Amir Ghavidel Explained

Amir Ghavidel
Birth Date:	22 January 1947
Birth Place:	Mashad
Death Place:	Tehran
Years Active:	1975 – 2009
Children:	Rama Ghavidel, Nima Ghavidel, Sina Ghavidel

Amir Ghavidel (Persian: امیر قویدل) (22 March 1947 – 8 November 2009) was an Iranian writer and filmmaker.^[1] He started his artistic life at a young age from performing street theatre in his hometown Mashad, before moving to Tehran where he officially started his career in the cinema of Iran. Ghavidel was a screenwriter and director for ten feature films in his career.

Career in cinema

Before the Iranian revolution

Ghavidel started as a screenwriter and an assistant director to Samuel Khachikian for Death in the Rain (مرگ در باران) in 1975.^{[2] [3]} He continued to write Agitation (اضطراب) and The South's Shark (کوسه ی جنوب) and acted as assistant director to Samuel Khachikian for these films in the next three years.^{[4] [5]}

After the Iranian revolution

With the Iranian Revolution and the volatile state of cinema in those days, Ghavidel made films based on Iran's post-revolution social and political concerns and established himself as a filmmaker of modern Iranian cinema. He made his first work, Rain of Blood (خونبارش) as a documentary feature film produced by Rasul Sadrameli in 1980, one year after the revolution.^[6] Faramarz Gharibian won the Crystal Simorgh for Best Actor for two of Ghavidel's films Train (ترن) and The Misty Harbour (بندر مه آلود), and Majid Entezami was nominated for best film score for Train.^{[7] [8]}

Death

Ghavidel passed away as a result of complications due to liver failure on 8 November 2009 in Tehran.^[9]

Filmography

Director

• A Friend Made of Fire (2009)
• Dayereh Tardid (TV Series) (2003)
• Rokhsareh (2002)
• Shab Cheragh (TV Series) (2002)
• The Misty Harbour (1992)
• Del Namak (1990)
• Galan (1990)
• Train (1988)
• Bloody Rice (1984)
• Mirza Koochak Khan (1983)
• Sardar-e Jangal (1983)
• A Little Tale (Short) (1980)
• Rain of Blood (1980)

Writer

• The Misty Harbour (1992)
• Galan (1990)
• Train (1988)
• Bloody Rice (1984)
• Mirza Koochak Khan (1983)
• Sardar-e Jangal (1983)
• A Little Tale (Short) (1980)
• Rain of Blood (1980)
• Tonight A Tear Is Shed (1979)
• The South's Shark (1978)
• Agitation (1976)
• Death in the Rain (1975)

Assistant Director

• The Eagles (1985)
• Farman (1982)
• The South's Shark (1978)
• Agitation (1976)
• Death in the Rain (1975)

Art Director

• Train (1988)

Notes and References

1. Xutasi. Atas. 141009187 Iranian Cinema.
2. Web site: 2009-11-09. کات آخرین سکانس زندگی قویدل زده شد. 2021-07-23. ایرنا. fa.
3. Web site: .: Iranian Movie DataBase امير قويدل :.. 2021-07-22. www.sourehcinema.com.
4. Web site: .: Iranian Movie DataBase فيلم اضطراب :.. 2021-07-25. www.sourehcinema.com.
5. Web site: Green. John. Shark of the South کوسه جنوب Iraj Ghaderi 1978 Iranian film poster. 2021-07-23. en.
6. Web site: ..::: The Iranian Aliance of Motion Picture Guilds :::... 2021-07-22. www.oldkhanehcinema.ir.
7. Web site: .: Iranian Movie DataBase جوايز اهدا شده در جشنواره بين المللي فيلم فجر ـ دوره يازدهم :.. 2021-07-30. www.sourehcinema.com.
8. Web site: .: Iranian Movie DataBase موضوعات جوايز در جشنواره بين المللي فيلم فجر ـ دوره ششم :.. 2021-07-25. www.sourehcinema.com.
9. Web site: 2009-11-08. امیر قویدل، کارگردان سینمای ایران درگذشت. 2021-07-21. BBC News فارسی. fa.