Khosrow Sinai
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Khosrow Sinai is an Iran
ian film director
. His works are usually based on social documentations. He was the first Iranian film director to win an international prize after the Islamic revolution in Iran
. He is also known as an Iranian scholar and has been awarded the prestigious 'Knights Cross of the Order of Merit of the Polish Republic'.
where he spent four years studying Architecture at the Vienna University of Technology
and three years study in music composition at the Vienna Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts.
He Graduated in Music Education from the Vienna Music Conservatory as a high honoured student. Finally he graduated as cinema and TV director (main study) and screenplay writing (subsidiary study) from Vienna Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts (with an honours degree).
In 1963 he also published a Poetry collection Muds Blisters.
After these years of study he returned to Iran in 1967 and worked in the Ministry of Culture and Arts (till 1972), and as instructor in various universities in the fields of screenplay writing and documentary film until 1992.
He also worked in National Iranian Television (now called Seda o Sima) as producer, screenplay writer, director, and editor making about 100 short films, documentaries, and features.He is best known for his Avant-garde documentaries and also his unique style in docu-drama.He has been a juror in several national and foreign film festivals.
Albeit he made a lot of films and is respected as one of the best Iranian Film makers among intellectuals,he is not as much famous in public because of his negative attitude towards press,and vice versa.
"Arouse Atash", (Bride of Fire)was one of his most successful films in box office,and attracted a lot of attention both by public and critique.
He is also writing and translating numerous essays about cinema and other fine arts.
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 film director
Film director
A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...
. His works are usually based on social documentations. He was the first Iranian film director to win an international prize after the Islamic revolution in Iran
Iranian Revolution
The Iranian Revolution refers to events involving the overthrow of Iran's monarchy under Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and its replacement with an Islamic republic under Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the leader of the...
. He is also known as an Iranian scholar and has been awarded the prestigious 'Knights Cross of the Order of Merit of the Polish Republic'.
Biography
He graduated from Alborz highschool in 1958 (Tehran), and then went to Austria for further educationwhere he spent four years studying Architecture at the Vienna University of Technology
Vienna University of Technology
Vienna University of Technology is one of the major universities in Vienna, the capital of Austria. Founded in 1815 as the "Imperial-Royal Polytechnic Institute" , it currently has about 26,200 students , 8 faculties and about 4,000 staff members...
and three years study in music composition at the Vienna Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts.
He Graduated in Music Education from the Vienna Music Conservatory as a high honoured student. Finally he graduated as cinema and TV director (main study) and screenplay writing (subsidiary study) from Vienna Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts (with an honours degree).
In 1963 he also published a Poetry collection Muds Blisters.
After these years of study he returned to Iran in 1967 and worked in the Ministry of Culture and Arts (till 1972), and as instructor in various universities in the fields of screenplay writing and documentary film until 1992.
He also worked in National Iranian Television (now called Seda o Sima) as producer, screenplay writer, director, and editor making about 100 short films, documentaries, and features.He is best known for his Avant-garde documentaries and also his unique style in docu-drama.He has been a juror in several national and foreign film festivals.
Albeit he made a lot of films and is respected as one of the best Iranian Film makers among intellectuals,he is not as much famous in public because of his negative attitude towards press,and vice versa.
"Arouse Atash", (Bride of Fire)was one of his most successful films in box office,and attracted a lot of attention both by public and critique.
Filmography
Some of his features are:- Viva ...!,, award winner in Karlovy Vary Film Festival 1980
- The Inner Beast, 2nd Fajr Festival as the best director
- The Lost Elegy (oryg. title: Marsiye-ye gomshode, مرثیه گمشده)(documentary about the Poles who found refuge in Iran during WW2, after being forcibly taken to Soviet labor camps in Siberia)
- Going astray
- In the Alleys of LoveIn the Alleys of LoveIn the Alleys of Love is an Iranian war film about Khorramshahr shortly after the Iran–Iraq War. Shot in colour on 35mm film it lasts 83 minutes.Khosrow Sinai wrote, directed, and produced the film and composed the music.-Film festivals:...
, presented at the Un Certain RegardUn Certain RegardUn Certain Regard is a section of the Cannes Film Festival's Official Selection. It is run at the Salle Debussy, parallel to the competition for the Palme d'Or.This section was introduced in 1978 by Gilles Jacob...
section at the 1991 Cannes Film Festival1991 Cannes Film Festival- Jury :*Roman Polanski *Férid Boughedir *Whoopi Goldberg *Margaret Menegoz *Natalia Negoda *Alan Parker *Jean-Paul Rappeneau *Hans Dieter Seidel *Vittorio Storaro... - Autumn Alley (documentary/fiction), shown at the IDFA Film Festival - Amsterdam
- The Bride of Fire, award winning in several national and foreign festivals
- Goftogu ba saje = Talking with a Shadow (Persian: گتف و گو با سایه) (docudrama about Sadeq Hedayat; 2005)
Published books and screenplays
- The Man in White
- The Artists of a Bloodshedding Era
- The Bride of Fire (Film Script)
- The Post-communist Cinema (translated from English).
- Translation from German: My Journey and Adventures in Iran, a book by Ármin VámbéryÁrmin VámbéryÁrmin Vámbéry, Arminius Vámbéry born Hermann Bamberger, or Bamberger Ármin , was a Hungarian orientalist and traveler...
(1863).
He is also writing and translating numerous essays about cinema and other fine arts.
External links
- Official website Khosrow Sinai honoured in Poland - BBCBBCThe British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
- Michaël Abescassis, Impressions of an Auteur, Tehran Today: Talking with Iranian Director Khosrow Sinai, Bright Lights Film Journal, May 2009, http://www.brightlightsfilm.com/64/64sinaiiv.html.
- Ryszard Antolak, The Lost Requiem of Khosrow Sinai, Persian Journal, 25 November 2007, http://www.iranian.ws/cgi-bin/iran_news/exec/view.cgi/35/23335.
The Lost Requiem: Khosrow Sinai's priceless Iranian and Polish historical document, The Iranian, 26 November 2007, http://www.iranian.com/main/2007/lost-requiem. - Khosrow Sinai, The passing of the Polish through Iran (Gozar-e Lahestāni-hā az Iran), in Persian, Jadid Online, 28 May 2009, (Persian), (English).
An audio slideshow by Shokā Sahrā'i (with English subtitles): http://www.jadidonline.com/images/stories/flash_multimedia/Polish_%20refugee_%20iran_eng_test/pol_high.html (7 min 46 sec).