Feb 2016

In 1976, Karimi played one of the
main characters of the TV series My
Uncle Napoleon. This is regarded as
the most successful series ever run
on Iranian television. A year later,
the artist produced the TV series
Khosro Mirsa II. This 16-part series
was a grotesque comedy about an
aristocratic family descended from
the Qajar dynasty. He then wrote
another film script and was
preparing his next movie, but for
the time being film production was
stopped during the Iranian
Revolution.
After the Revolution
After the Iranian Revolution Karimi
was banned, for a long period, from
working as a filmmaker or actor.
during that time, he rediscovered
his former interest for making
sculptures. He made many mimicsculptures
which were shown in
numerous national and
international exhibitions. In
addition, Karimi wrote a number of
screenplays for movie and TV
productions; a few of them were
commercialized under the name of
others and others have not been
realized until this day.
Not until 1987, was Karimi allowed
to perform a puppet piece again –
The Uninvited Visitor. Then, he
made the animated cartoon
Playmate. In 1996/97, he produced
for a private channel the puppet
show Unruly, a TV series that has
been re-run repeatedly at the
request of the spectators. His other
works in the post-revolutionary era
include the production and
direction of a series of short TV
films about pollution control and
health care, as well as books about
theatre and cinema. Nosrat Karimi
currently lives with his wife Parvin
Teymouri in the north of Tehran.