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Amir Saharkhiz

  • Visual Effects
  • Director
  • Producer
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Amir Saharkhiz is an award-winning animation writer, director, producer, and visual effects artist, who started his professional career in animation in 1998. He produced and directed his first short animation in 2001 and has since worked on numerous animated projects, ranging from short films, to feature films, and TV series. He is the founder and CEO of AXTAAR Animation Studios, an award-winning Tehran-based animation studio specializing in creating original animated content for various platforms and audiences.

In addition to his animation work, Amir is also a renowned visual effects artist and supervisor. He has worked on many acclaimed movies, such as the Oscar-winning "A Separation". He has received several awards and nominations for his visual effects work, including the Fajr Film Festival Crystal Simorgh and the Iran Cinema Celebration Award.

Amir is also an animation university teacher and the president of Iran Animation Guild since 2017 and is a frequent participant in many national and international events, festivals, and workshops as a speaker, jury member, or organizer.
BornMarch 3, 1977
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    • Awards
      • 10 wins & 9 nominations total

    Known for

    Amir Saharkhiz in Iranian Chat (2004)
    Iranian Chat
    Short
    • Director
    • 2004
    Amir Saharkhiz in Chiya (2020)
    Chiya
    5.1
    TV Series
    • Director
    Leila Hatami and Payman Maadi in A Separation (2011)
    A Separation
    8.3
    • Additional Crew
    • 2011
    Woodland Songs (2024)
    Woodland Songs
    4.3
    TV Series
    • Director

    Credits

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    Visual Effects



    • Hamed Komaily and Anahita Dargahi in Cinema Shahre Gheseh (2020)
      Cinema Shahre Gheseh
      4.5
      • visual effects
      • 2020
    • Amin Hayayee, Mani Haghighi, Pouria Poursorkh, Linda Kiani, Bahram Afshari, and Anahita Dargahi in Unsophisticated (2019)
      Unsophisticated
      4.7
      • visual effects supervisor
      • 2019
    • The Red Hatchback (2019)
      The Red Hatchback
      6.2
      • visual effects
      • 2019
    • The 23 (2019)
      The 23
      6.4
      • visual effects
      • 2019
    • Leila Hatami and Ali Mosaffa in A Man without a Shadow (2019)
      A Man without a Shadow
      4.2
      • visual effects supervisor
      • 2019
    • Siamak Ansari and Shabnam Moghadami in Snake Venom (2019)
      Snake Venom
      4.0
      • visual effects supervisor
      • 2019
    • Dash Akol (2018)
      Dash Akol
      3.5
      • visual effects supervisor
      • 2018
    • Leila Zare in A Heart for an Eye (2018)
      A Heart for an Eye
      5.3
      • visual effects
      • 2018
    • Dirty Job (2018)
      Dirty Job
      4.4
      • visual effects
      • 2018
    • Ra'na Azadivar in August (2017)
      August
      4.0
      • visual effects
      • 2017
    • Mansour Shahbazi and Neda Jebreili in Boarding Pass (2017)
      Boarding Pass
      5.6
      • visual effects supervisor
      • 2017
    • Masoud Karamati, Esmaeel Mehrabi, and Hooman Barghnavard in Temporary Licence (2017)
      Temporary Licence
      5.0
      • visual effects
      • 2017
    • Andisheh Fouladvand, Amir Aghaee, and Milad Keymaram in Privacy (2017)
      Privacy
      4.4
      • visual effects
      • 2017
    • Narine Grigoryan in Yeva (2017)
      Yeva
      7.1
      • visual effects supervisor
      • 2017
    • Mothering (2017)
      Mothering
      4.8
      • visual effects
      • 2017

    Director



    • The Black Ocean
      • directed by
      • Pre-production



    • Woodland Songs (2024)
      Woodland Songs
      4.3
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2024
    • Amir Saharkhiz in Chiya (2020)
      Chiya
      5.1
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2020
    • Amir Saharkhiz in À La Mode (2006)
      À La Mode
      Video
      • Director
      • 2006
    • Amir Saharkhiz in Iranian Chat (2004)
      Iranian Chat
      Short
      • directed by
      • 2004

    Producer



    • The Black Ocean
      • produced by
      • Pre-production



    • Woodland Songs (2024)
      Woodland Songs
      4.3
      TV Series
      • producer
      • 2024
    • Amir Saharkhiz in Chiya (2020)
      Chiya
      5.1
      TV Series
      • producer
      • 2020
    • Amir Saharkhiz in Iranian Chat (2004)
      Iranian Chat
      Short
      • producer
      • 2004

    Personal details

    • Official site
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    • Born
      • March 3, 1977
      • Teheran, Iran

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