Niki Karimi
Niki Karimi born 10 November 1971 in Tehran, is a multi-award winning Iranian actress and movie director.
Biography
Niki Karimi was born and raised in Tehran. She participated in theatrical work while she was in elementary school. Her hobby of reading and watching movies from an early age inspired her to become an actress. Her talent as an actress was found by the famous Iranian actor Jamshid Gorgin, while she was playing a role in a school play.She loves translating and in 1999 she released her first translation work, Marlon Brando's biography Songs My Mother Taught Me in to Persian.
Niki is now an actress in Iran who has won several awards both at home and internationally. She has also recently been in the jury for such festivals as the Locarno International Film Festival and Thessaloniki International Film Festival and berlin film festival and also the 60th Cannes Film Festival.
In 2001, with Abbas Kiarostami as the producer she directed To have or not to have, a documentary about infertility. Her efforts won her first award as a director in "The Rain" festival in Iran.
In an interview at the Cannes Film Festival, where her motion picture directorial debut One Night was nominated, she said that acting no longer satisfies her and she would like to direct more movies.
Filmography
Niki has starred in over 20 movies in Iran, and has recently begun to direct her own.As director
| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | A few days later | Script won the Rotterdam festivals Hubert Bals Fund |
| 2005 | One Night | Nominated in the Cannes film festival |
| 2003 | To Have or Not to Have |
As an actress
As a screen writer
| Year | Title |
|---|---|
| 2005 | Escape |
| 2001 | Auto stop |
| 2000 | To Have or Not to Have |
As a translator
| Year | Title |
|---|---|
| 2005 | Intimacy by Hanif Kureishi |
| 1999 | Songs My Mother Taught Me by Marlon Brando, Robert Lindsey |
As a film critic
| 2007 | Member of Jury at Berlin Film Festival |
| 2007 | Member of Jury at Cannes Film Festival |
| 2006 | Head of Jury at Reykjavik International Film Festival |
| 2005 | Member of Jury at Locarno International Film Festival |
| 2005 | Member of Jury at Thessaloniki Film Festival |
Awards
- Best Actress, Cairo International Film Festival (2001)
- Silver Seashell, San Sebastian Film Festival (1993)
- Best Actress, Nantes Three Continents Festival (1992)
See also
- Iranian women
- Iranian cinema
- List of famous Persian women
- Persian women's movement
- Fajr International Film Festival
Notes
References
External links
- Official Website
- Niki Karimi at the Internet Movie Database
- Profile on Cannes Film Festival website
- Niki Karimi interview with Radio Zamaneh
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