Hossein Shahabi ( حسین شهابی ) born in 1967, is an Iranian film director, screenwriter and film producer. Shahabi studied Classical Music at Tehran University, after spending a few years teaching music, he took his first steps as a film director with 1996 short film 'Hundred Times Hundred' that received a prize at a festival established on the occasion of 100th Anniversary of Cinema. Since then he has written, directed and produced 20 shorts, 10 fictional features and 3 features, some o
...f which have won prizes in the local and international film festivals. Shahabi belongs to the third generation of the New Wave of Iranian Cinema and is interested in cinema realism.
The Bright Day (2013) has been his debut, which was well received by the critics and it was nominated in four categories at Fajr International Film Festival, Tehran, 2013 and won two Honorary Diplomas. The Bright Day had its international premiere at the competition in Mar del Plata film festival (2013) and got a special mention of the jury. It was also screened at festivals like 3rd Persian International Film Festival Sydney, 28th Boston Film Festival, 21st Houston Film Festival, 18th Washington DC Film Festival, 29th Los Angeles Film Festival, the UCAL and The Rice University in the United States and has won the best direction and best film prize, at 24th Festival of Films from Iran, at Chicago's Gene Siskel Film Center. Shahabi's 2013 feature also won Silver Pheasant Award and a cash prize for The Best Debut Director of the 19th International Film Festival of Kerala, India. The Sale (2014) is his second long feature film and was screened for the first time at the 21th edition of Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinema in France.
Hossein Shahabi (حسین شهابی) has been a Music in some movies:
