Ali Rafie (; born January 11, 1938) is an Iranian theatre and cinema director and stage designer.
Education He received a B.S and master's in sociology (1964–1968), as well as a B.S., master's, and Ph.D. in theater (1967–1974), from the Sorbonne in Paris.
Plays (as a writer, director and stage designer)
Antigone by Sophocles, Molavi theatre, 1974 Shivan va Esteghase Paye Divare Boland Shahr by Tankred Dorst, Shahr Theatre, 1976 Khaterat va Kabous haye Yek Jamedan az Ghatle Amir Kabir by Ali Rafie, Shahr Theatre, 1976 Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Shahr Theatre, 1976 Memory Of Sand Years (Yadegare Salhaye Shen) by Ali Rafie, Vahdat Hall, 1992 Yek Rooze Khatere Angiz baraye Daneshmand Voo by a Chinese writer, Vahdat Hall, 1997 Blood Wedding by Federico García Lorca, Vahdat Hall, 1998 Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, Vahdat Hall, 2000 Shazde Ehtejab by Hooshang Golshiri, Vahdat Hall, 2001 The Maids by Jean Genet, Shahr Theatre, 2002 Never snows in Egypt by Mohamad Charmshir, Shahr Theatre, 2003 Fox Hunting (شکار روباه) by Ali Rafie, Vahdat Hall, 2009 Kitchen, (preparing), 2012
Stage Designing The Caucasian Chalk Circle by Bertolt Brecht directed by Hamid samandariyan, 1998 Dokhtare Gol foroush directed by Parvane Mojde, 1999 The Postman (Pablo Neroda) by Antonio Skarmeta directed by Alireza Kooshk Jalali, 1999
Tele Theater (as a director) L'Avare by Molière, channel2 IRIB, 1993
Filmography Agha Yousef (writer and director), 2011 The Fish Fall in Love (writer and director), 2005 Plaisir d'amour en Iran directed by Agnès Varda (actor), 1976 One Sings, the Other Doesn't directed by Agnès Varda (actor), 1977
References www.irantheater.ir The Caucasian Chalk Circle www.iranact.com www.sourehcinema.com