Niki Karimi
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Niki Karimi born 10 November 1971 in Tehran
, is a multi-award–winning Iran
ian actress and movie director.
Niki Karimi was born and raised in Tehran
. She participated in theatrical work while she was in elementary school. Her hobby of reading and watching movies from an early age inspired her to become an actress. Her talent as an actress was found by the famous Iranian actor Jamshid Gorgin, while she was playing a role in a school play.
She loves translating and in 1999 she released her first translation work, Marlon Brando
's biography Songs My Mother Taught Me
in to Persian
.
Niki is now an actress in Iran who has won several awards both at home and internationally. She has also recently been in the jury for such festivals as the Locarno International Film Festival
and Thessaloniki International Film Festival
and Berlin Film Festival and also the 60th Cannes Film Festival
.
In 2001, with Abbas Kiarostami
as the producer she directed To have or not to have
, a documentary about infertility. Her efforts won her first award as a director in "The Rain" festival in Iran.
In an interview at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival
, where her motion picture directorial debut One Night was nominated, she said that acting no longer satisfies her and she would like to direct more movies.
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...
, is a multi-award–winning Iran
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 actress and movie director.
Biography
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...
. She participated in theatrical work while she was in elementary school. Her hobby of reading and watching movies from an early age inspired her to become an actress. Her talent as an actress was found by the famous Iranian actor Jamshid Gorgin, while she was playing a role in a school play.
She loves translating and in 1999 she released her first translation work, Marlon Brando
Marlon Brando
Marlon Brando, Jr. was an American movie star and political activist. "Unchallenged as the most important actor in modern American Cinema" according to the St...
's biography Songs My Mother Taught Me
Songs My Mother Taught Me (book)
Songs My Mother Taught Me an autobiography by Marlon Brando with Robert Lindsey as co-author in 1995.Brando writes of his memories as a struggling actor and of his various relationships with other actors, producers and directors....
in to Persian
Persian language
Persian is an Iranian language within the Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European languages. It is primarily spoken in Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan and countries which historically came under Persian influence...
.
Niki is now an actress in Iran who has won several awards both at home and internationally. She has also recently been in the jury for such festivals as the Locarno International Film Festival
Locarno International Film Festival
The Film Festival Locarno is an international film festival held annually in the city of Locarno, Switzerland since 1946. After Cannes and Venice and together with Karlovy Vary, Locarno is the Film Festival with the longest history...
and Thessaloniki International Film Festival
Thessaloniki International Film Festival
The Thessaloniki International Film Festival has become one of the Balkans' primary showcases for the work of new and emerging filmmakers...
and Berlin Film Festival and also the 60th Cannes Film Festival
2007 Cannes Film Festival
The 2007 Cannes Film Festival, the sixtieth, ran from 16 to 27 May 2007. Wong Kar-wai's My Blueberry Nights opened the festival, and Denys Arcand's The Age of Ignorance closed...
.
In 2001, with Abbas Kiarostami
Abbas Kiarostami
Abbas Kiarostami is an internationally acclaimed Iranian film director, screenwriter, photographer and film producer. An active filmmaker since 1970, Kiarostami has been involved in over forty films, including shorts and documentaries...
as the producer she directed To have or not to have
To Have or Not to Have
To Have or Not to Have is a documentary film. It was the first writing and directorial effort of Niki Karimi.-External links:*...
, a documentary about infertility. Her efforts won her first award as a director in "The Rain" festival in Iran.
In an interview at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival
2005 Cannes Film Festival
The 2005 Cannes Film Festival started on May 11 and ran until May 22. Twenty movies from 13 countries were selected to compete. The awards were announced on May 21...
, where her motion picture directorial debut One Night was nominated, she said that acting no longer satisfies her and she would like to direct more movies.
