Ali Akbar Saghafi (علی‌اکبر ثقفی) Bio & Filmography

Ali Akbar Saghafi
علی‌اکبر ثقفی

Ali Akbar Saghafi (علی‌اکبر ثقفی)

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Ali Akbar Saghafi (علی‌اکبر ثقفی) has been a Writer in the following movies: Football Players (2001), Die Hard (1997) and Up To The Visit (1990). A Producer in the following movies: Lost (2023), Family Resemblance (2021), Alley of Japanese (2019), Russian (2018), Biography (2018) and more. A Set Designer in the following movies: Die Hard (1997). A Costume Designer in the following movies: Die Hard (1997). A Director in the following movies: Helen (2017), Football Players (2001) ...and Die Hard (1997).

Ali Akbar Saghafi (علی‌اکبر ثقفی) has been a Writer in some movies:

Up To The Visit is about that Seyed Mostafa Mousavi receives a pair of news at the same time: the realization of his long-lasting dream of being a member of the Iran national football team as well as traveling abroad for a match, and also the news of his brother being missed in the Iran-Iraq war. Seyed Mostafa who finds himself in a dilemma, at last decides to go to the front, where his father is also serving. It is there where he finally finds out the true meaning of a champion. In this film Ali Akbar Saghafi (علی‌اکبر ثقفی) collaborates with Asghar Hemmat (علی اصغر همت), Reza Banafshekhah (رضا بنفشه خواه), Kamal Tabrizi (کمال تبریزی), Saeed Hajimiri (سعید حاجی‌میری), Hossein Ghasemi Jami (حسین قاسمی جامی), Majid Majidi (مجید مجیدی‎), Eshagh Khanzadi (اسحاق خانزادی), Akbar Doodkar (اکبر دودکار), Maliheh Nazari (ملیحه نظری), Seyed Mohammad Mirzamani (سیدمحمد میرزمانی), Hedayatollah Navid (هدایت الله نوید), Mohsen Sadeghi (محسن صادقی), Hasan Asadi (حسن اسدی), Jalil Farjad‌ (جلیل فرجاد‌), Mohammadhadi Ghomeyshi (محمدهادی قمیشی), Hadi Ghods (هادی قدس), Reza Matin (رضا متین), Farahnaz Rezai (فرحناز رضائی), Saeed Araghi (سعید عراقی), Hossein Farrokhi (حسین فرخی), Abolghasem Mobaraki (ابوالقاسم مبارکی), Mohsen Aziminia (محسن عظیمی نیا)

Ali Akbar Saghafi (علی‌اکبر ثقفی) has been a Producer in some movies:

Russian is about that Russian is a love story ending in tragedy. Toumaj manages to escape prison but when he returns to his wife he learns about her sexual assault and… In this film Ali Akbar Saghafi (علی‌اکبر ثقفی) collaborates with Saber Abar (صابر ابر), Tannaz Tabatabaei (طناز طباطبایی), Amir Aghaei (امیر آقایی‎), Sharareh Soroosh (شراره سروش), Mohsen Darsanj (محسن دارسنج), Milad Keymaram (میلاد کی‌مرام), Karen Homayounfar (کارن همایونفر), Hossein Moslemi (حسین مسلمی), Amir Hossein Saghafi (امیرحسین ثقفی), Mahmood Nazaralian (محمود نظرعلیان), Sepideh Golchin (سپیده گلچین), Bahman Sadegh Hasani (بهمن صادق حسنی), Kaveh Ghassemzadeh (کاوه قاسم زاده), Hadi Akbarkhah (هادی اکبرخواه)

Alley of Japanese is about that It tells a social and urban story that takes place in the luxury spaces of Tehran. In this film Ali Akbar Saghafi (علی‌اکبر ثقفی) collaborates with Shaghayegh Farahani (شقایق فراهانی‎), Majid Mozaffari (مجید مظفری), Farhad Ghaemian (فرهاد قائمیان), Mastaneh Mohajer (مستانه مهاجر), Sharareh Soroosh (شراره سروش), Sattar Oraki (ستار اورکی), Farshad Golsefidi (فرشاد گل‌سفیدی), Reza Yazdani‌ (رضا یزدانی‌), Mohammad Reza Ghomi (محمدرضا قومی), Amir Hossein Saghafi (امیرحسین ثقفی), Mahmood Nazaralian (محمود نظرعلیان), Tinou Salehi (تینو صالحی), Niki Mozaffari (نیکی مظفری), Yazdan Fotouhi (یزدان فتوحی), Payam Ahmadi Nia (پیام احمدی نیا), Sheyda Yousefi (شیدا یوسفی), Ali Oji (علی اوجی), Nafas Bazeghi (نفس بازغی)

