Mini biography

Hassan Fathi _{(September 2, 1959, Tehran , Iran)}

Iranian screenwriter and film director, Hasan Fathi was born in 1959/1961 in Tehran.

Hassan Fathi is a graduate of directing from Azad University and has a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology.

After making many plays for TV, he started making popular TV series, always focusing on Iranian culture and tradition in his works.

After writing and directing some theater productions like “Hey Hey Matador” in 1990 and “In the Cold Streets of the Night” in 1994, he directed his first TV series called “The Neighbors” that for its time took Iranian serials to a whole new level standard-wise.

Afterwards, he directed two mystery Tele theaters base on Agatha Christie’s novels named “Murder Mystery” (1994) and “The Mousetrap” in 1998.

Some of Fathi’s TV series like “Heroes Never Die” in 1998 and “The Tenth Night” in 2002 were among the most popular serials in Iran.

His debut feature length movie was Marriage, Iranian Style, a romantic comedy.

Fathi was a nominee for best director at the Fajr International Film Festival for “The Postman Doesn’t Knock Three Times”.

Awards

• The Golden Statue, The Society of Film Critics & Writers, Retribution, 2011

A Short Biography.... And Why Short?

In my idea ,writing about one’s merits in an autobiography, is useful as long as the writer dares to unveil any fact of his life in detail without any politics. but that s a pity we live in a country where this revelation is not possible even after the death of an artist, due to various cultural, social, moral reasons which may originate from our ancient traditions.so therefore, in this brief, I settle for mentioning those corners of my life that wouldn’t hurt anyone, either a stranger or a friend, and I hope that there comes a day, whether me alive or dead, that my autobiography could be published without any omissions or auto- censorship.

A biography full of dreams and nightmares, failures and successes, love and separation, the sufferings and joys, friendships and Dshmnkamy and homesickness and loneliness is ....

But I tell you about a half century ago, in the neighborhood of Tehran's Nezamabad in the house paternal grandmother,i was born in a family of semi-traditional. Khansari descent from father and from my mother's Azeri roots.

During childhood and adolescence, football, cinema and television, and books, the four sides of the square of the time I passed it. I attend football matches up to those youth and adults levels .

I used to go to cinema secretly because of parental oppostion and sometimes i was enjoy watching two movies with one ticket. Long time we didnt have TV at home and i used to watch it by climbing light bulb of neighbors. --Hassan Fathi

Director - Selected filmography

1. On The Way to Zayandeh Rood | Dar Masire Zayandeh Rood (2011) (tv-series)
   
2. Retribution | Punishment | Keyfar (2010)
   
3. The Postman Doesn’t Knock Three Times | Postchi se bar dar nemizanad (2008)
   
4. Marriage Iranian Style | Ezdevaj be sabke irani (2006)
   
5. Zero Degree Turn | Madare sefr darajeh (2007) (TV)