Rakhshan Bani Etemad

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Born in 1954, Tehran
Iranian film director and screenwriter
BA in film directing, the Faculty of Dramatic Arts, Tehran University
She began her career as a documentary filmmaker for IRIB,
She worked as an assistant director before directing her first feature film Off Limits 1987

Film:
1986_Off Limits
1988_Canary yellow
1989_Foreign Currency
1992_Nargess
1995 – The Blue-Veiled
1998 – The May Lady
1999 – Baran and the Native
2001 – Under the Skin of the City
2002 – Our Times
2004-Gilaneh
2006 – Mainline

Awards:
1995_Bronze Leopard, 48th Locarno Film Festival (for The Blue-Veiled)
1998_The Prince Claus Award
2006_Best Achievement in Directing, Asia Pacific Screen Awards (for Mainline, with Mohsen Abdolvahab)
2008_Honorary doctorate, University of London