Asghar Farhadi
![Farhadi at the 2018 [[Stockholm International Film Festival]]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/47/Asghar_Farhadi_in_2018-2_%28cropped%29.jpg)
Farhadi made his directorial film debut with the drama ''Dancing in the Dust'' (2003), followed by ''The Beautiful City'' (2004) and ''Fireworks Wednesday'' (2006). He gained acclaim for his film ''About Elly'' (2009) earning a Silver Bear for Best Director. He became one of the few directors worldwide to have won the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film twice, for the family drama ''A Separation'' (2011) and the moral drama ''The Salesman'' (2016), the latter of which also received the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Screenplay.
He also gained acclaim for his films ''The Past'' (2013), which was filmed in France, and ''Everybody Knows'' (2018), which was filmed in Spain. Farhadi returned to Iran with ''A Hero'' (2021), which earned him the Cannes Film Festival's Grand Prix. Provided by Wikipedia