Amir Naderi

Amir Naderi was born in Abadan around 1945 and lost his mother at the age of five; he kept no memory of his father. A street child, he learned cinema by watching the foreign films shown in the oil company's cinema hall and by working in cinemas, without ever finishing secondary school. A set photographer, projectionist and assistant, he made his first feature film in 1971. Several of his films were banned; he left for New York, where he has continued to make films, and has also worked in Japan and Italy.

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• CinemaThe RunnerدوندهAmir Naderi · 1985Cinema