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ELAHE GOLPARI
Golpari.el@gmail.com
Education:
Acting BA, Faculty of Fine Arts, Tehran University,1993
Acting Academy “Mahin Oskouei,” Tehran, 1990
Theatre Academy- “Atash Taghipour,”- 1988
Fluent in native language of Farsi
Proficient in conversational, reading, and written English
The Last Artistic Positions:
• Holding Storytelling workshop for educators, “Pardis For
Children”, NYC, 2015
• Video Production, “International Society for Iranian Studies”
Organization, Montreal, Canada, August 2014.
• Board Member and Executive Director, “Festival Cinema
Invisible,” Schenectady NY, 2013-2014
• Permanent Member of Screen Actors Guild, Tehran Home
Theater, 2001-Present
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BBC Persian Website Publications:
Written review of TV series “Sarzamin-Kohan” (Old Motherland),
March 16, 2014
Video and written report on government prohibitions of
“underground” music in Iran, September 22, 2006
Video and written interview, TV Series “Narges,” August 15, 2006
Written review of TV series “Calm,” July 29, 2006
Video report on “man-in-the-street” interviews of Iranians’ reactions to
the 2006 FIFA World Cup, June 20, 2006
Written review assessing quality of TV programming during the 13-day
Iranian New Year, March 20, 2006
Written review of TV series “Who Shot the Colonel?”
February 2006
Video report on “underground” (government-prohibited) Iranian music
bands- Part 1, January 11, 2006
Video report on “underground” (government-prohibited) Iranian music
bands- Part 2, January 12, 2006
Written review of TV series “ Hamsafaran,” March 2005
Written review of theater production “You Didn’t See a Lady with a
Blue Dress?” April 26, 2005
Written review of TV series “ Hengameh,” September 2003
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Theater:
Consulting and Deputy director, “Othello,” by “ Shakespeare,”
Director ”Hamid Mozafari,” City Theater, Tehran, 2009
Actor, “Three Sisters,” by” Anton Chekhov”, City Theater, Tehran,
2005
Writer and Director,” The Bittern’s Night”(Shabe Bootimar),
Festival of Iranians in exile Theater, Koln and Berlin, Nov 2004.
School Academy of Art, Amsterdam, Nov 2004.
Actor, “Poor Bitos” by “Jean Anouilh,” City Theater, Tehran,
2002-2003
Director, “Ana Kleiber” by “Alfonso Sastre,” City Theatre cafeteria,
Tehran, April 2002
Selected as the Best play from the audience of “An Evening with
theater”
“Rowshangaran Publishing and the Women's Studies Center, Inc.”
Tehran, June 2002
Director Consulting, “Bedtime fish” by “ Mohammad Amir Yar
Ahmadi,” City Theater, Tehran, 2001
Actor and Director consulting, “ The rain” by “Nader Borhani
Marand,” City Theater, Tehran, 2000
Director consulting and Assistant , “Prohibited Hunting ground”
by “Mohammad Amir Yar Ahmadi,” “Fajr Theater Festival,”
Tehran, 1998
“Tower Theater Festival,” Belarus,1999.
Writer and Consulting Director, “ Little Girl and The Missing
Piece” by “Leila Fadakar”, Fajr International Theater Festival, 1997
o 1st
Prize for best acting and directing.
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6th
International Puppet Theater Festival, Tehran, 1996
Writer, Director, Actor and designer, “Aseeye”, 1st
Annual
Provincial Theater Festival, City Theater, Tehran, 1995
Puppeteer, “The Missing Piece” by “Shel Silverstein,” Fine Arts
Theater, Tehran,1992
Director Consulting and Puppeteer, “The Giving Tree” By “Shel
Silverstein,” Fine Arts Theater, Tehran, 1992
Puppeteer, “The Missing Piece” by “Shel Silverstein,” Fine Arts
Theater, Tehran,1992
Actor ( main role), “The Silence of the Sea” by “Jean Bruller,” Fine
Arts Theater, Tehran, 1991
Actor, Director and Designer, “The Four Seasons” By “ Arnold
Wesker,”House Theater Department, Tehran, 1991
Actor (Perform four different roles), “Medal” by “Isidora Aguirre,”
City Theater- Main hall, Tehran, 1990
Actor, (The main role ), “Hat and the Prophet” by “Ghassan
Kanfani,” Town Hall Theatre, Tehran, 1989
Actor, “Wolf”; According to a Persian folk tale with a political
approach, Central Library Amphitheatre, Karaj, 1988
Television:
Narrator, “Persian Carpet,” A Documentary Film, IRIB, 2012.
Narrator, “Conversation with Revolution,” A Documentary Film By
“Robert Safarian,” IRIB, 2012.
Writer and Narrator, “Five Pieces on Iranian Dishes”, Director
“Sepideh Abtahi”, IRIB, Channel Five, 2012.
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Voiceover actor, Advertising commercials, IRIB, 2011- 2012
Actor, “A Member of The Parliament,” By “Branisslav Nusic,”IRIB
Channel Four, 2010.
Research and Pre-Production, A documentary about Marital
relations, TV series, Producer “Shahab Hejazi”2008.
Writer, “Hello Life,” TV Series, Director“Navid Mihandoost”
IRIB,2007
Writer, “Mirror,” TV Series, Director “Navid Mihandoost,”IRIB,
Channel One, 2006.
Writer, “The Bench,” TV Series, Director “Mohamad Rahmanian,”
IRIB,Chanel One, 2005.
Writer, “Little Farm,” TV Series, Director “ Sirous Moghadam,”
IRIB, Chanel One, 2002-2003
Writer, “What if”, Live TV Series, By “Farid Shabkhiz,” IRIB,
Channel Five, 2000.
Writer, “Quadrangle”, TV Series, by “Roozbeh Masoumi,”
(IRIB), Channel one,1994
Actor, ”The Poor” by “Victor Hugo,” Theater for TV, Director
”Mahtaj Nojoomi”, 1991
Actor, “ One of These Days” by “ Rodolfo Usigli,” TV Series,
Director “Fereydoon Farhoodi”, Islamic Republic of Iran
Broadcasting (IRIB),1988.
Radio:
Writing for over 100 multi and single part plays and serials for
different IRBR stations, 1991-2010
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Acting for over 10 radio theater productions such as: ”The Devil
and Good Lord,” by “Jean-Paul Sartre,” Director “ Mahtaj
Nojoomi,” 1996-2009.
Cinema:
Actor, “A Few Strings of Hair,” By “Iraj Karimi”, Fajr Film Festival,
Tehran, 2003.
Festival Cinema Invisible, NY, 2014.
Actor, “Kanaan” by “Mani Haghighi,” Fajr Film Festival, Tehran,
2007.
Published Audio
Audio books:
Narrator, “Worship & Devotion” By “Don Miguel Ruiz,” Publisher:
Taraneh Vafaee,2010.
Narrator,” Philosophy for Children” by “ Taraneh Vafaee”, 2011.
Narrator, “You, Are You?!” by “Novinketab” Publications, 2012.
Music:
Producer and Art Director, “Degardis Albums” by “ Barbad Music
Publications,” 2012.