- My name is Hossein Arian & I was born in Kerman in Iran.

- I wrote my first novel when I was 15 years old.

- I created my first short film (8 mm) in 1985, which won Best Film Editing at the Youth Film Festival in Iran.

- I graduated in Film Directing from the Faculty of Cinema & Theatre at the University of Art in Tehran, Iran.

- In 1998, I received my Master’s Degree in Cinema from the Faculty of Cinema & Theatre (University of Art -Tehran)

- I have made eleven short films to date.

- I have had two photography exhibitions displaying my work between 1996-98.

- I moved to Montreal, Canada in May 2001. 

- In 2001, I created a documentary about a French language learning program for Immigrants, as a project for Universite de Montreal.

- In 2003, I created a Biographical Documentary about a famous Iranian filmmaker and writer named Bahram Beyzaei.

- I completed a Fashion Photography course at Dawson College in Montreal.

- In 2004, I studied video editing using AVID at LaSalle College in Montreal.

- I made two short films as a director, writer & editor. The Shadow & The Peacock

- In 2005, I was the editor of a feature film using AVID.

- Since 2006, I have been the Editor-in-Chief of a weekly art and cultural magazine named :DIDAR

- In 2007, I wrote a feature film script as well as made a short film called The Rooster

- I continue to write new feature film scripts, create new photography portfolios, and write novels.

 

 My favorite movies:

 

Three colors (blue, red, white), Last Tango in Paris, Citizen Kane, Touch of Evil, Maybe Some Other Time, Once Upon a Time in America, Leolo, Wings of Desire, Run Lola Run, Fight Club, 21 Grams, Autumn Sonata, Raging Bull, The Sheltering Sky, Heat, Taxi Driver.

 

My favorite books:

 

"One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Marquez, "Tous les hommes sont mortels" by Simone de Beauvoir and "Blind Owl" as well as works by Sartre, Kafka and Camus.

 

 

 

My Resume

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