Filmography
Niki has starred in over 20 movies in Iran, and has recently begun to direct her own.As director
| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | A few days later A few days later (film) A Few Days Later is a 2006 motion picture by Niki Karimi.The script for the movie won the Hubert Bals Fund of the Rotterdam Film Festival.-External links:**... |
Script won the Rotterdam festival International Film Festival Rotterdam The International Film Festival Rotterdam is an annual film festival held in various cinemas in Rotterdam, Netherlands held at the end of January. It is approximately comparable in size to other major European festivals such as Cannes, Venice, Berlin, and Locarno... s Hubert Bals Fund |
| 2005 | One Night | Screened at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival 2005 Cannes Film Festival The 2005 Cannes Film Festival started on May 11 and ran until May 22. Twenty movies from 13 countries were selected to compete. The awards were announced on May 21... |
| 2003 | To Have or Not to Have To Have or Not to Have To Have or Not to Have is a documentary film. It was the first writing and directorial effort of Niki Karimi.-External links:*... |
As an actress
| Year | Title | Director | Awards |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Three Women | Manijeh Hekmat Manijeh Hekmat Manijeh Hekmat is an Iranian film director. Born in 1962 in Arāk, Iran, she has worked since 1980 as an assistant director and production designer in over 25 films. She directed her first feature film Women's Prison in 2002. This film has been shown at over 80 international film festivals and has... |
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| 2007 | Second Woman | Siroos Alvand | |
| 2006 | A Few Days Later... A few days later (film) A Few Days Later is a 2006 motion picture by Niki Karimi.The script for the movie won the Hubert Bals Fund of the Rotterdam Film Festival.-External links:**... |
Niki Karimi | |
| 2002 | The Fifth Reaction | Tahmineh Milani Tahmineh Milani Tahmineh Milāni is an Iranian film director, screenwriter, and producer.-Early life:Milani was born 1960 in Tabriz, Iran. Of Azeri descent, she is the wife of the Iranian actor and producer Mohammad Nikbin.- Early career :... |
Best Actress in Fajr Film Festival (2002) |
| 2002 | Gone with the Wind | Sadra Abdollahi | |
| 2001 | One Flew Over Cuckoo’s Nest | Ahmad Reza Motamedi | Best Actress in Fajr Film Festival (2002) |
| 2000 | The Hidden Half | Tahmineh Milani Tahmineh Milani Tahmineh Milāni is an Iranian film director, screenwriter, and producer.-Early life:Milani was born 1960 in Tabriz, Iran. Of Azeri descent, she is the wife of the Iranian actor and producer Mohammad Nikbin.- Early career :... |
Best Actress in Cairo Film Festival (2001) |
| 1999 | Thousand woman like me | Reza Karimi | |
| 1999 | The Burned Generation | Rassoul Molagholipour | |
| 1998 | The Waiting Girls | Rahman Rezai | |
| 1998 | The Apple of Eve | Saiid Asadi | |
| 1998 | The Actor | Mohammad Ali Sadjadi | |
| 1998 | Two Women | Tahmineh Milani Tahmineh Milani Tahmineh Milāni is an Iranian film director, screenwriter, and producer.-Early life:Milani was born 1960 in Tabriz, Iran. Of Azeri descent, she is the wife of the Iranian actor and producer Mohammad Nikbin.- Early career :... |
Best Actress in Taormina Film Fest Taormina Film Fest Taormina Film Fest, a historic film festival, and Italy's oldest began in 1955 under the name Rassegna Cinematografica Internazionale di Messina e Taormina... (1999) |
| 1997 | Takhti | Behrouz Afkhami | |
| 1997 | Pshyco | Dariush Farhang | |
| 1995 | Minoo's Tower | Ebrahim Hatamikia Ebrahim Hatamikia -Biography:Ebrahim Hatamikia, who is internationally renowned for his role in the cinema of Iran in the 1990s, was born in 1961 in Tehran, Iran. He left the Art University where he studied script writing. He began his directing career with the film "The Identity" in 1986 and some short films and... |
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| 1995 | Shadow-by-Shadow | Ali Jakan | |
| 1994 | The Scent of Joseph's Shirt | Ebrahim Hatamikia Ebrahim Hatamikia -Biography:Ebrahim Hatamikia, who is internationally renowned for his role in the cinema of Iran in the 1990s, was born in 1961 in Tehran, Iran. He left the Art University where he studied script writing. He began his directing career with the film "The Identity" in 1986 and some short films and... |
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| 1993 | Pari Pari (film) 'Pari' is a 1995 motion picture directed by Dariush Mehrjui. The film is an unauthorized "loose" adaptation of J. D. Salinger's 1961 book Franny and Zooey... |
Darioush Mehrjouii | |
| 1992 | Sara Sara (film) Sara is a 1992 motion picture directed by Dariush Mehrjui. The film is based on Henrik Ibsen's play A Doll's House, with Sara in the role of Nora, Hesam in the role of Torvald, Sima in the role of Ms Linde and Goshtasb in the role of Nils Krogstad.The movie won the Audience Award at the Nantes... |
