Desert Dancer - crew, film crew
The entire team, the film crew of the film "Desert Dancer"
Desert Dancer (2014)
Timing:
1:38 (98 min)
6.9/10
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7.363/10
5687
5687
6.2/10
2100
2100
Film crew
Director
Richard Raymond
Director
Producer
Fabiola Beracasa
Producer
Pippa Cross
Producer
Luis Astorquia
Producer
Richard Raymond
Producer
Executive Producer
Casting
Manuel Puro
Casting
Editor
Celia Haining
Editor
Chris Gill
Editor
Art Direction
Alistair Kay
Art Direction
Costume Design
Louise Stjernsward
Costume Design
Production Design
Shahram Karimi
Production Design
Makeup Artist
Sarah Downes
Makeup Artist
Original Music Composer
Director of Photography
Carlos Catalán
Director of Photography
Steadicam Operator
Thomas English
Steadicam Operator
Costume Supervisor
Dana Schondelmeyer
Costume Supervisor
Sound Effects Editor
Blair Jollands
Sound Effects Editor
Assistant Art Director
Abdellah Baadil
Assistant Art Director
Visual Effects Supervisor
Ben Shepherd
Visual Effects Supervisor
Supervising Sound Editor
Andy Shelley
Supervising Sound Editor
Stephen Griffiths
Supervising Sound Editor
Script Supervisor
Liz West
Script Supervisor
Visual Effects Producer
Paul Driver
Visual Effects Producer
Assistant Costume Designer
Alison Lewis
Assistant Costume Designer
Screenplay
Jon Croker
Screenplay
Key Hair Stylist
Morag Smith
Key Hair Stylist
Music Supervisor
Ian Neil
Music Supervisor
Iain Cooke
Music Supervisor
Makeup Designer
Sophie Slotover
Makeup Designer
Gaffer
Raimon Bufí
Gaffer
Second Unit Director of Photography
Bjørn Ståle Bratberg
Second Unit Director of Photography
First Assistant Camera
Ben Oliver
First Assistant Camera
Lotfi El Gorda
First Assistant Camera
Rigging Gaffer
Abderrahim Bissar
Rigging Gaffer
Sound Recordist
Will Whale
Sound Recordist
Choreographer
Foley
Ruth Sullivan
Foley
Sandy Buchanan
Foley
What's left behind the scenes
- The film was shot over 7 weeks.
- The plot is set in Iran.
- Filming began in Morocco, with Casablanca serving as a stand-in for Tehran. The crew then moved to the Sahara, where the famous desert dances were filmed.
- Filming took place in Paris and concluded in London.
- The film marks the directorial debut of world-renowned choreographer Akram Khan.
- To better understand Afshin Ghaffarian and learn about his life story, director Richard Raymond and screenwriter John Crocker recorded over 8 hours of interviews with the dancer.
- Although the film tells the story of the Iranian people, only half of the actors on set were from Iran. The cast is international. For example, Freida Pinto was born in India, and Rhys Richie is English.
- According to Richard Raymond, the film 'Dancing in the Desert' is not political. It is about the Iranian people. To fully immerse the viewer in the atmosphere of this country, the film uses traditional music, mentions cuisine, and other cultural aspects of Iranian life.
- The film's choreographer is world-renowned British choreographer Akram Khan. He was the choreographer for the dance portion of the opening ceremony of the 2012 Olympic Games in London.
- The film features many young people from Iran – young people who are not professional actors. Interestingly, not everyone agreed to participate in the filming for cultural reasons.
- Richard Raymond read the story of Afshin Ghaffarian in a newspaper.
- The director compares Ghaffarian's fate to the story of the Soviet ballet dancer and choreographer, principal dancer of the Leningrad Theatre of Opera and Ballet named after Kirov, Rudolf Nureyev. In 1961, during a tour of the troupe in Paris, he requested political asylum, becoming one of the most famous non-returnees from the USSR.
- To accurately depict Iran and the culture of the Iranian people on screen, Raymond not only studied books about the country, but also spent over a month traveling through it, memorizing and analyzing the contemporary political and cultural situation.
- Frida Pinto, who played the main role in the film, has been dancing for a long time. She prepared for the film and the dances in it for about six months, learning the movements together with Akram Khan and developing a special plasticity.
- The film's choreographer is world-renowned British choreographer Akram Khan. He was the choreographer for the dance section of the opening ceremony of the 2012 Olympic Games in London.
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