Khosrow Sinai (1941-2020)

Alias:
Khosro Sinaei
Khosro Sinai
Khosrow Sinaei
خسرو سینایی

Birthplace:
Sari, Iran

Born:
January 19, 1941

Died:
August 1, 2020

Khosrow Sinai (Persian: خسرو سینایی‎, 19 January 1941 – 1 August 2020) was an Iranian film director, screenwriter, music composer, poet, and scholar.  Sinai's work was influenced by documentaries and focused on social and artistic subjects. "Bride of Fire" is among his best known movies, and has won multiple awards in both domestic and international film festivals. He was the first Iranian film director to win an international prize after the 1979 revolution and has been awarded the Knight's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland.

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Director:
1967  Ars Poetica
1968  Beyond the Barrier of Sound
1968  Coldness of Iron
1972  Hussein Yavari
1976  Modern Iranian Art
1978  Impressions of a City, Tehran Today
1980  Viva
1983  The Inner Beast
1983  The Lost Requiem
1988  Going Astray
1991  In the Alleys of Love
1997  The Autumn Alley
2000  Between Shadow and Light
2000  Gizella
2000  The Bride of Fire
2002  Passage Through the Unknown
2006  Talking with a Shadow
2007  Like a Tale
2007  Persian Carpet
2015  The Rainbow Island
????  Haj Mosavvar-ol-Molki

Editor:
1967  Ars Poetica
1968  Beyond the Barrier of Sound
1968  Coldness of Iron
1972  Hussein Yavari
1976  Modern Iranian Art
1978  Impressions of a City, Tehran Today
1980  Viva
1983  The Inner Beast
1983  The Lost Requiem
1988  Going Astray
1991  In the Alleys of Love
1997  The Autumn Alley
2000  Between Shadow and Light
2000  Gizella
2000  The Bride of Fire
2002  Passage Through the Unknown
2006  Talking with a Shadow
2007  Like a Tale
2007  Persian Carpet
2015  The Rainbow Island
????  Haj Mosavvar-ol-Molki

Music:
1967  Ars Poetica
1968  Beyond the Barrier of Sound
1968  Coldness of Iron
1972  Hussein Yavari
1976  Modern Iranian Art
1978  Impressions of a City, Tehran Today
1980  Viva
1983  The Inner Beast
1983  The Lost Requiem
1988  Going Astray
1991  In the Alleys of Love
1997  The Autumn Alley
2000  Between Shadow and Light
2000  Gizella
2000  The Bride of Fire
2002  Passage Through the Unknown
2006  Talking with a Shadow
2007  Like a Tale
2007  Persian Carpet
2015  The Rainbow Island
????  Haj Mosavvar-ol-Molki

Original Music Composer:
1967  Ars Poetica
1968  Beyond the Barrier of Sound
1968  Coldness of Iron
1972  Hussein Yavari
1976  Modern Iranian Art
1978  Impressions of a City, Tehran Today
1980  Viva
1983  The Inner Beast
1983  The Lost Requiem
1988  Going Astray
1991  In the Alleys of Love
1997  The Autumn Alley
2000  Between Shadow and Light
2000  Gizella
2000  The Bride of Fire
2002  Passage Through the Unknown
2006  Talking with a Shadow
2007  Like a Tale
2007  Persian Carpet
2015  The Rainbow Island
????  Haj Mosavvar-ol-Molki

Producer:
1967  Ars Poetica
1968  Beyond the Barrier of Sound
1968  Coldness of Iron
1972  Hussein Yavari
1976  Modern Iranian Art
1978  Impressions of a City, Tehran Today
1980  Viva
1983  The Inner Beast
1983  The Lost Requiem
1988  Going Astray
1991  In the Alleys of Love
1997  The Autumn Alley
2000  Between Shadow and Light
2000  Gizella
2000  The Bride of Fire
2002  Passage Through the Unknown
2006  Talking with a Shadow
2007  Like a Tale
2007  Persian Carpet
2015  The Rainbow Island
????  Haj Mosavvar-ol-Molki

Scenario Writer:
1967  Ars Poetica
1968  Beyond the Barrier of Sound
1968  Coldness of Iron
1972  Hussein Yavari
1976  Modern Iranian Art
1978  Impressions of a City, Tehran Today
1980  Viva
1983  The Inner Beast
1983  The Lost Requiem
1988  Going Astray
1991  In the Alleys of Love
1997  The Autumn Alley
2000  Between Shadow and Light
2000  Gizella
2000  The Bride of Fire
2002  Passage Through the Unknown
2006  Talking with a Shadow
2007  Like a Tale
2007  Persian Carpet
2015  The Rainbow Island
????  Haj Mosavvar-ol-Molki

Screenplay:
1967  Ars Poetica
1968  Beyond the Barrier of Sound
1968  Coldness of Iron
1972  Hussein Yavari
1976  Modern Iranian Art
1978  Impressions of a City, Tehran Today
1980  Viva
1983  The Inner Beast
1983  The Lost Requiem
1988  Going Astray
1991  In the Alleys of Love
1997  The Autumn Alley
2000  Between Shadow and Light
2000  Gizella
2000  The Bride of Fire
2002  Passage Through the Unknown
2006  Talking with a Shadow
2007  Like a Tale
2007  Persian Carpet
2015  The Rainbow Island
????  Haj Mosavvar-ol-Molki

Writer:
1967  Ars Poetica
1968  Beyond the Barrier of Sound
1968  Coldness of Iron
1972  Hussein Yavari
1976  Modern Iranian Art
1978  Impressions of a City, Tehran Today
1980  Viva
1983  The Inner Beast
1983  The Lost Requiem
1988  Going Astray
1991  In the Alleys of Love
1997  The Autumn Alley
2000  Between Shadow and Light
2000  Gizella
2000  The Bride of Fire
2002  Passage Through the Unknown
2006  Talking with a Shadow
2007  Like a Tale
2007  Persian Carpet
2015  The Rainbow Island
????  Haj Mosavvar-ol-Molki

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