Arash Abbasi

Arash Abbasi (born 1978, Malayer) is an Iranian screenwriter, actor, and director known for his contributions to theater and film. Abbasi has written 25 stage plays and directed 15 productions in Iran and Italy, with notable works including Nevisandeh Mordeh Ast (The Writer Is Dead), which has been translated into German and Italian and performed in multiple Italian cities. In 2018, he was nominated for Best Director and Best Playwright at the Fajr International Theater Festival for his adaptation of Anna Karenina. Abbasi served as a jury member for the 16th Sedicicorto International Film Festival in Italy in 2019. 
Arash Abbasi was born in 1978 in Malayer, Iran. He started his work in 1990 at his Hometown School. In 1998 he moved to Tehran to Study Drama .He Got his BA in Dramatic literature from Azad University of Art and architecture . In 2012 he Went to Bologna Italy and take place in university of bologna to get his MA in The Rules of the Theatre.
==Activities==
Arash Abbasi has written 25 stage plays and directed 15 plays in Iran and Italy. His work Named Nevisandeh Mordeh Astنگاهی به نمایش (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.
File:Anna karenina.png|thumb|Anna karenina 2017,Iranshahr Theater ,Tehran
He is the winner of Radio Excellent Badge, winner of Defa-e Moghadas (Holy Defense) Book Award, winner of Iranian Drama Literature Celebration Award (two times), winner of the best stageplay from 29th Fajr International Theater Festival, winner of the first stageplay award in festivals (Mah Theater, Razavi, Ashuraeean) and winner of more than twenty awards in writing and directing from different theater festivals. 
In 2019 he was the writer of the Popular TV Series Capital (Iranian 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
Pubic 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"‘La Signora’ in Bologna, Pisa	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"Italy Screens Iranian Short film ‘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
 
Category:1978 births
Category:Iranian screenwriters