Darioush Mehrjouii | Best Actress in San Sebastian film festival San Sebastián International Film Festival The San Sebastián International Film Festival is an annual FIAPF A category film festival held in the Spanish city of San Sebastián .-History:The festival was founded in 1953... (1995), Best Actress in Nantes Film Festival (1995) |
| 1991 | The Footsteps of the Wolf | Massoud Kimiaii | |
| 1990 | The Bride | Behrooz Afkhami Behrooz Afkhami Behrooz Afkhami is an Iranian film Director and Screen Writer. Known for a distinct style that utilizes Point of View camera techniques to portray stories of classical human drama.-Career and Life:... |
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| 1989 | Temptation Temptation (film) Temptation is a 1915 drama film directed by Cecil B. DeMille. It is now considered to be lost.-Cast:* Geraldine Farrar - Renee Dupree* Theodore Roberts - Otto Mueller* Pedro de Cordoba - Julian* Elsie Jane Wilson - Madame Maroff... |
Jamshid Heydari |
As a screen writer
| Year | Title |
|---|---|
| 2005 | Escape |
| 2001 | Auto stop |
| 2000 | To Have or Not to Have To Have or Not to Have To Have or Not to Have is a documentary film. It was the first writing and directorial effort of Niki Karimi.-External links:*... |
As a translator
| Year | Title |
|---|---|
| 2005 | Intimacy by Hanif Kureishi Hanif Kureishi Hanif Kureishi CBE is an English playwright, screenwriter and filmmaker, novelist and short story writer. The themes of his work have touched on topics of race, nationalism, immigration, and sexuality... |
| 1999 | Songs My Mother Taught Me Songs My Mother Taught Me (book) Songs My Mother Taught Me an autobiography by Marlon Brando with Robert Lindsey as co-author in 1995.Brando writes of his memories as a struggling actor and of his various relationships with other actors, producers and directors.... by Marlon Brando, Robert Lindsey |
As a film critic
| 2007 | Member of Jury at Berlin Film Festival |
| 2007 | Member of Jury at Cannes Film Festival 2007 Cannes Film Festival The 2007 Cannes Film Festival, the sixtieth, ran from 16 to 27 May 2007. Wong Kar-wai's My Blueberry Nights opened the festival, and Denys Arcand's The Age of Ignorance closed... |
| 2006 | Head of Jury at Reykjavik International Film Festival Reykjavík International Film Festival - The festival :Reykjavík International Film Festival , is an international film festival held in Reykjavík, Iceland annually. The festival lasts 11 days each year and emphasizes young talents... |
| 2005 | Member of Jury at Locarno International Film Festival Locarno International Film Festival The Film Festival Locarno is an international film festival held annually in the city of Locarno, Switzerland since 1946. After Cannes and Venice and together with Karlovy Vary, Locarno is the Film Festival with the longest history... |
| 2005 | Member of Jury at Thessaloniki Film Festival |
Awards
- Best Actress, Cairo International Film FestivalCairo International Film FestivalThe Cairo International Film Festival is an annual film festival held in Cairo, Egypt. It was established in 1976 and was the first international film festival held in the Arab world...
(2001) - Silver Seashell, San Sebastian Film Festival (1993)
- Best Actress, Nantes Three Continents Festival (1992)
See also
- Iranian womenIranian womenIranian women in this article refers to women of, or from, traditional Persian or modern Iranian culture.-Depictions and appearance:...
- Iranian cinemaCinema of IranThe cinema of Iran is a flourishing film industry with a long history. Many popular commercial films are annually made in Iran, and Iranian art films win praise around the world....
- List of famous Persian women
- Persian women's movementPersian women's movementThis article is primarily about the women's movement. For information about women in Iranian/Persian culture, please see Iranian women..The Iranian women's movement involves the movement for women's rights and women's equality in Iran. The movement first emerged some time after the Iranian...
- Fajr International Film FestivalFajr International Film FestivalThe Fajr Film Festival or Fajr International Film Festival is Iran's annual film festival, held every February in Tehran.The festival, started in 1982, is under the supervision of the Ministry of Culture in Iran...
External links
- Official Website
- Profile on Cannes Film Festival website
- Niki Karimi interview with Radio ZamanehRadio ZamanehRadio Zamaneh is an Amsterdam-based Persian language radio. "Zamaneh" is the Persian literary term for "time".Radio Zamaneh is founding by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs but in content an independent broadcasting organization, registered as a non-profit organization in the Netherlands, with...