Amin Maher

Amin Maher
امین ماهر
Born (1992-03-05) March 5, 1992
Tehran, Iran
Occupation Director, Filmmaker, Actor, Film Editor

Amin Maher (Persian: امین ماهر‎‎ , born in 1992 in Tehran, Iran) is an Iranian artist, poet and filmmaker.[1] He is the son of the critically acclaimed Mania Akbari.[2] [3]

Biography

Amin Maher started his artistic activity as the main actor in Abbas Kiarostami’s Ten.[4] "Ten" was nominated for the Palme d'Or at Cannes Film festival in 2002[5] and ranks at number 447 on Empire magazine's 2008 list of the 500 greatest movies of all time.[6] The film ranked No.47 in Empire magazine's "The 100 Best Films Of World Cinema" in 2010.[7] The French film magazine Cahiers du cinéma ranked "Ten" in first place in its list of top 10 films of 2002[8] and also ranked "Ten" in tenth place in its list of best films of the decade 2000-2009.[9] Four years after that, Maher performed the main role in Mania Akbari’s 10+4, a continuation of the movie “Ten”.[10] "10+4" participated in many film festivals, such as the San Sebastián International Film Festival and the Cannes International Film Festival in the ACID section.[11] Also The film has been screened in many international museums such as the Centre Georges Pompidou[12] and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.[13] Afterwards, Maher followed his film activities as an assistant director. He collaborated as an actor and assistant director with his mother, Mania Akbari, for making 6 video arts ("Sin", "Self", "Fear", "Devastation", "Escape", and "Repression")[14] which have screened in Locarno international film festival.[15] Maher’s recent involvement as a first assistant director was for the film "From Tehran to London" in 2012,[16] which also participated in many festivals such as Edinburgh International Film Festival[17] in UK and International Film Festival Rotterdam[18] in Netherlands. Maher studied film production and has made several behind the scenes films.[19] "Sweet Gin and Cold Wine" is a fictional short film by Amin Maher that was nominated for best short film in many film festivals such as 21th Oldenburg International Film Festival in Germany.[20] In 2015, Maher's second short film, "Orange", was nominated for best short film in many film festivals such as Eko international film festival.[21] Maher not only has artistic activity in cinema but also in literature. He was very interested in cinema and literature since he was a child and he studied both mediums. Amin Maher is also a poet and his first poetry book titled "Start Counting From Eleven" has published in 2013, in London.[22]

Artworks

As an actor

As a director

As an assistant director

Book

References

  1. ↑ Amin Maher, Biography
  2. ↑ Wikipedia of Mania Akbari
  3. ↑ Amin Maher at cinema Fribourg conference, 07.04.2014
  4. ↑ Ten (2002 film)
  5. ↑ Festival de Cannes, Ten
  6. ↑ The 500 Greatest Movies of All Time 447: Ten (2002)
  7. ↑ The 100 Best Films Of World Cinema
  8. ↑ Top 10 films of 2002, Cahiers du cinema
  9. ↑ Ten (2002 film)
  10. ↑ Movie 10+4
  11. ↑ 10+4 in Cannes international film festival, L'ACID section
  12. ↑ Screening of 10+4 at Centre Pompidou
  13. ↑ Mania Akbari, Festivals and Screenings
  14. ↑ 6 Video Arts, 2007
  15. ↑ Amin Maher biography and filmography
  16. ↑ Amin Maher, Assistant director of "From Tehran to London"
  17. ↑ From Tehran to London at Edinburgh international film festival, The lives, loves and poetry of women.
  18. ↑ From Tehran to London at Rotterdam international film festival
  19. ↑ Amin Maher, Biography
  20. ↑ "Sweet Gin and Cold Wine" by Amin Maher at Oldenburg international film festival
  21. ↑ "Orange" at Eko international film festival
  22. ↑ Start counting from eleven, Poem book

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