Reza Kermani

Known for

Acting

Born

January 1, 1975

Birthplace

Kerman, Iran

Reza Kermani was born on a hot summer’s day in 1975. When he was 16 he started making short amateur films while participating with the Young Iranian Cinema Society. He subsequently gained production experience and along with this, the opportunity to introduce himself as a young talented producer in a number of various short amateur Film Festivals. Having gained encouragement from his successes in the amateur field he followed on to gain more specialized experience and educated himself towards achieving fame in the professional Cinema. Prior to entering the film producing university he had produced more than 20 short and medium Films (1996). At the end of his first year of professional university, he was awarded the Green Ribbon, an appreciation plaque and Crystal Sculpture for editing ‘Badkonakesefid’ film from Yonica International Film Festival (1997). He gained further professional acting experience in one of the best Acting Schools with Amin Tarokh in Iran. He experienced his first and one of his greatest professional roles with director Rasool Mollaghoripoor in ‘Hiva’, as the main Role of the film. The film was nominated in 13 aspects in Fajr International Film Festival which won 7 Crystal Simorghs. The following year Reza appeared in front of the same director’s camera in ‘Nasl-e-Sookhte’ in the role of a Disabled man. Again he received huge acclaim for his role as he lost 15 kilograms and lived in a disabled hospital for some time in order to play the role! During the last 10 years, he has gone from strength to strength creating a host of memorable characters along with a reputation to match.