Kamran Shirdel Explained

Kamran Shirdel
Native Name:	کامران شیردل
Native Name Lang:	Fa
Birth Date:	1939 6, df=yes
Birth Place:	Tehran, Iran
Alma Mater:	Sapienza University of Rome
Years Active:	1973–present
Awards:	Kraków Film Festival (1981) Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (2010)
Occupation:	Film director, documentarist, translator

Kamran Shirdel (Persian: کامران شیردل; born 21 June 1939) is an Iranian filmmaker and documentarist.

Biography

Kamran Shirdel was born on 21 June 1939 in Tehran.^[1] He studied architecture and urbanism at the University of Rome (now Sapienza University of Rome) and film direction at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia of Rome, graduating in 1964. He worked as an assistant director with John Huston on The Bible before making his diploma film, Gli Specchi (The Mirrors), in Rome. He returned to Iran and started his film career in 1965.^{[2] [3] [4]}

Since January 2000, Shirdel is the founder and director of the Kish International Documentary Film Festival which is held annually in the January in Kish Island in the Persian Gulf.^[5] He is also the managing director of Filmgrafic Co. Kamran Shirdel was appointed as Il cavaliere Della Republica Italiana and received the Medals of La stella della solidarieta italiana in a ceremony held in Farmanieh Palace in Tehran in May 2010.^{[6] [7] [8] [9]}

Filmography

• Nedamatgah (aka Women's Prison)1965 / 11 min. / Black & white / shot in 35 mm.
• Qal'eh (aka Women's Quarter, it depicts the life condition of prostitutes in Tehran's red-light district during the mid-sixties)1965 - 1980 / 18 min. / Black & White / Shot in 35 mm.^[10]
• Tehran is the Capital of Iran 1966 - 1980 / 18 min. / Black & White / Shot in 35 mm.
• The Night It Rained (aka Oun Shab Keh Baroun Oumad, an Award-winning satirical documentary)1967 - 1974 / 35 min./Black & White / shot in 35 mm.
• The Morning of the Fourth Day (Sobh-e Rooz-e Chaahaarom) (Feature film, fiction,1972)
• Dubai (1974)1974-75 / 38 min. / color / shot in 35 mm.
• Solitude Opus 1 (2002)18 min. / color / shot in Betacam SP.

Every year, the IDFA, International Documentary Festival in Amsterdam, gives an acclaimed filmmaker the chance to screen his or her personal Top 10 favorite films. In 2007, filmmaker Maziar Bahari selected Kamran Shirdel's The Night It Rained for his top ten classics from the history of documentary.^[11]

External links

• • Kamran Shirdel at UBUWEB

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2020-12-21. Cinema Verite commemorates Kamran Shirdel. 2021-06-20. Mehr News Agency. en.
2. Web site: 2020-12-21. Cinéma Vérité honors veteran documentarian Kamran Shirdel. 2021-06-20. Tehran Times. en.
3. Web site: کامران شیردل؛ ۸۰ ساله، هم‌چنان "برای زندگی می‌جنگد". 19 November 2021. رادیو فردا. fa.
4. Web site: کامران شیردل. 19 November 2021. انجمن مستندسازان سینمای ایران. fa-IR.
5. Web site: Kamran Shirdel Spotlight. 2021-06-20. Docunight. en.
6. Web site: کامران شیردل: مسئولیت حرف های مطرح شده را قبول نمی کنم! - ایسنا. 19 November 2021. www.isna.ir.
7. Web site: کامران شیردل مستندهای خود را به مرکز گسترش اهدا کرد - خبرگزاری مهر اخبار ایران و جهان Mehr News Agency. 19 November 2021. www.mehrnews.com.
8. Web site: مستند "تهران پایتخت ایران است"؛ روایتی ناتمام از کامران شیردل. 19 November 2021. اعتمادآنلاین. fa.
9. Web site: برنامه‌های روز ششم جشنواره "سینماحقیقت"/ روزی به نام کامران شیردل. 19 November 2021. خبرگزاری موج. fa.
10. Web site: Naficy. Hamid. November 2013. Kamran Shirdel - Social Documentaries, Iranian New Wave 1960s-1970s film series. 2021-06-20. Asia Society. en.
11. News: دخالت در روایت‌های رسمی، مستند‌های کامران شیردل در لندن. fa. BBC News فارسی. 19 November 2021.