Mani Haghighi

Acteur, Schrijver, Regisseur, Producer

16 juli 1969 (56 years)
Mani Haghighi (b.1969, Tehran) studied philosophy at McGill University, Montreal before returning to Iran to make films. His first feature, Abadan (2003) premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival. His screenplay for Asghar Farhadi’s Fireworks Wednesday (2006, co-written with the director) won the Special Jury Prize at the Three Continents Festival, Nantes. His second feature film, Men at Work (Berlinale, Forum 2006) won the Best Screenplay Prize at the 2007 Asian Film Awards (Hong Kong) and the Best Screenplay Prize in the international section of the Fajr Film Festival (Tehran). Canaan (2008), based on a short story by Alice Munro, was followed by two documentary films on the works of the acclaimed Iranian director, Dariush Mehrjui: Hamoon’s Fans (2007), about the curious lives of six Iranians who are devoted fans of Mehrjui’s 1989 film, “Hamoon”, and Dariush Mehrjui: The Forty Year Report (2012), a feature length documentary about Mehrjui’s life and works. His fourth feature film, Modest Reception (Berlinale, Forum 2012), received the NETPAC Award at the Berlin Film Festival, the Free Spirit Award at the Warsaw Film Festival, the Best Actor and Best Actress prizes at the OSIAN’s Cinefan Festival in New Delhi as well as a few other international prizes. Haghighi has also acted in several films, including Asghar Farhadi’s About Elly (Berlinale, competition 2009) and Nima Javidi’s Melbourne (2014), as well as his own film, Modest Reception.

Movies & Shows on Plex

  • Melbourne
    Melbourne2014
  • Sly
    Sly2018
  • Amphibious
    Amphibious2020
  • Azar, Shahdokht, Parviz and Others
    Azar, Shahdokht, Parviz and Others2014
  • The Slaughterhouse
    The Slaughterhouse2020
  • Won't You Cry?
    Won't You Cry?2022

Known For

  • Darbareye Elly
    Darbareye Elly2009
  • Fireworks Wednesday
    Fireworks Wednesday2006
  • A Dragon Arrives!
    A Dragon Arrives!2016
  • Modest Reception
    Modest Reception2012
  • Subtraction
    Subtraction2022
  • Pig
    Pig2018
  • No Men Allowed
    No Men Allowed2011
  • The Warden
    The Warden2019
  • Canaan
    Canaan2008
  • 50 Kilos of Sour Cherries
    50 Kilos of Sour Cherries2016
  • Melbourne
    Melbourne2014
  • Men at Work
    Men at Work2006
  • We Are All Together
    We Are All Together2019
  • Negar
    Negar2017
  • Sly
    Sly2018
  • The Slaughterhouse
    The Slaughterhouse2020
  • Amphibious
    Amphibious2020
  • Azar, Shahdokht, Parviz and Others
    Azar, Shahdokht, Parviz and Others2014
  • Won't You Cry?
    Won't You Cry?2022

Cinematografie

2024
2022
Won't You Cry? · as Amir HosseinOp Plex
2020
The Slaughterhouse · as Mr. MotevalliOp Plex
2020
AmphibiousOp Plex
2019
Unsophisticated · as Boss
2019
The Warden · as Colonel Modabber
2019
2018
SlyOp Plex
2017
Negar · as Behtash
2016
2016
2015
2014
Melbourne · as Mr. MosayebiOp Plex
2014
2012
Modest Reception · as Kaveh
2011
No Men Allowed · as Faramarz Shapoori
2011
2009
About Elly · as Amir
1974