Houchang Allahyari
Houchang Allahyari ( ; Persian هوشنگ الهیاری; * 1941 in Tehran ) is an Austrian psychiatrist and filmmaker of Iranian origin.
Life
Houchang Allahyari was born in Iran and immigrated to Austria as a teenager . In Vienna , where he still lives today, he studied medicine and worked for a long time as a psychiatrist in penal institutions, where he also used films in therapy.
From 1970 he made numerous short films, later also several feature films, of which I love Vienna (1991), Heights (1994) and Born in Absurdistan (1999) in particular found a larger audience. In his films, Allahyari repeatedly addresses the fate of migrants, refugees and asylum seekers, which is often dramatic, but also happens with humor.
In October 2009 he presented the documentary Bock for President about the work of Ute Bock , who works in refugee aid , which he created together with his son Tom-Dariusch Allahyari . This earned both of them the Austrian Film Prize, which was awarded for the first time . In 2014, Allahyari received the Great Diagonale Film Award as the best Austrian feature film for The Last Dance .
Filmography
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- 1978: truth
- 1981: I like to be in America
- 1982: Despite all that
- 1983: Life in Death
- 1983: Harmony and understanding
- 1984: Thing 84
- 1985: completion
- 1985: Imago
- 1985: Pasolini stages his death
- 1988: Borderline
- 1990: meat grinder
- 1991: I love Vienna
- 1992: The day they caught Jack Unterweger
- 1992: And tomorrow the opera ball
- 1994: Fear of heights
- 1995: Deadly love
- 1996: Tatort : Kolportage (TV series, supporting role)
- 1996: Tatort: Mine is Revenge (TV series, also director and screenplay)
- 1997: Black Flamingos
- 1999: Ene Mene Moo and you're dead (TV)
- 1999: Born in Absurdistan , directed / written with Tom-Dariusch Allahyari, Agnes Pluch
- 2002: Rocco
- 2007: Rumi - Poetry of Islam, together with Tom-Dariusch Allahyari
- 2009: Bock for President , together with Tom-Dariusch Allahyari
- 2010: The crazy world of Ute Bock
- 2014: the last dance
Awards
- 1978: State champion and gold medal of the Austrian state championship of the VÖFA 1978 together with Inka Keil for truth
- 1982: Gold medal of the Austrian state championship of the VÖFA 1982, gold at Danubiale 82, silver at UNICA 1982 in Aachen for Despite it all
- 1983: Gold medal of the Austrian State Championship of VÖFA 1983 for Harmony and Understanding
- 1983: State champion and gold medal of the Austrian state championship of VÖFA 1983 for life in death
- 1984: Gold medal of the Austrian state championship of VÖFA 1984 for Thing 84
- 1985: Gold medal at the Austrian State Championship of VÖFA 1985 together with Horst Hubbauer for completion
- 1985: Gold medal at the Austrian State Championship of VÖFA 1985 together with Rudolf Lorenz for Imago
- 1995: Thomas Pluch script award - main award for fear of heights
- 2011: Thomas Pluch Screenplay Award - Appreciation Award for The Crazy World of Ute Bock
- 2014: Big Diagonale Award for Feature Film of the State of Styria 2014 for The Last Dance
Web links
- Houchang Allahyari in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Houchang Allahyari at filmportal.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Federal Chancellery for Culture and Art: Thomas Pluch Screenplay Prize . Retrieved March 18, 2017.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Allahyari, Houchang |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Iranian filmmaker |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1941 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Tehran , Iran |