# Arash Abbasi

Arash Abbasi (Persian: آرش عباسی, born in 1978 in Malayer) is an Iranian screenwriter, director and actor.

## Early life

Abbasi started his work in 1990 at his hometown School. In 1998 he moved to Tehran to Study Drama. He got a BA in Dramatic literature from Azad University of art and architecture. In 2012 he Went to Bologna and in university of bologna, he got his MA in The Rules of the Theatre.

## Activities

Abbasi has written 25 stage plays and directed 15 plays in Iran and Italy. His work Named Nevisandeh Mordeh Ast (The Writer Is Dead) has been translated to German and Italian and has been performed in different cities of Italy. He is the writer of several TV series such as Istgah-e Seh Rahi (Three-Way Station), TV Film Gharibeh (Stranger) and he was the Assistant Director of TV Series such as Tajrobeh (Experience) and Khaneh-ee Dar Tariky (The House In The Darkness). He is also the writer of Gahi (Sometimes) screenplay. He took participate in Giuseppe Tornatore Directing Workshop (2013).
Earlier in 2016, Abbasi was invited to the Italian city of Bologna to stage his play "The Lady” during an Iranian Cultural Festival Titled “Heart of Persia”. Teatri di Vita, an international center for theater and contemporary arts in Bologna, was the main organizer of the festival. The Lady was also performed in Iran with Sanam Naderi as The Lady in Italian Language. In autumn 2017, Abbasi's Groupe Moj collaborated with Italian theater expert and choreographer Claudia Castellucci in a joint performance.
He was the consulter of Italian Theater Film works in 2016. In 2018 He was nominated in Fajr International Theater Festival for Best Director and Best Playwright – National Competition A for the play Anna Karenina free Adapted from the famous novel Anna Karenina by the Russian author Leo Tolstoy. In 2019 he nominated at Fajr International Theater Festival for Best Playwright – Radio Plays Competition for the play written by the wind. In 2019 he also selected for 16th Sedicicorto International Film Festival jury in Italy.
In 2019 he was the writer of the Popular TV Series Paytakht SE06.

## Artistic Management Records

* Title
* Relations and Information Deputy Manager of 34th Fajr Film Festival
* Public Relations Manager of Isfahan International Children and Youth Theatre Festival
* Public Relations Manager of Shahr (City) Theatre
* Manager of News Center of Fath-e Khorramshahr Festival (Conquest of Khorramshahr Festival)
* Secretary of Culture and Art Service of International News
* Head of Malayer Theatre

## Stage plays

| Year | Title | notes |
| 1999 | A bucket of curse for Mrs. Shamsi | Writer and Director |
| 2001 | The 50th Kilometer | Writer and Director |
| 2003 | The Popular Story | Writer and Director |
| 2004 | Moving Blood in Dried veins | |
| 2005 | Written By the Wind | |
| 2005 | The Red Quote | |
| 2005 | The Basement | Writer and Director |
| 2006 | No Men is Allowed | Writer and Director |
| 2006 | No Women is Allowed | Writer and Director |
| 2008 | The Lady, La Signora | Writer and Director |
| 2008 | The Stranger | Writer and Director |
| 2008 | Paternal | |
| 2009 | Sharp Turn | |
| 2009 | Every thing about Mr.F | Writer and Director |
| 2010 | The Sun Shines from Milan | Writer and Director |
| 2011 | The lobby | |
| 2011 | Catch me if you can | |
| 2012 | The Writer is Dead | Writer and Director |
| 2015 | The Winged Love | |
| 2015 | Fathers, Mothers, Children | Writer and Director |
| 2017 | Anna Karenina | Writer and Director |
| 2019 | Molin rouge | |
| 2019 | The Party | Writer and Director |

## Scripts

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2018 | Bologna | Writer and Director and Producer | Italy, Short Film |
| 2018 | legal | Writer and Producer | Iran, Short Film |
| 2019 | French Connection | Writer and Director and producer | Italy, Short Film |
| 2020 | The capital Season 6 TV series | Writer | Iran,15 Episodes |