Esmael Barari
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- October 26, 1965
- Place of birth
- Bandar-e Anzali, Iran
Biography
Born in 1965 in the Caspian Sea port of Bandar Anzali, Esmael Barari graduated in filmmaking from University of Art, Tehran. In 1988, his short film, "Reaction", won top prize at the first national students film festival of Tehran and the silver plaque at the 1989 Ebensee Festival of Nations. His other short films are "Nader's Gift" (1989) and "Loneliness And The Clod" (1990) which was presented in FIPA Cannes-91 and received The Golden Butterfly for the Best Film at 5th International Festival of Film and Video for Children and Young Adults. Up to now he has made more than twenty feature, documentary and short films & TV series. In 1991, Barari directed his debut feature, "City in The Hands of Children".
Feature Films: 1991- City in The Hands of Children; 1992- The Nest (Banned); 1996- The Green Hell; 2000- The Devil's Dance; 2001-4 Dead Heat under The Shrubs (Banned); 2007- Day of Rain; 2006/2012 Maryam's Report (Banned); 2012- The Twelve Chairs
He is director of "World Iranian Film Center" and a member of "The Union of Iranian Cinema Producers" and artistic adviser of "ECO Cultural Institute" and a member of international jury of Mostra Valencia Film Festival-2007.
Movies directed by Esmael Barari
- Dead Heat Under the Shrubs 2004 · ★ 9.0
- The Twelve Seats 2016 · ★ 10.0
- The Garden 2025 · ★ 10.0
- City in the Hands of Children 1991
- The Green Hell 1995
- The Devil's Dance 2001
- Maryam's Report 2009
- For My Son 2008
- Day of Rain 2007
- Reaction 1989
- The Nest 1992
- Loneliness and the Clod 1990
- Master Gholamreza 2026