 22 credits
Biography
Jafar Panahi is an Iranian filmmaker and actor born on July 11, 1960. He is a representative of the Iranian New Wave and one of the leaders of contemporary Iranian cinema. Panahi's work reflects on the nature of cinema and human society, and is imbued with humanity. In 2010, he was sentenced to six years in prison and banned from making films for 20 years, but he has continued to create films, including Three Faces, which was his fourth film made after the ban, along with This Is Not a Film, Closed Curtain, and Taxi.
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Full filmography
- The Daily Show (1996) as Self - Guest
- The Oscars (1953) as Self
- C à vous (2009) as Self - Guest
- Through the Olive Trees (1995) as Self
- Taxi (2015) as Self
- No Bears (2022) as Jafar Panahi
- And, Towards Happy Alleys (2023) as Self
- Nasrin (2020) as Self
- Where Are You, Jafar Panahi? (2026) as himself
- Critic (2008) as Self
- Life (2021) as Self
- 3 Faces (2018) as Jafar Panahi
- Closed Curtain (2013) as Himself
- Cinema Iran (2005) as Self
- This Is Not a Film (2011) as Self
- The Year of the Everlasting Storm (2021)
- Jiseok (2022) as Self
- Iran: A Cinematographic Revolution (2006) as Himself
- Journey to the Land of the Traveler (2004)
- 76 Minutes and 15 seconds with Abbas Kiarostami (2016) as Himself
- Hidden (2020) as Self
- Behind the Scenes of 'Under the Olive Trees' (1994) as Self