IRAN
THE RUNNER
94 MIN
1985
Amiro is a young boy living alone in the Persian Gulf, earning his living through odd jobs. Dreaming of new horizons, he is impatient to know where the planes and tankers go. At school he does his best to find out.
Cast & Crew
Producers: Reza Ramezani, Ali Reza Zarrin
Director: Amir Naderi
Script: Amir Naderi, Behrouz Gharibpour
Director of Photography: Firouz Malekzadeh
Art Directors: Amir Naderi, Mohammad Hassanzadeh
Sound: Nezamoddin Kiaie, Mohammad Haghighi
Editing: Bahram Beyzaï
Cast: Majid Niroumand, Moussa Torkizadeh, Abbas Nazeri
Production. Institute for the Intellectual Development of Children and Young adults - Kanoon
Awards
Golden Montgolfiere, Three Continents Festival, Nantes, France, 1985
Amir Naderi
Born in 1946, Abadan, Iran. In 1971, his directorial debut, Goodbye, Friend, was released in Iran. Amir Naderi first came into the international spotlight with films that are now known as cinema classics, The Runner (1985), and Water, Wind, Dust (1989). The Runner is considered by many critics to be one of the most influential films of the past quarter century. After expatriating to New York in the early 1990’s, Amir Naderi continued to produce new works. He was named a Rockefeller Film and Video Fellow in 1997 and has served as instructor at Columbia University, University of Las Vegas, and New York's School of Visual Arts. His US films have premiered at the Film Society of Lincoln Center/ MoMA's New Directors/New Films series, the Venice, Cannes, Tribeca, and Sundance FF.
Filmography
Goodbye, Friend (1971), Tight Spot (1973), Strait (1973), Waiting (1974), Harmonica (1974), Requiem (1978), Made in Iran (1978), The Search (doc., 1980), Second Search (1981), The Runner (1984), The Winner (short, 1984), Water, Wind, Dust (1989), Manhattan By Numbers (1993), A, B, C... Manhattan (1997), Marathon (2002), Sound Barrier (2005), Vegas: Based օn ա True Story (2008), Cut (2011), 60 Seconds of Solitude In Year Zero (segment, 2011), Venice 70: Future Reloaded (segment, 2013), Mise en Scene with Arthur Penn (doc., 2014), Mountain (2016), Magic Lantern (2018)․
Born in 1946, Abadan, Iran. In 1971, his directorial debut, Goodbye, Friend, was released in Iran. Amir Naderi first came into the international spotlight with films that are now known as cinema classics, The Runner (1985), and Water, Wind, Dust (1989). The Runner is considered by many critics to be one of the most influential films of the past quarter century. After expatriating to New York in the early 1990’s, Amir Naderi continued to produce new works. He was named a Rockefeller Film and Video Fellow in 1997 and has served as instructor at Columbia University, University of Las Vegas, and New York's School of Visual Arts. His US films have premiered at the Film Society of Lincoln Center/ MoMA's New Directors/New Films series, the Venice, Cannes, Tribeca, and Sundance FF.
Filmography
Goodbye, Friend (1971), Tight Spot (1973), Strait (1973), Waiting (1974), Harmonica (1974), Requiem (1978), Made in Iran (1978), The Search (doc., 1980), Second Search (1981), The Runner (1984), The Winner (short, 1984), Water, Wind, Dust (1989), Manhattan By Numbers (1993), A, B, C... Manhattan (1997), Marathon (2002), Sound Barrier (2005), Vegas: Based օn ա True Story (2008), Cut (2011), 60 Seconds of Solitude In Year Zero (segment, 2011), Venice 70: Future Reloaded (segment, 2013), Mise en Scene with Arthur Penn (doc., 2014), Mountain (2016), Magic Lantern (2018)․
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