Ali Akbar Saghafi (علی‌اکبر ثقفی) has been a Set Designer in some movies:

Die Hard is about that The champion of auto racing, Siavash Tourani goes to Japan to work because of his financial problems and also to meet the high demands of his soon-to-wed wife’s family. After he returns however, her family disagree with their marriage and he is put in a difficult situation. Siavash decides to get involved with a group of people who work for MOSSAD and the CIA and make counterfeit money. In this film Ali Akbar Saghafi (علی‌اکبر ثقفی) collaborates with Javad Hashemi (سیدجواد هاشمی‎), Majid Mozaffari (مجید مظفری), Turan Mehrzad (توران مهرزاد), Atash Taghipour (آتش تقی‌پور‎), Shahrokh Foroutanian (شاهرخ فروتنیان), Jalal Tabatabai (جلال طباطبایی), Reza Banafshekhah (رضا بنفشه خواه), Roza Arayesh (رزا آرایش), Mehrshad Karkhani (مهرشاد کارخانی), Mohsen Zehtab (محسن زهتاب), Mina Lakani (مینا لاکانی), Mohammad Reza Aligholi (محمدرضا علیقلی), Jamshid Alvandi (جمشید الوندی), Mehrzad Minooei (مهرزاد مینویی), Jalal Moayerian (جلال معیریان), Mohsen Roshan (محسن روشن), Seyyed Ebrahim Bahrololoumi (سیدابراهیم بحرالعلومی), Mohammad Dormanesh (محمد درمنش), Amir Hossein Saghafi (امیرحسین ثقفی), Alireza Novin Nejad (علیرضا نوین نژاد), Hossein Hajjar (حسین حجار), Akbar Vares (اکبر وارث), Mohsen Chegini (محسن چگینی), Jalil Farjad‌ (جلیل فرجاد‌), Ezzatollah Jamei Nadooshan (عزت الله جامعی ندوشن), Giti Saatchi (گیتی ساعتچی), Mohammadsadegh Karamyar (محمد صادق کرمیار), Hossein Zafarmand (حسین ظفرمند)

Ali Akbar Saghafi (علی‌اکبر ثقفی) has been a Director in some movies:

Helen is about that ‘Helen’ is about a girl who intends to immigrate but family emergencies force her to go down a new path... In this film Ali Akbar Saghafi (علی‌اکبر ثقفی) collaborates with Amin Hayaei (امین حیایی), Pejman Bazeghi (پژمان بازغی), Roya Nonahali (رویا نونهالی), Mehrdad Falahatgar (مهرداد فلاحتگر), Mastaneh Mohajer (مستانه مهاجر), Mohammad Habibi‌ (محمد حبیبی‌), Sharareh Soroosh (شراره سروش), Aria Aziminejad (آریا عظیمی نژاد), Farshad Golsefidi (فرشاد گل‌سفیدی), Mohammad Reza Ghomi (محمدرضا قومی), Roshanak Gerami (روشنک گرامی), Setareh Pesiani (ستاره پسیانی), Amir Hossein Saghafi (امیرحسین ثقفی), Sara Kashefi (سارا کاشفی), Seyed Ahmad Mohammadi (سید احمد محمدی), Ashkan Mehri (اشکان مهری), Hootan Shakiba (هوتن شکیبا), Hamidreza Keshani (حمیدرضا کشانی)

