Asghar Farhadi
Iranian screenwriter and film director
4.56body-of-work score · ranked #242 of 2631 directors · 3 films in our library
A director's score is the sum of their films' composite canon scores — methodology.
- Born
- May 7, 1972 · Isfahan Province
- Nationality
- Iran
- Work
- film director, screenwriter, producer, film producer
Films in our library, ranked
Ranked by composite canon score across 20+ authoritative lists, awards and polls — our ordering, with every placement citing its evidence on the film's page.
- 1
2011 · Iran · drama
Berlin Golden Bear winner 2011 · Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 2012 #2 · Ebert's annual top 10 2011 #1
3.627 citations - 20.751 citation
- 30.191 citation
Complete filmography
All 11 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.
- 2002
- 2003Dancing in the Dust
- 2004The Beautiful City
- 2006The Fireworks Wednesday
- 2009About Elly
- 2011A Separation
- 2013The Past
- 2016The Salesman
- 2018Everybody Knows
- 2021A Hero
- 2026Parallel Tales