Manijeh Hekmat

Manijeh Hekmat
منیژه حکمت
Born (1962-03-23) 23 March 1962 (age 62)
Arak, Iran
NationalityIranian
OccupationFilm director
Years active1995–present

Manijeh Hekmat (Persian: منیژه حکمت; born 23 March 1962 in Arak) is an Iranian film director. She has worked since 1980 as an assistant director and production designer in over 25 films. She directed her first feature film Women's Prison (Zendān-e Zanān) in 2002. This film has been shown at over 80 international film festivals and has received seven prizes. Three Women (Seh Zan) is Hekmat's second feature film made in 2007.[1] Hekmat has produced five noted films which include the award-winning feature films The Girl in the Sneakers and A Bunch of Grass, the latter a German-produced film made in the Iranian Kurdistan.[2] In her 2018 movie, The Old Road, Hekmat addressed the social problem of violence against women.[3]

Hekmat is married to the film director Jamshid Āhangarāni. Their daughter, Pegāh Āhangarāni, is a film actress.

  1. ^ Manijeh Hekmat, Dubai International Film Festival, [1][permanent dead link].
  2. ^ Women's Prison: a film by Manijeh Hekmat - Iran, 2002 (106 minutes), The Global Film Initiative, [2].
  3. ^ "The Old Road; A Thrilling Drama on Violence against Women". 6 October 2018.