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Ali Askari(I)

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Three friends who are drug dealers decide to put a monopoly on their local drug market, everything goes well until they get threatened. Unfortunately they have no idea who did it so they decide to kill and extort their biggest competition.
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Addicts (2009)
Writer/Director Ali Reza Askari was born in New York and raised in Missouri, Arizona and Florida. Askari studied film at the New York Film Academy and the Los Angeles Film School. His work includes the short film "Dark All Around", which premiered at the 64th Cannes Film Festival in the short film corner. He has worked with such actors as Michael Kenneth Williams ("The Wire"), Paul Sorvino ("Goodfellas"), Josh Helman ("Mad Max: Fury Road) and Yael Stone ("Orange is the New Black"), amongst others.
BornAugust 8, 1987
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    • Awards
      • 1 nomination total

    Known for

    Paul Sorvino, Yael Stone, Josh Helman, and Jennifer Allcott in As Long As We Both Shall Live (2016)
    As Long As We Both Shall Live
    4.4
    • Director
    • 2016
    Addicts (2009)
    Addicts
    6.6
    • Director
    • 2009
    Addicted
    Short
    • Director
    • 2010
    Dark All Around (2011)
    Dark All Around
    8.6
    Short
    • Director
    • 2011

    Credits

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    Director

    • Paul Sorvino, Yael Stone, Josh Helman, and Jennifer Allcott in As Long As We Both Shall Live (2016)
      As Long As We Both Shall Live
      4.4
      • Director
      • 2016
    • Dark All Around (2011)
      Dark All Around
      8.6
      Short
      • Director
      • 2011
    • Addicted
      Short
      • Director
      • 2010
    • Addicts (2009)
      Addicts
      6.6
      • Director
      • 2009

    Writer

    • Paul Sorvino, Yael Stone, Josh Helman, and Jennifer Allcott in As Long As We Both Shall Live (2016)
      As Long As We Both Shall Live
      4.4
      • Writer
      • 2016
    • Dark All Around (2011)
      Dark All Around
      8.6
      Short
      • Writer
      • 2011
    • Addicted
      Short
      • Writer
      • 2010
    • Addicts (2009)
      Addicts
      6.6
      • written by
      • 2009

    Actor

    • Dark All Around (2011)
      Dark All Around
      8.6
      Short
      • Kyle
      • 2011
    • Berozgaar
      7.5
      Video
      • Sardar 1
      • 2010
    • Addicts (2009)
      Addicts
      6.6
      • Keith
      • 2009

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    Addicts
    Trailer 2:02
    Addicts

    Personal details

    • Height
      • 6′ 1″ (1.85 m)
    • Born
      • August 8, 1987
      • New York, USA
    • Spouse
      • Mahira KhanJuly 13, 2007 - 2014 (divorced, 1 child)
    • Children
      • Azlan

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      • Bala

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