# Elsa Firouz Azar

Elsa Firouz Azar (Persian: السا فیروزآذر; born 16 September 1983) is an Iranian actress, assistant director, scene clerk, theatre director and writer.

## Education

She holds her bachelor's degree in architecture from Royan Noor University and her master's degree in drama literature from Sura University.

## Career

She began acting in cinema at the age of five, and at the age of eight she played her first major role in Kakadu. At age 18, she continued her career in acting more seriously. Then in the cinema and behind the scene, experienced being the scene supervisor and assistant director in several films. She began teaching at the age of twenty-three in the field of arts and art schools, and after completing her master's degree in drama literature, screenwriting and acting workshops were also added to her teaching disciplines. After making some short experimental films, Firouz A'zar made the short film "Too loud a silence" for the first time at age 35 in 2018. Also in the same year, she directed a psychological-philosophical theater with 30 actors "Labyrinth and more". After writing several screenplays, for the first time, her screenplay "I hate Tehran" is being directed by Yasaman Nosrati.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | side | Director |
| 1991 | Afsane-ye Ah | Actress | Tahmineh Milani |
| 1992 | What else News | Actress | Tahmineh Milani |
| 1996 | Kakadu | | Tahmineh Milani |
| 2005 | The Unwanted Woman | Actress | Tahmineh Milani |
| 2006 | Crossroads | Actress | Abolhassan Davoodi |
| 2006 | Cease Fire | Actress, assistant director | Tahmineh Milani |
| 2006 | | Scene clerk | Tahmineh Milani |
| 2007 | Nescafe Hot Hot | Actress | Ali Ghavitan |
| 2007 | Tasvie hesab | Actress | Tahmineh Milani |
| 2008 | Majnoone Leyli | Actress | Ghasem Jafari |
| 2008 | Saate Sookhte | Actress | Mojtaba Asadipour |
| 2008 | Ekhraji | Assistant director | Mehdi Karampour |
| 2009 | Superstar | Actress, assistant director | Tahmineh Milani |
| 2009 | Gerogan | Assistant director | Mohammad Reza Ahanj |
| 2011 | Yeki az ma do nafar | Actress | Tahmineh Milani |
| 2011 | How I Became a Billionaire | Actress | Ali Abdolalizadeh |
| 2014 | Cease Fire 2 | Advisor to the director | Tahmineh Milani |
| 2017 | Untaken Paths | Actress | Tahmineh Milani |
| 2019 | I Hate Tehran | Writer | Yasaman Nosrati |
| 2019 | Change Time | Actress | Maryam Rahimi |
| 2021 | Hezar-o-Yek too | Director and Actress | Elsa Firouz Azar |

### Home series

| Year | Title | side | Director |
| 2019 | The Monster | Actress | Mehran Modiri |
| 2021 | Island | Actress | Siroos Moghadam |

### Short Film

| Year | Title | side | Director |
| 2021 | Everything for sale | Actress, Assistant Director | Hamidreza Sangian |

## Theatre

| Year | Title | side | Director |
| 2017 | Ma'nus | Actress | Nazanin Sousamizadeh |
| 2017 | Tanhay Por Hayahoo | Actress | Amir Kaveh Ahanin Jan |
| 2020 | true Confidential | Actress | Seyed Mohsen Mirhashemi |
| 2021 | Hezar-o-Yek too | Director and writer | Elsa Firouz Azar |

## Awards

* In 2019, she won the award for Best Actor for Film Change Time of Direction by Maryam Rahimi of the Italian Aprilia Film Festival
* 2021 winner of the award for the best artistic director of the Teletheater Hezar-o-Yek too from the Fajr International Therater Festival Archived 25 April 2021 at the Wayback Machine
* 2021 winner of the award for the best Film editing of the Teletheater Hezar-o-Yek too from the Fajr International Therater Festival Archived 25 April 2021 at the Wayback Machine