Esmael Barari
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.
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Movies (13)
Master Gholamreza
2026 · Director
The Garden
2025 · Director
The Twelve Seats
2016 · Editor, Producer, Director
Maryam's Report
2009 · Producer, Director
For My Son
2008 · Producer, Director, Writer
Day of Rain
2007 · Director, Editor, Production Design
Dead Heat Under the Shrubs
2004 · Producer, Production Design, Director
The Devil's Dance
2001 · Director
The Green Hell
1995 · Director, Producer
The Nest
1992 · Director
City in the Hands of Children
1991 · Director
Loneliness and the Clod
1990 · Director
Reaction
1989 · Director