Mani Haghighi (born 1969 in Tehran) is a renowned
IranIran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran is a country in Western Asia. The name Iran has been in use natively since the Sassanid period and came into international use from 1935, before which the country was known internationally as Persia...
ian filmmaker and screen writer. He is the grandson of the writer and filmmaker
Ebrahim GolestanEbrahim Golestan is an Iranian filmmaker and literary figure with a career spanning half a century. He has been living in Sussex, United Kingdom, since 1975....
.
Haghighi was educated at
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, Ontario, then received a B.A. in
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, from
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, 1991, an M.A. in philosophy from the University of Guelph, 1997 and an M.A. in cultural studies from
Trent UniversityTrent University is a liberal arts and science-oriented institution located along the Otonabee River in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada. The chancellor of Trent University is Tom Jackson and Dr. Steven E...
, 2000.
His second feature film,
Men at Work is considered a notable contribution to the Iranian cinema as well as world cinema.
Mani Haghighi (born 1969 in Tehran) is a renowned
IranIran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran is a country in Western Asia. The name Iran has been in use natively since the Sassanid period and came into international use from 1935, before which the country was known internationally as Persia...
ian filmmaker and screen writer. He is the grandson of the writer and filmmaker
Ebrahim GolestanEbrahim Golestan is an Iranian filmmaker and literary figure with a career spanning half a century. He has been living in Sussex, United Kingdom, since 1975....
.
Education
Haghighi was educated at
Appleby CollegeAppleby College is an international independent school located in Oakville, Ontario, Canada, founded in 1911 by John Guest, a former Headmaster of the Preparatory School at Upper Canada College...
, Ontario, then received a B.A. in
philosophyPhilosophy is the study of general and fundamental problems concerning matters such as existence, knowledge, values, reason, mind, and language. Philosophy is distinguished from other ways of addressing these questions by its critical, generally systematic approach and its reliance on reasoned...
, from
McGill UniversityMcGill University is a public research university located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It bears the name of James McGill, a prominent Montreal merchant from Scotland, whose bequest formed the beginning of the university...
, 1991, an M.A. in philosophy from the University of Guelph, 1997 and an M.A. in cultural studies from
Trent UniversityTrent University is a liberal arts and science-oriented institution located along the Otonabee River in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada. The chancellor of Trent University is Tom Jackson and Dr. Steven E...
, 2000.
Career
His second feature film,
Men at Work is considered a notable contribution to the Iranian cinema as well as world cinema. Its enigmatic comedy is akin to something out of
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, and its most basic elements align it with
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, and yet despite its absurdity
Men at Work feels completely real and reasonable. Interestingly,
Men at Work began as an idea conceived by
Abbas KiarostamiAbbas Kiarostami is an Iranian film director, screenwriter, and film producer. An active filmmaker since 1970, Kiarostami has been involved in over forty films, including shorts and documentaries...
, the eminent Iranian filmmaker who has, through his work, all but defined his country's place in world cinema.
Filmography
- Abadan
Abadan is a 2003 drama film by Iranian filmmaker Mani Haghighi. It was his first long film after making a few short films. Because the film was not pre-approved by Iran's Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance and because of including profanity and spoken references to extramarital relations,...
(2003)
- Men at Work (Kargaran Mashghoole karand, 2006)
- Hamoon Bazha
Hamoon Bazha is a documentary film by Mani Haghighi. It is about a famous Iranian cult film named Hamoon directed by Dariush Mehrjui....
(2007)
- Canaan (Can'an, 2007)