Mania Akbari
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Mania Akbari is an Iranian film director. Akbari began her artistic career as a painter in 1991. She entered the world of cinema as a director of photography and later as an assistant director of documentaries. In 2002, she starred in Abbas Kiarostami’s Ten and in 2003 co-directed the documentary Crystal. In 2005 she wrote, directed and starred in her first feature film, 20 Fingers, winner of a prize at the Venice Film Festival digital film competition. In 2007, Akbari directed a sequel to Kiarostami's Ten entitled 10+4 (Dah Be Alaveh Chahar) in which she depicts her battle with cancer. Description above from the Wikipedia article Mania Akbari, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- 1974-09-22 · Tehran, Iran
Known for
- Ten (2002) — Driver
- 20 Fingers (2004) — The Wife
- Life May Be (2014) — Self
- One. Two. One (2011) — Director
- 10 + 4 (Dah be alaveh chahar) (2007) — herself
- Cinema Iran (2005) — Self
- A Moon for My Father (2019) — Herself
- In My Country Men Have Breasts (2012) — self
- From Tehran to London (2013) — Roya
- Dancing Mania (2012) — Self
- Three Ways of Returning (2026)
- How Dare You Have Such a Rubbish Wish (2022) — Director
- Dear Elnaz (2020) — Editor