As Director, As Writer
It Was Just an Accident
2025
8.0
Jafar Panahi
Acting
Birth Date
July 11, 1960
Place of Birth
Mianeh, Iran
Biography
Jafar Panahi is a representative of Iranian “New Wave.” He is one of the leaders of contemporary Iranian cinema. Panahi’s work, from his first attempts to discuss social issues to his later and braver discussions of taboo topics in Iran are a creative reflection on the nature of cinema and human society, and are imbued with humanity. In 2010, the court in Iran sentenced Jafar Panahi to six years in prison. In addition, according to the sentence, Panahi was banned from making films for 20 years, giving interviews to local and international media outlets, and leaving Iran. Three Faces was his fourth film (after This Is Not a Film, Closed Curtain, and Taxi) shot after his arrest. The director did not attend the premiere due to being banned from leaving Iran. Panahi is a student of Abbas Kiarostami, whose influence is especially clear in Three Faces, reminiscent of such acclaimed masterpieces as The Wind Will Carry Us and Taste of Cherry.
Complete Filmography
As Writer
The Witness
2025
7.2
As Actor, As Director, As Writer
No Bears
2022
6.8
As Actor, As Director, As Writer
The Year of the Everlasting Storm
2021
6.5
As Actor, As Director
Hidden
2020
6.5
As Actor, As Director, As Writer
3 Faces
2018
6.7
As Writer
A Very Ordinary Citizen
2015
6.0
As Actor, As Director, As Writer
Taxi
2015
7.1
As Actor, As Director, As Writer
Closed Curtain
2013
6.8
As Actor, As Director, As Writer
This Is Not a Film
2011
6.9
As Director, As Writer
The Accordion
2010
5.9
As Director, As Writer
Offside
2006
6.9
As Actor
Iran: A Cinematographic Revolution
2006
6.0
As Actor
Journey to the Land of the Traveler
2004
2.0
As Director
Crimson Gold
2003
7.0
As Director
The Circle
2000
6.9
As Director, As Writer
The Mirror
1997
7.1
As Director
The White Balloon
1995
7.4