Mohsen Makhmalbaf Biography (1951-)

Born in 1951, in Tehran, Iran; children: Samira. Career: Director, screenwriter, editor, production designer, sound designer, art director, and actor. Special Prize of the Jury, Istanbul International Film Festival, 1993, for Nassereddin Shah, Actor-e Cinema; Prize of the Screenwriter's Critic and Writer's Catalan Association, Cataloion International Film Festival, Catalonian International Film Festival Award, best director, CatalonianInternational Film Festival Award nomination, best film, Tokyo InternationalFilm Festival Award, best artistic contribution, 1996, all for Gabbeh;Special Mention, Locarno International Film Festival, 1996, for Nun va Goldoon; CinemAvvenire Award, Sergio Trasatti Award--Special Mention, and Golden Lion Award nomination, Venice Film Festival, 1998, for Sokhout;Golden Palm Award nomination, Cannes Film Festival, 1999, for Ghesse hayekish(with others). Addresses: Contact: Green Film House, 98, Mirdamad Blvd., PO Box 19395/4866, Tehran, Iran.

Gender: Male
Occupation: Director, screenwriter, editor, production designer, sound designer, art director, actor
Birth Details: 1951; Tehran, Iran

Famous Works

CREDITS
Film Director and Editor, Except Where Indicated
(Director only) Tobeh Nosuh,1983
Este'aze(also known as Fleeing from Evil to God), 1984
(Director only) Do Cheshman Beesu(also known as Two Blind Eyes and Two Sightless Eyes), 1984
Boycott,1985
Dastforoush(also known as The Peddler and The Pedlar), 1987
Production designer, Bicycleran(also known as The Cyclist and Docharkheh Savar), 1987
Arousi-ye Khouban(also known as Marriage of the Blessed), 1989
Nobt e asheghi(also known as Time of Love), 1990
(Director only) Deedeh-Ban,1990
And art director, Der Radfahrer,1991
Shabhaye Zayendeh-Rood(also known as The Nights of Zayandeh-Rood), 1991
(Director only) Nassereddin Shah, Actor-e Cinem a (also known as Once Upon a Time, Cinema, Once Upon a Time, the Movies, and Ruzi, Ruzagari, Cinema), 1992
Honarpisheh(also known as The Actor), 1993
(Director only) Images from the Ghajar Dynasty,1993
Salaam Cinema,1995
Nun va Goldoon(also known as Bread and Flower and A Moment of Innocence), 1996
And sound design and art director, Gabbeh,1996
Sokhout(also known as Le Silence and The Silence), 1998
(Editor only) Sib(also known as The Apple and La Pomme), 1998
(Director only) "The Door," Ghesse haye kish(also known as TheTales of Kish), 1999

Film Appearances
Do Cheshman Beesu(also known as Two Blind Eyes and Two Sightless Eyes), 1984
Himself, Nema-ye Nazdik(also known as Close Up), BFI, 1990
Himself, Salaam Cinema,1995
Mohsen, Nun va Goldoon(also known as Bread and Flower and A Moment of Innocence), 1996
WRITINGS
Screenplays
Towjeeh,1981
Marg Deegari,1982
Hesar dar Hesar,1982
Tobeh Nosuh,1983
Este'aze(also known as Fleeing from Evil to God), 1984
Do Cheshman Beesu(also known as Two Blind Eyes), 1984
Boycott,1985
Zangha,1985
The Telephone Calls,1996
Dastforoush(also known as The Peddler and The Pedlar), 1987
Bicycleran(also known as The Cyclist and Docharkheh Savar), 1987
Arousi-ye Khouban(also known as Marriage of the Blessed), 1989
Nobt e asheghi(also known as Time of Love), 1990
Der Radfahrer,1991
Shabhaye Zayendeh-Rood(also known as The Nights of Zayandeh-Rood), 1991
Nassereddin Shah, Actor-e Cinema(also known as Once Upon a Time, Cinema, Once Upon a Time, the Movies, and Ruzi, Ruzagari, Cinema), 1992
Honarpisheh(also known as The Actor), 1993
Images from the Ghajar Dynasty,1993
Salaam Cinema,1995
Nun va Goldoon(also known as Bread and Flower and A Moment of Innocence), 1996
Gabbeh,1996
Sokhout(also known as Le Silence and The Silence), 1998
Sib(also known as The Apple and La Pomme), 1998
"The Door," Ghesse haye kish(also known as The Tales of Kish), 1999

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals:

Film Comment, July, 1997, p. 62.*

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