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name: "Jafar Panahi"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jafar-panahi"
fi1m_id: "jafar-panahi"
imdb_id: "nm0070159"
tmdb_id: 120229
wikidata_id: "Q31637"
roles: ["Editor","Director"]
born: "11 July 1960"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-26T02:34:27.610927+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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# Jafar Panahi

## Identity

Jafar Panahi

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jafar-panahi
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jafar-panahi
- **IMDb ID:** nm0070159
- **TMDB ID:** 120229
- **Wikidata ID:** Q31637
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jafar_Panahi, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q31637, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0070159/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/120229

Editor and director. Born 11 July 1960 in Mianeh, Iran.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor, Director
- **Born:** 11 July 1960, Mianeh, Iran
- **Active:** 1994–1995
- **Also known as:** Jafaras Panahi, ジャファール・パナヒ
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 2: 1 directing, 1 crew
- **Cannes Film Festival:** 1 Cannes prize (1 won)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jafar_Panahi, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q31637, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0070159/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/120229

## Biography

Jafar Panahi is an Iranian film director, screenwriter and editor. He was born on 11 July 1960 in Mianeh, Iran. He studied at the College of Cinema and Television in Tehran and worked as an assistant director to Abbas Kiarostami on *Through the Olive Trees* (1994).

Panahi made his feature debut with *The White Balloon* (1995), on which he is also credited as editor, story writer and production designer. His subsequent films include *The Circle* (2000), *Offside* (2006), *Taxi* (2015), *3 Faces* (2018), *No Bears* (2022) and *It Was Just an Accident* (2025).

In 2010 an Iranian court sentenced him to six years in prison and banned him from filmmaking for twenty years. He has continued to direct films despite the restrictions.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, encyclopedia.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

### Directed (1)

- *The White Balloon* (1995), Fi1m 87, Story, Director, Production design, Production Design, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-white-balloon.md)

### Crew (1) — the average rests on these

- *Through the Olive Trees* (1994), Fi1m 77, as Panahi (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/through-the-olive-trees.md)

## Complete filmography (34)

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

- *Hijamat* (2026), Editor
- *Where Are You, Jafar Panahi?* (2026), Director
- *It Was Just an Accident* (2025), Director, Producer, Screenplay, Casting
- *The Witness* (2025), Writer, Editor
- *No Bears* (2022), as Jafar Panahi · Director, Writer, Producer
- *Hit the Road* (2021), Producer
- *The Year of the Everlasting Storm* (2021), Director, Executive Producer, Writer, Director of Photography
- *Life* (2021), Director, Cinematography, Editor, Producer, Story
- *Hidden* (2020), Director, Director of Photography
- *Celles qui chantent* (2020), Director
- *The Alien* (2020), Screenplay, Editor
- *3 Faces* (2018), as Jafar Panahi · Director, Writer, Producer
- *A Very Ordinary Citizen* (2015), Screenplay
- *Taxi* (2015), Screenplay, Producer, Director, Music, Director of Photography, Editor, Sound Mixer, Story
- *Closed Curtain* (2013), Director, Screenplay, Editor, Producer
- *This Is Not a Film* (2011), Writer, Director, Director of Photography, Producer, Editor
- *The Accordion* (2010), Director, Writer, Editor, Producer
- *The White Meadows* (2009), Editor
- *Persian Carpet* (2007), Director, Screenplay
- *Untying the Knot* (2007), Director
- *Offside* (2006), Director, Writer, Producer, Editor
- *Verdict* (2005), Editor
- *Border Café* (2005), Editor
- *Friday's Soldiers* (2004), Editor
- *Journey to the Land of the Traveler* (2004), Actor
- *Crimson Gold* (2003), Director, Editor, Producer
- *The Circle* (2000), Director, Producer, Editor, Idea
- *The Mirror* (1997), Director, Writer, Editor, Producer
- *The White Balloon* (1995), Director, Editor, Story, Production Design — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/film/the-white-balloon.md)
- *Through the Olive Trees* (1994), as Panahi (uncredited) · Assistant Director — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/through-the-olive-trees.md)
- *The Friend* (1992), Director
- *Akharin emtehan* (1992), Director
- *The Second Look* (1989), Director
- *Yarali bashlar* (1988), Director

