Iranian film director, writer, editor, and producer
Mohsen Makhmalbāf
محسن مخملباف
Born
(1957-05-29) May 29, 1957 (age 66)
Tehran, Iran
Nationality
Iranian
Years active
1981–present
Political party
Mojahedin of the Islamic Revolution Organization (1979–1980s)[1]
Spouses
Fatemeh Meshkini
(m. 1978; died 1982)
Marzieh Meshkini
(m. 1987)
Children
Samira Meysam Hana
Awards
Freedom to Create Prize Federico Fellini Honour
Mohsen Makhmalbaf (Persian: محسن مخملباف, Mohsen Makhmalbaaf; born May 29, 1957) is an Iranian film director, writer, film editor, and producer. He has made over 20 feature films, won 50 awards, and been a juror in more than 15 major film festivals. His award-winning films include Kandahar; his latest documentary is The Gardener and latest feature The President.
Makhmalbaf's films have been widely presented at international film festivals in the past ten years. The director belongs to the new wave movement of Iranian cinema. Time selected Makhmalbaf's 2001 film Kandahar as one of the top 100 films of all time.[2] In 2006, he was a member of the Jury at the Venice Film Festival.
Makhmalbaf left Iran in 2005 shortly after the election of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, and has lived in Paris since the events of the 2009 Iranian presidential election.[3]
^Alfoneh, Ali (2013), Iran Unveiled: How the Revolutionary Guards Is Transforming Iran from Theocracy into Military Dictatorship, AEI Press, pp. 8–10
^"All-Time 100 Movies". Time. February 12, 2005. Archived from the original on May 25, 2005. Retrieved May 13, 2010.
^Black, Ian (November 25, 2009). "Iran should face smarter sanctions, says Mohsen Makhmalbaf". The Guardian.
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v t e Asian Filmmaker of the Year winning actors 2000-2010 MohsenMakhmalbaf (2003) Hou Hsiao-hsien (2004) NHK (2005) Andy Lau (2006) Edward Yang (2007)...
artists and intellectuals including Nazanin Boniadi, Abbas Milani, MohsenMakhmalbaf, Azar Nafisi, Omid Djalili, Eva LaRue, Mohammad Maleki (former president...
The Peddler is a 1987 Iranian drama film directed by MohsenMakhmalbaf. The music was composed by Majid Entezami. The film stars Mahmoud Basiri, Behzad...
screenplay was co-written by Makhmalbaf with her father, MohsenMakhmalbaf. The dialogue is entirely in Kurdish. Makhmalbaf describes it as "something between...
we're having a green revolution, defined by peace and democracy. — MohsenMakhmalbaf, 19 June 2009 Clashes broke out between police and groups protesting...
the religion. Its gardens are highly popular places to visit and MohsenMakhmalbaf's 2012 film The Gardener featured them. Archaeological sites in Israel...
a script by her husband MohsenMakhmalbaf. It was shot on Kish Island in the Hormozgān Province in southern Iran. Makhmalbaf was on the island at the...
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