Ashkan Rahgozar

Ashkan Rahgozar
Born	Ashkan Rahgozar (1986-04-12)12 April 1986 Tehran, Iran
Occupations	Director, animator, film producer
Board member of	Hoorakhsh Studio

Ashkan Rahgozar (born 12 April 1986) ^[1] is an Iranian author, director and filmmaker specialising in animated movies. He is the founder and chief executive of Hoorakhsh Studios. ^[2]

Career

Ashkan began his animation career in Saba Animation Centre in 1999, before establishing animation production studio, Hoorakhsh 7th Sky, in 2005. Hoorakhsh 7th Sky produces 2D computer animations for promotional and commercial purposes. Since then, Ashkan has continued to write and direct both short and feature animation films. ^[3]

Filmography

Animated feature

• 2008–2017, "The Last Fiction" Animated Feature (author/director/producer) ^{[4] [5]}
• 2021–2024, Juliet and the King Animated Feature (author/director) ^[6]
• 2022–2027, The Dragon's Treasure Animated Feature (author/director) ^[7]

Animated short

• 2006, "Epic of Tirgan" Animated Short (author/director/animator)
• 2006, "The Short Part" Animated Short (author/director/animator)
• 2006, "Café Dulape" Animated Short (author/director/[producer)
• 2007, "Qajari’s Cat" Animated Short (author/director/producer) ^[8]
• 2007, "Ramadan Month" Episodic Animations
• 2007, "Question Mark" Animated Short (editor/producer)
• 2007, "Passive Defense" Animated Short (supervisor of animators)
• 2007, "Qeimeh" Animated Short (supervisor of animators)
• 2009, "Always Pars" Animated Documentary (supervisor of animators)
• 2009, "You …!" Animated Short (author/director/producer) ^[9]
• 2009, "In Waves of the Sindh" Animated Short (editor/producer)
• 2009, "Vise Versa" Animated Short (producer)
• 2009, "Zagho Panir" Animated Short (supervisor of animators)
• 2013, "Tormented Sleep" Animated Short (counselor/producer)
• 2013, "Prey" Animated Short (counselor/producer)
• 2013, "Cut..!" Animated Short (author/producer) ^{[10] [11]}

Music videos

• Music video of "If You Go Away" ^{[12] [13] [14]} – Shirley Bassey
• Music video of "Pegasus" ^[15] – King Raam
• Music video of "Ishala" – Bomrani Band
• Music videos of Siamak Abbasi, Mohammad Ali Salahshoor, and Mahdi Yarahi (producer)

Awards

• Invitation of "The Last Fiction" by Annecy Animation Festival to a program named "Annecy goes to Cannes" for presenting in "Cannes film festival". ^{[16] [17] [18]} 2016 ^{[19] [20] [21] [22]}
• "The Last Fiction" – Winner of the Cocomix Music Award from Bucheon International Animation Festival
• "The Last Fiction" – Winner of Best Animated Movie from International Animation Festival AJAYU – Peru, 2019
• "The Last Fiction" – Winner of Best Animated Movie, Epic ACG fest, 2019
• "The Last Fiction" – Crystal Simorgh for Best Animated Feature from Fajr International Film Festival, 2019
• "The Last Fiction" – Winner of Best Director, Best Screen Play and Special Jury Awards, from International Film Festival for Children and Youth, Isfahan, 2018
• "The Last Fiction" – Winner of Best Animation Movie from Southern Cone International Film Festival, 2019
• "The Last Fiction" – Best Animation Feature Film from GIRAF International Festival of Independent Animation, 2018
• "The Last Fiction" – Best Animated Feature and Best International Animated Feature from Tehran Animation Festival, 2018
• "You!" – Honorary Diploma for the animated short "You!" at Tehran International Animation Festival
• Silver Statue for creating unique projects from Tehran International Animation Festival. ^[23]

References

1. "Ashkan Rahgozar". IMDb.
2. "Hoorakhsh Studio". Archived from the original on 2014-06-18. Retrieved 2016-11-01.
3. http://thelastfiction.com/media/2016/08/ashkan-En-1.pdf%5B%5D
4. "The Last Fiction". 21 March 2017 – via IMDb.
5. HoorakhshStudio | استودیو طراحی هورخش. "The Last Fiction". Archived from the original on 2016-07-30. Retrieved 2016-11-01.
6. "Annecy > Festival > Official Selection > Film index". www.annecyfestival.com. Archived from the original on 2023-05-21. Retrieved 2023-05-21.
7. "Presentations, Master Classes, Workshop & Film Talks". ITFS - Internationales Trickfilm-Festival Stuttgart. Retrieved 2023-05-21.
8. "Qajar Cat". 6 September 2012 – via IMDb.
9. "You". 1 October 2010 – via IMDb.
10. "Cut! by Ashkan Rahgozar and Hoorakhsh Studios". zippyframes.com. 20 December 2013.
11. "Cut". 1 October 2012 – via IMDb.
12. "Shirley Bassey: If You Go Away (Rebeat Remix) - Animation Online Theatre". aniont.com.
13. "Annecy > Programme > Index". annecy.org.
14. "If You Go Away". 15 December 2014 – via IMDb.
15. "Pegasus". 2 September 2015 – via IMDb.
16. "Home > About > Archives > 2013 > Creative Focus > Selected projects > Project index". Annecy.org. Archived from the original on 2016-09-15. Retrieved 2016-10-29.
17. Amidi, Amid (2016-05-16). "'The Last Fiction' Aims to Redefine Iranian Feature Animation (Exclusive Trailer)". Cartoonbrew.com. Retrieved 2016-10-29.
18. "The Last Fiction by Ashkan Rahgozar: Iranian Epic Feature". Zippyframes.com. Retrieved 2016-10-29.
19. "Iran animation invited to Cannes Film Festival - ISNA". En.isna.ir. 2016-05-01. Retrieved 2016-10-29.
20. "2D Animation From Iran at Cannes Film Market". financialtribune.com. 27 April 2016.
21. "'The Last Fiction' the first Iranian animation invited to Cannes". Iran-daily.com. 2016-05-01. Retrieved 2016-10-29.
22. "Iranian animation invited to Cannes Film Festival". www7.irna.ir. Archived from the original on 2016-10-31. Retrieved 2016-11-01.
23. "IRANIAN FILMS". tehran-animafestival.ir.

External links

• Official website
• Ashkan Rahgozar at IMDb
• Ashkan Rahgozar on DeviantArt