Abbas Amiri () is an Iranian stage actor, assistant director, production planner and theatre photographer. His documented work includes acting in Hamid Reza Azarang's production of Train, serving as assistant director on Ali Sarabi's productions of Bernard Is Dead and The Other Side of the Mirror, and photographing several theatrical productions.
Career In 2009, Amiri was credited as the production photographer for Gharibe dar Khaneh (; "A Stranger in the House"), a play directed by Delara Noushin and staged at Tehran's Molavi Hall.
Amiri subsequently worked on the television play Hoviat (; "Identity"), produced by Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting's Channel 4 in 2010. He was credited as an assistant to artistic director Ali Sarabi and as the production's stage manager. Masoud Foroutan served as the television director.
In 2011, he was the production photographer for Aftab az Milan Tolou Mikonad (; "The Sun Rises from Milan"), written and directed by Arash Abbasi. He was also credited as the photographer of Lobby (), a play written by Abbasi and directed by Beita Elahian at the Workshop Hall of Tehran's City Theatre.
In October 2015, Amiri was credited as the assistant director of Bernard Is Dead (), Ali Sarabi's first stage-directing production. The play was written by Mashhood Mohsenian as a free adaptation of the novel The Wolves and was prepared for performance at the Ostad Nazerzadeh Kermani Hall of the Iranshahr Theatre in Tehran.
In February 2017, Amiri appeared in Train (), a stage production written and directed by Hamid Reza Azarang. The production opened at the main hall of Tehran's City Theatre complex. Its cast also included Amir Jafari, Mehraveh Sharifinia, Nasim Adabi, Vahid Aghapour and Ali Amel Hashemi.
Later in 2017, Amiri worked as assistant director and production planner on The Other Side of the Mirror (), directed by Ali Sarabi. The production was based on a play by French playwright Florian Zeller, translated into Persian by Tinoush Nazmjou, and staged at the Shahrzad Theatre in Tehran.
Selected credits Year Production Medium Credit Director 2009 Gharibe dar Khaneh () Theatre Photographer Delara Noushin 2010 Hoviat () Television play Assistant to the artistic director; stage manager Ali Sarabi and Masoud Foroutan 2011 Aftab az Milan Tolou Mikonad () Theatre Photographer Arash Abbasi 2011 Lobby () Theatre Photographer Beita Elahian 2015 Bernard Is Dead () Theatre Assistant director Ali Sarabi 2017 Train () Theatre Actor Hamid Reza Azarang 2017 The Other Side of the Mirror () Theatre Assistant director and production planner Ali Sarabi
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