Acting · Directing · Writing · age 66

Jafar Panahi

Best rated: The White Balloon (7.6)

Films: 12
Avg rating: 7.27
Peak run: 1995’06
7+ run: 6 films

Films: 12
Avg rating: 7.27
Peak run: 1995’06
7+ run: 6 films

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The career

Jafar Panahi, directing career by IMDb rating5-film averagePeak eraLongest 7+ run

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199512 films2025

Current formLast 5: 7.08 vs career 7.27 (−0.19)

As a director, films with 1,000+ votes

Jafar by the numbers

Average

7.27

11 rated films

Vote weighted

7.29

bigger films count more

Median

7.4

half are better

Consistency

±0.30

rating spread

Career

31y

1995 to 2025

Total votes

115K

across every film

Best

7.6

The White Balloon

Worst

7.0

3 Faces

Newest first

Filmography

Acting filmography

2022	No Bears	Jafar Panahi	7.2	5,590
2018	3 Faces	Jafar Panahi	7.0	5,660
2015	Taxi	Jafar Panahi	7.3	18,629

Better together?

Jafar Panahi's regulars

The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.

Takes

On Jafar Panahi

1 nominations, 0 wins

Awards record

Best Original Screenplay · Academy Awards 2026
Written by Jafar Panahi; Script collaborators - Nader Saïvar, Shadmehr Rastin, Mehdi Mahmoudian
Nominated

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