Esmael Barari
13 movies · 1 TV show
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- Oct 26, 1965 (age 60)
- Place of birth
- Bandar-e Anzali, Iran
- Also known as
- اسماعیل براری
Biography
Born in 1965 in the Caspian Sea port of Bandar Anzali, Esmael Barari graduated in filmmaking from University of Art, Tehran. In 1988, his short film, "Reaction", won top prize at the first national students film festival of Tehran and the silver plaque at the 1989 Ebensee Festival of Nations. His other short films are "Nader's Gift" (1989) and "Loneliness And The Clod" (1990) which was presented in FIPA Cannes-91 and received The Golden Butterfly for the Best Film at 5th International Festival of Film and Video for Children and Young Adults. Up to now he has made more than twenty feature, documentary and short films & TV series. In 1991, Barari directed his debut feature, "City in The Hands of Children".
Feature Films: 1991- City in The Hands of Children; 1992- The Nest (Banned); 1996- The Green Hell; 2000- The Devil's Dance; 2001-4 Dead Heat under The Shrubs (Banned); 2007- Day of Rain; 2006/2012 Maryam's Report (Banned); 2012- The Twelve Chairs
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He is director of "World Iranian Film Center" and a member of "The Union of Iranian Cinema Producers" and artistic adviser of "ECO Cultural Institute" and a member of international jury of Mostra Valencia Film Festival-2007.
Known for
Esmael Barari: movies and TV shows
Behind the camera (14)
- 2026 Master Gholamreza
Director
- 2025 The Garden
Director
- 2016 The Twelve Seats
Editor, Producer, Director
- 2009 Maryam's Report
Director, Producer
- 2008 For My Son
Director, Writer, Producer
- 2007 Day of Rain
Director, Editor, Production Design
- 2004 Dead Heat Under the Shrubs
Director, Production Design, Producer
- 2001 The Devil's Dance
Director
- 1996
- 1995 The Green Hell
Director, Producer
- 1992 The Nest
Director
- 1991 City in the Hands of Children
Director
- 1990 Loneliness and the Clod
Director
- 1989 Reaction
Director