Ali Rafie
Ali Rafie (born January 11, 1938) is an Iranian theatre and cinema director and stage designer.
Also recorded as Ali Raffi
Ali Rafie
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- Name
- Ali Rafie
- Born
- 11 January 1938
- Birthplace
- Isfahan, Iran
- Occupation
- Director, Playwright, Stage designer
- Nationality
- Iran
- Education
- University of Paris
- Languages
- Persian · French
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Ali Rafie (born January 11, 1938) is an Iranian theatre and cinema director and stage designer.
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Ali Rafie (born 1939) is an Iranian actor, director and film director, among other activities. The actor was born in Isfahan. Ali Rafie studied at University of Paris. Languages used include French and Persian.
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Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Ali Rafie • Native Name — علی رفیعی • Born — 11 January 1938 • Birthplace — Isfahan, Iran • Years Active — 1958–present • Occupation — Director, Playwright, Stage designer
Education
Education
He received a B.S and master's in sociology (1964–1968), as well as a B.S., master's, and Ph.D. in theater (1967–1974), from the Sorbonne in Paris.
Stage Designing
Stage Designing
• The Caucasian Chalk Circle by Bertolt Brecht directed by Hamid samandariyan, 1998 • Dokhtare Gol foroush directed by Parvane Mojde, 1999 • The Postman (Pablo Neroda) by Antonio Skarmeta directed by Alireza Kooshk Jalali, 1999
Tele Theater (as a director)
Tele Theater (as a director)
• L'Avare by Molière, channel2 IRIB, 1993
Filmography
Filmography
• Agha Yousef (writer and director), 2011 • The Fish Fall in Love (writer and director), 2005 • Plaisir d'amour en Iran directed by Agnès Varda (actor), 1976 • One Sings, the Other Doesn't directed by Agnès Varda (actor), 1977
علی رفیعی
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علی رفیعی
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Plays (as a writer, director and stage designer)
• Antigone by Sophocles, Molavi theatre, 1974 • Shivan va Esteghase Paye Divare Boland Shahr by Tankred Dorst, Shahr Theatre, 1976 • Khaterat va Kabous haye Yek Jamedan az Ghatle Amir Kabir by Ali Rafie, Shahr Theatre, 1976 • Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Shahr Theatre, 1976 • Memory Of Sand Years (Yadegare Salhaye Shen) by Ali Rafie, Vahdat Hall, 1992 • Yek Rooze Khatere Angiz baraye Daneshmand Voo by a Chinese writer, Vahdat Hall, 1997 • Blood Wedding by Federico García Lorca, Vahdat Hall, 1998 • Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, Vahdat Hall, 2000 • Shazde Ehtejab by Hooshang Golshiri, Vahdat Hall, 2001 • The Maids by Jean Genet, Shahr Theatre, 2002 • Never snows in Egypt by Mohamad Charmshir, Shahr Theatre, 2003 • Fox Hunting (شکار روباه) by Ali Rafie, Vahdat Hall, 2009 • Kitchen, (preparing), 2012
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q4725132: Ali Rafie
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- “Ali Rafie”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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