Babak Anvari Explained
Babak Anvari (fa|بابک انوری; born [1]) is a British-Iranian[2] filmmaker. He is best known for directing horror films such as Under the Shadow (2016) and Wounds (2019).
Early life
Anvari grew up in Tehran, Iran, with his older brother at the time of the Iran–Iraq War and the Iranian Cultural Revolution. He said in 2016, "We've both grown up with night terrors, being afraid of being left alone, of being in the dark for too long."
Career
In 2016, Anvari made his directorial debut with the horror film Under the Shadow. It was submitted by the United Kingdom for an Oscar nomination. The film was nominated for six British Independent Film Awards and won three, and won the BAFTA Award for Outstanding Debut.[3]
In 2019, Anvari's follow-up film Wounds, a horror film based on the novella The Visible Filth by Nathan Ballingrud, was released. The cast includes Armie Hammer, Dakota Johnson and Zazie Beetz, and it screened at the Sundance Film Festival.
Anvari was announced as the director of an upcoming Cloverfield film in September 2022.[4] In November 2023, Anvari's film Hallow Road started production. The film's cast includes Rosamund Pike and Matthew Rhys.[5]
Personal life
Anvari lives in London.
In 2022, Anvari participated in the Sight & Sound film polls of that year. Anvari's selections were Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Batman Returns, Jurassic Park, Stalker, , Mulholland Dr., Beetlejuice, The Dark Knight, Heat and Se7en.[6]
In October 2022, Anvari wrote an open letter urging the entertainment industry to "amplify the voice" of the Mahsa Amini protesters and "give hope to the youth of Iran that the world is listening to their chants for freedom."[7]
Filmography
Film
Television
Producer
Notes and References
- News: Seymour . Tom . 2016-09-29 . Terror in Tehran: Under the Shadow and the politics of horror . 2024-10-29 . . en-GB . 0261-3077 . 18 September 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240918010852/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/sep/29/terror-in-tehran-babak-anvari-under-the-shadow . live .
- News: UK submits Farsi-language 'Under The Shadow' for Oscars . 2017-07-13 . . en . 2 November 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211102191622/https://www.screendaily.com/awards/uk-submits-farsi-language-under-the-shadow-for-oscars/5109665.article . live .
- Web site: Ritman . Alex . 2019-01-25 . ‘Wounds’ Director Babak Anvari on His Hollywood “Water Bottle Tour” After Indie Hit ‘Under the Shadow’ . 2024-10-30 . . en-US . 15 October 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221015201937/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/wounds-director-babak-anvari-his-hollywood-water-bottle-tour-indie-hit-under-shadow-1179122/ . live .
- Web site: Kroll . Justin . 2022-09-23 . New ‘Cloverfield’ Film At Paramount Sets Babak Anvari as Director . 2024-10-30 . Deadline . en-US . 7 October 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221007162434/https://deadline.com/2022/09/cloverfield-paramount-babak-anvari-1235125119/ . live .
- Web site: Grobar . Matt . 2023-11-15 . Rosamund Pike & Matthew Rhys Board ‘Hallow Road,’ XYZ Thriller From Babak Anvari . 2024-10-30 . Deadline . en-US . 21 November 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231121003936/https://deadline.com/2023/11/hallow-road-rosamund-pike-matthew-rhys-babak-anvari-1235612883/ . live .
- Web site: Babak Anvari | BFI . 24 August 2023 . 24 August 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230824122921/https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/greatest-films-all-time/all-voters/babak-anvari . live .
- Web site: Ritman . Alex . 2022-10-10 . Be the “Voice” of Iranian People, Urges Director Babak Anvari in Open Letter to Entertainment Industry as Protests Continue to Grip Country . 2024-10-30 . The Hollywood Reporter . en-US . 7 December 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221207002755/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/iran-protests-letter-entertainment-babak-anvari-1235237917/ . live .
- Web site: New 'Cloverfield' Film At Paramount Sets Babak Anvari as Director. Deadline Hollywood. 23 September 2022. September 23, 2022. 7 October 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221007162434/https://deadline.com/2022/09/cloverfield-paramount-babak-anvari-1235125119/. live.
