Hassan Yektapanah

Hassan Yektapanah
حسن یکتاپناه
Yektapanah in 2004
Born (1963-05-26) 26 May 1963[1]
OccupationsFilm director, screenwriter
Years active1984–present
Known forDjomeh
AwardsCaméra d'Or (2000)

Hassan Yektapanah (born 26 May 1963) is an Iranian filmmaker and screenwriter.[2]

He began his career as an assistant director, notably working with Jafar Panahi on The Mirror and with Abbas Kiarostami on Taste of Cherry, both released in 1997. The first film Yektapanah directed was Djomeh, which won the Caméra d'Or for Best First Feature at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival.[3]

Filmography

  • Djomeh (2000)
  • Story Undone (2004)
  • Bibi (2008)
  • Forbidden (2017)

Awards and honours

IMDb [2]

References

  1. ^ [1] Hassan Yetapanah on Sooreh Website
  2. ^ Terri Ginsberg, Chris Lippard (2020). "Yektapanah, Hassan". Historical Dictionary of Middle Eastern Cinema. Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 516–517. ISBN 9781538139059.
  3. ^ "Festival de Cannes: Djomeh". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-10-14.