Abbas Yari
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Abbas Yari is an iran
ian journalist and film critic. He was born in Arak
in 1951. He graduated as a cameraman at the Superior School of Cinema in 1975. Abbas Yari started his professional career as a journalist, and worked until 1981 for the newspapers Sobh e Emrouz, Tehran Mosavvar and Kayhan
. In 1968, while still a student, he presided the cultural foundation for youth in his hometown, Arak, being responsible of organizing journalistic, poetry, theater and lectures related events. In the early nineteen seventies, he is interested in theater and writes and directs several plays. Shortly after, he turns his interest to cinema, being in charge for the cinema section of the weekly Ettela'at Haftegi in 1976-1977, and chief editor for the magazine Setareh cinema between 1973 and 1977.
He is one of the three founders of FILM Monthly, the oldest post-revolutionnary film magazine in Iran (founded in 1982 with Massoud Mehrabi
and Houshang Golmakani
).. He still is the executive director of this magazine .
In 1988, he is one of the founding members of the foundation of art critics and writers about iranian cinema. Between 2002 and 2005, he is in charge of programmation for the iranian cinema museum in Tehran
.
Iran
Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...
ian journalist and film critic. He was born in Arak
Arak
Arak may refer to:* Arak, Iran, a city in Markazi Province, Iran* Arak County, an administrative subdivision of Markazi Province Iran* Arak, Russia, a village in the Tabasaran rayon of Dagestan, Russia...
in 1951. He graduated as a cameraman at the Superior School of Cinema in 1975. Abbas Yari started his professional career as a journalist, and worked until 1981 for the newspapers Sobh e Emrouz, Tehran Mosavvar and Kayhan
Kayhan
Kayhan is an influential newspaper in Iran. Directly under the supervision of the Office of the Supreme Leader, it is regarded to be "the most conservative Iranian newspaper."...
. In 1968, while still a student, he presided the cultural foundation for youth in his hometown, Arak, being responsible of organizing journalistic, poetry, theater and lectures related events. In the early nineteen seventies, he is interested in theater and writes and directs several plays. Shortly after, he turns his interest to cinema, being in charge for the cinema section of the weekly Ettela'at Haftegi in 1976-1977, and chief editor for the magazine Setareh cinema between 1973 and 1977.
He is one of the three founders of FILM Monthly, the oldest post-revolutionnary film magazine in Iran (founded in 1982 with Massoud Mehrabi
Massoud Mehrabi
Massoud Mehrabi is an iranian journalist, writer and caricaturist.He was born in Tehran in 1954. He studied cinema at the faculty of Dramatic Arts of the University of Art . Massoud Mehrabi Passed a Film Production Management Course - Industrial Management Institute /1983-84. He started his...
and Houshang Golmakani
Houshang Golmakani
Houshang Golmakani is an iranian journalist, film critic and director. He was born in Gorgan on March 23, 1954. Houshang Golmakani started his professional career in 1972 as a journalist and film critic for Tehran Economist...
).. He still is the executive director of this magazine .
In 1988, he is one of the founding members of the foundation of art critics and writers about iranian cinema. Between 2002 and 2005, he is in charge of programmation for the iranian cinema museum in Tehran
Tehran
Tehran , sometimes spelled Teheran, is the capital of Iran and Tehran Province. With an estimated population of 8,429,807; it is also Iran's largest urban area and city, one of the largest cities in Western Asia, and is the world's 19th largest city.In the 20th century, Tehran was subject to...
.