Kambuzia Partovi

Kambuzia Partovi also spelt Kambozia Partovi Persian کامبوزیا پرتوی 11 November 1955 24 November 2020 was an Iranian film director and screenwriter He was born in Rasht Iran on the Caspian Sea After studying theater arts in school he wrote mainly scripts for TV series In 1988 he made his feature film debut with Golnar His 2007 film Café Transit which received the special mention at Mar del Plata film festival was selected by Iran as its candidate for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film He wrote screenplays for other directors most notably Jafar Panahis The Circle In 2013 he acted in and codirected Closed Curtain with Panahi Partovi trained and supported many Iranian artists and film makers most notably Bahman Ghobadi He died on 24 November 2020 of complications from COVID19 Description above from the Wikipedia article Kambuzia Partovi licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia