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name: "Farhad Saba"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/farhad-saba"
fi1m_id: "farhad-saba"
imdb_id: "nm0754450"
tmdb_id: 2117741
wikidata_id: "Q16050976"
roles: ["Cinematographer"]
born: "28 January 1947"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-26T02:29:34.876072+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Farhad Saba

## Identity

Farhad Saba

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/farhad-saba
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** farhad-saba
- **IMDb ID:** nm0754450
- **TMDB ID:** 2117741
- **Wikidata ID:** Q16050976
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16050976, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0754450/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2117741

Cinematographer. Born 28 January 1947 in Shemiran.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Born:** 28 January 1947, Shemiran
- **Also known as:** فرهاد صبا
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16050976, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0754450/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2117741

## Biography

Farhad Saba is an Iranian cinematographer. He has worked on numerous films since the 1980s, including several by Abbas Kiarostami.

His credits as director of photography include *Where Is the Friend's House?* (1987), *Homework* (1989) and *Through the Olive Trees* (1994). He has also served as cinematographer on films by other directors such as Naser Taghvai and Rasoul Mollagholipour, and has directed at least one feature.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, artebox.org, peoplepill.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Through the Olive Trees* (1994), Fi1m 77, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/through-the-olive-trees.md)

## Complete filmography (19)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *50 million proposal* (2005), Cinematography
- *Willow and Wind* (2003), Director of Photography
- *Sometimes look at the sky* (2003), Cinematography
- *Unruled Paper* (2002), Director of Photography
- *An Umbrella for Two* (2001), Cinematography
- *Glasses Love* (2000), Cinematography
- *The Prank* (1999), Cinematography
- *Journey to Chazzabeh* (1996), Cinematography
- *The Survivors* (1996), Cinematography
- *Safar* (1996), Director of Photography
- *The Path of Glory* (1995), Cinematography
- *The Singer Cat* (1995), Cinematography
- *Through the Olive Trees* (1994), Director of Photography — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/through-the-olive-trees.md)
- *Homework* (1989), Director of Photography
- *The Harbour* (1988), Cinematography
- *Where Is The Friend's House?* (1987), Director of Photography
- *Mute Contact* (1986), Cinematography
- *Swallow, My Tree* (1986), Cinematography
- *MirNasir and the Ill-Fated Genie* (1974), Cinematography

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