Everything is For Sale is about that Akbar is a simple worker who is living with his brother, Amir. As Amir will soon finish his time in military service, Akbar is trying to find a good job for him in the same place he is working. Finally he persuades his employers to help Amir out, but after Amir attended a football game in a stadium, his eyes are severely injured, when one cracker hits his face. Akbar sells everything he has for his little brother's treatment, but that is not enough. He is obliged to start a journey into ruthlessness to bring Amir back to life... In this film Ali Akbar Saghafi (علی‌اکبر ثقفی) collaborates with Saber Abar (صابر ابر), Habib Rezaei (حبیب رضایی), Javad Ezati (جواد عزتی), Merila Zarei (مریلا زارعی), Mastaneh Mohajer (مستانه مهاجر), Mohammad Habibi‌ (محمد حبیبی‌), Sharareh Soroosh (شراره سروش), Mohsen Darsanj (محسن دارسنج), Saed Soheili (ساعد سهیلی), Karen Homayounfar (کارن همایونفر), Ali Mohammad Ghassemi (علی محمد قاسمی), Mazdak Mirabedini (مزدک میرعابدینی), Hossein Moslemi (حسین مسلمی), Amir Hossein Saghafi (امیرحسین ثقفی), Sara Kashefi (سارا کاشفی), Meysam Ghanizadeh (میثم غنی زاده), Seyed Ahmad Mohammadi (سید احمد محمدی), Mahmood Nazaralian (محمود نظرعلیان), Misagh Zare (میثاق زارع), Keramat Roodsaz (کرامت رودساز), Kaveh Ghassemzadeh (کاوه قاسم زاده), Babak Eta (بابک اعطا), Behrang Dezfooli Zade (بهرنگ دزفولی زاده)

Football Players is about that Dr. Shokoohi, a representative of the State Welfare Organization of Iran is trying to prepare a football team for orphans and adolescents to be sent to the World Junior Championships in Switzerland. After not having succeeded in attracting the Football Federation's cooperation in this regard, she visits Ali Parvin with the help Hamid Steeli, the honorary employee of the organization. After getting aware of the humanitarian objectives of this attempt, Parvin announces that he will do his best to provide all the technical, outreach and financial assets of the Persepolis club for this project. Meanwhile, there is a competition among the selected teenagers to be chosen as the main members of the team. The greatest effort and contest is between Hassan Raftari, a child who has lost her parents during the Roodbar earthquake, and another adolescent named Khosrow. It is very important for both of them to be the leading goalscorer of the competition. Hassan, who has shown great talent and performance, becomes aware of the poor condition of Khosrow's father, and causes Khosrow to win the golden coins and become the leading goalscorer. In this film Ali Akbar Saghafi (علی‌اکبر ثقفی) collaborates with Jamshid Esmailkhani (جمشید اسماعیل‌خانی), Fatemeh Goudarzi (فاطمه گودرزی), Bahman Ardalan (بهمن اردلان), Iraj Golafshan (ایرج گل‌افشان), Behnam Abtahi (بهنام ابطحی), Mehri Shirazi (مهری شیرازی), Ahmad Bani Ardalan (احمد بنی‌اردلان), Maziar Partow (مازیار پرتو), Saeed Amir Soleimani (سعید امیرسلیمانی), Hossein Soltani (حسین سلطانی), Abbas Panahandeh (عباس پناهنده), Mehdi Akbari (مهدی اکبری), Reza Ali Fekr (رضاعلی فکر), Sobhan Bagherzadeh (سبحان باقرزاده), Mohammad Barzegar (محمد برزگر), Hengameh Farazmand (هنگامه فرازمند), Hamidreza Khalili (حمیدرضا خلیلی), Navid Naeini (نوید نائینی), Majid Naeini (مجید نائینی), Mohammad Nobari (محمد نوبری), Mojtaba Pahlavan (مجتبی پهلوان), Mohammad Parvin (محمد پروین), Ali Parvin (علی پروین), Afshin Peyrovani (افشین پیروانی), Hashem Padri (هاشم حیدری), Hamid Saghafi (حمید سقفی), Hassan Sedaghat (حسن صداقت), Hamid Stili (حمید استیلی), Shahram Zamani (شهرام زمانی), Mohammad Zomoradi (محمد زمردی)

Other films are:
The Lightning, Shadow of Horror, The Man Who Became a Horse, Biography, Death Is My Profession, Family Resemblance

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