Milani, Tahmineh (born September 6, 1960, Tabriz)

Film director, screenwriter, designer and producer Tahmineh Milani graduated in architecture from the University of Science and Technology in Tehran in 1986.

She directed her movie debut ‘Children of Divorce’ in 1989, which won a Fajr Film Festival Crystal Simorgh.

She has made other movies as well, including ‘The Legend of Sigh’ (1990), ‘The Hidden Half’ (2000), ‘The Fifth Reaction’ (2002), ‘The Unwanted Woman’ (2004), ‘Ceasefire 1’ (2005), ‘Pay Back’ (2007), ‘Superstar’ (2008), ‘One of the Two of Us’ (2010), and Ceasefire 2’ (2014).

Milani has won several domestic and international awards for Best Director, Best Film and Best Screenplay for ‘The Unwanted Woman’, ‘The Fifth Reaction’, ‘The Hidden Half’, and ‘Superstar’.

In 1998, Milani made ‘Two Women’ for which she received much praise and numerous awards, including a Crystal Simorgh for Best Screenplay. She was also nominated for the Best Director award at the Fajr International Film Festival for the movie.