## Gallery

- ![Jafar Panahi at 2025 Cannes Film Festival Photocall](https://film.one/media/person/3929813/gallery-a5721419d0d6.jpg) Jafar Panahi at 2025 Cannes Film Festival Photocall — Kacy Bao, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Jafar_Panahi_at_2025_Cannes_Film_Festival_Photocall.jpg/1280px-Jafar_Panahi_at_2025_Cannes_Film_Festival_Photocall.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Jafar Panahi Laughing at 2025 Cannes Film Festival Photocall](https://film.one/media/person/3929813/gallery-d9eaa4af0cd4.jpg) Jafar Panahi Laughing at 2025 Cannes Film Festival Photocall — Kacy Bao, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Jafar_Panahi_Laughing_at_2025_Cannes_Film_Festival_Photocall.jpg/1280px-Jafar_Panahi_Laughing_at_2025_Cannes_Film_Festival_Photocall.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Jafar Panahi at 2025 Cannes Film Festival Red Carpet Premiere](https://film.one/media/person/3929813/gallery-910d78acca30.jpg) Jafar Panahi at 2025 Cannes Film Festival Red Carpet Premiere — Kacy Bao, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Jafar_Panahi_at_2025_Cannes_Film_Festival_Red_Carpet_Premiere.jpg/1280px-Jafar_Panahi_at_2025_Cannes_Film_Festival_Red_Carpet_Premiere.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Jafar Panahi](https://film.one/media/person/3929813/gallery-3d43d72b07eb.jpg) Jafar Panahi — Kevin Payravi, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/40/Jafar_cannes_2025_cropped.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Jafar Panahi](https://film.one/media/person/3929813/gallery-154f7bbc9efe.jpg) Jafar Panahi — Image via TMDB
- ![Jafar Panahi](https://film.one/media/person/3929813/gallery-3aa518da8e21.jpg) Jafar Panahi — Image via TMDB
- ![Jafar Panahi](https://film.one/media/person/3929813/gallery-6bd2a847e609.jpg) Jafar Panahi — Image via TMDB
- ![Jafar Panahi on the Red Carpet at the 78th Locarno Film Festival in 2025.](https://film.one/media/person/3929813/gallery-c9960514271d.jpg) Jafar Panahi on the Red Carpet at the 78th Locarno Film Festival in 2025. — Quejaytee, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Jafar_Panahi_at_the_78th_Locarno_Film_Festival_in_2025_02.jpg/1280px-Jafar_Panahi_at_the_78th_Locarno_Film_Festival_in_2025_02.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Jafar Panahi, iranian filmmaker and member of the jury of the first edition of Cines del Sur (2007) (2009)](https://film.one/media/person/3929813/gallery-384cdc2d4c54.jpg) Jafar Panahi, iranian filmmaker and member of the jury of the first edition of Cines del Sur (2007) (2009) — Cines del Sur Granada Film Festival from Spain, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b1/Jafar_Panahi%2C_Cines_del_Sur_2007-1.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 2 nominated

- 2027: Best Writing, Original Screenplay (nominated), for *It Was Just an Accident*
- 2026: Best Writing, Original Screenplay (nominated), for *It Was Just an Accident*

### Cannes Film Festival — 1 won

- 2025: Palme d'Or (won), for *It Was Just an Accident*

### Venice Film Festival — 1 won

- 2000: Golden Lion (won), for *The Circle*

### Berlin International Film Festival — 3 won

- 2015: Golden Bear (won), for *Taxi*
- 2013: Best Screenplay (won), for *Closed Curtain*
- 2006: Silver Bear (won), for *Offside*

### Other awards — 11 won

- Asia Pacific Screen Award for Achievement in Directing 2025: Asia Pacific Screen Award for Achievement in Directing (won), for *It Was Just an Accident*
- Gotham Independent Film Award for Best Director 2025: Gotham Independent Film Award for Best Director (won), for *It Was Just an Accident*
- Gotham Independent Film Award for Best Original Screenplay 2025: Gotham Independent Film Award for Best Original Screenplay (won), for *It Was Just an Accident*
- Best Screenplay Award 2018: Best Screenplay Award (won), for *Three Faces*
- Preis für die Freiheit und Zukunft der Medien 2015: Preis für die Freiheit und Zukunft der Medien (won)
- honorary doctorate from the University of Strasbourg 2013: honorary doctorate from the University of Strasbourg (won)
- Sakharov Prize 2012: Sakharov Prize (won)
- Carrosse d'or 2011: Carrosse d'or (won)
- Un Certain Regard 2003: Un Certain Regard (won), for *Crimson Gold*
- Golden Leopard 1997: Golden Leopard (won), for *The Mirror*
- Caméra d'Or 1995: Caméra d'Or (won), for *The White Balloon*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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