Amir Esbati Information

Esbati, Amir (born 12 August 1956) Iran scene and clothes designer of cinema, television, and theater Childhood and Education He was born in a traditional family in a quarter of the south of Tehran and grown up in the Narmak quarter in the South-East of Tehran. Before the age of primary school, his grandma taught him writing and reading. He passed the primary course in Alavinia, a public school, and the second course in Ershad a non-public school (the third branch of Kharazmi high school). When he was a student he showed a great attachment to the cinema. Esbati despite his attachment to scene decorating attended the entering examination of Dramatic Arts Faculty in the field of designing but could not succeed and in the same year he successfully attended the entering examination of plastic art of the Faculty of Fine Arts of Tehran University and again in 1975 he attended in the entering examination of Faculty of Fine Arts in the branch of architecture but he could not finish the course due to the Cultural Revolution and university closure. Professional Activities Amir Esbati from the first year of university started to work in the field of art especially as a designer and within the years that terminated to the victory of the Revolution with the cooperation of his friends he held an exhibition of posters and designs with the theme of revolution in the Faculty of Fine Arts. Then he worked in the Film magazine as a designer of advertisements. Esbati started his cinema activities as a scene and clothes designer with the movie of Ganj (Treasure) directed by Mohammad Ali Sajjadi. In 1985 by designing and decorating the scene of the serial of Ali Koochooloo (The Young Ali) was invited to T.V. In the first years of the 1990s through designing the clothes of the artists of the serial “At Your Shelter” he was known as a gifted designer and from then on the cases of his cooperation with cinema and television enhanced. He was invited as scene decorator and clothing designer for various movies and T.V. serials. He also along with these artistic activities he continued to teach in the Faculty of Arts and Cinema Schools. Esbati has published some translated and written articles in cinematic publications. Title and Positions 1. Member of the founding board and the central council of the Association of Iran Movie Designers 2. Member of the founding board of Theater Designers Association of the House of Theater 3. Member of Graphic Designer Association and the managers of propaganda 4. Member of the managing board of the House of Cinema (for 3 courses) 5. Member of Academic Judgment of the House of Cinema 6. Member of Founding Council and the designer of Museum of Iran Cinema, 1997 7. Membership in the founding board of Film Professional Designers Association, 2018 8. Member of the board of selecting and judging of various cinema, theater, and plastic arts Private life Amir Esbati in 1999 married Samira Ali Khanzadeh, the artist painter Works Scene and Clothes Designing for the Movies: 1. Treasure, directed by Mohammad Ali Sajjadi, 1984 2. Talisman, directed by Dariush Farhang, 1985 3. The Autumn Season, directed by Rasoul Sadr Ameli, 1986 4. Out of the Borders of the Town, directed by Rakhshan Bani Etemad, 1987 5. Angelica Ship, directed by Mohammad Bozorgnia, 1988 6. Two Films with a Single Ticket, directed by Dariush Farhang, 1989 7. The Magical Journey, directed by Abol Hassan Davoodi, 1990 8. Narges, directed by Rakhshan Bani Etemad, 1991 9. I Love the Earth, directed by Abol Hassan Davoodi, 1991 10. The Sunny Man, directed by Homayoon Asadian, 1995 11. The Summer Holidays, directed by Sirous Hassanpour, 1995 12. The Land of the Sun, directed by Ahamd Reza Darvish, 1996 13. The Lady of Ordibehesht, directed by Rekhshan Bani Etemad, 1997 14. The Rey Passenger, directed by Davood Mirbaqeri, 2000 15. Duel, directed by Ahmad Reza Darvish, 2003 16. Ayda! Last Night I Saw Your Daddy, directed by Rasool Sadre Ameli, 2004 17. Very Far, Very Close, directed by Reza Mir Karimi, 2004 18. The Works are Working, directed by Mani Haqiqi, 2005 19. The Cross Road, directed by Abol Hassan Davoodi, 2005 20. The Award of Silence, directed by Maziar Miri, 2006 21. Kanaan, directed by Mani Haqiqi, 2007 22. Heyran, directed by Shalizeh Arefpour, 2008 23. Mizak, directed by Hossein Ali Leyestani, 2008 24. Hesitation, Varooj Karim Masihi, 2009 25. Saadat Abad, directed by Maziar Miri, 2010 26. Please Do Not Disturb, directed by Mohsen Abdul Vahab, 2010 27. The Stories, directed by Rakhshan Bani Etemad, 2011 28. The Lab, directed by Hamid Amjad, 2011 29. Fish and Cat, directed by Shahram Mokri, 2013 30. The Rush, directed by Shahram Mokri, 2016 31. The Careless Crime, directed by Shahram Mokri, 2019 32. Titi, directed by Ayda Panahandeh, 2019