Ebrahim Golestan

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born 1922 in Shiraz, Iran

Iranian filmmaker and literary figure

He has lived in Sussex, United Kingdom, since 1975.

Filmography:

Yek atash (1961)
Moj, marjan, khara (1962)
Khesht va Ayeneh (1965, aka Brick and Mirror)
Asrar ganj dareheye jenni (1974, aka The Ghost Valley’s Treasure Mysteries)

Massuod Kimiaie

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Born in 1941, Tehran

Films:
2006: Chief (director, film-script, producer)
2004: Verdict (director, film-script, producer)
2003: Friday’s Soldiers (director, film-script)
1999: Protest (director, film-script, stage and costume designer)
1998: Cry (director, film-script, stage and costume designer)
1997: Mercedes (director, film-script, stage and costume designer)
1996: Sultan (director, film-script, producer, stage and costume designer)
1995: Feast (director, film-script)
1992: Fox’s Trace (director, film-script, stage and costume designer)
1990: Officer (editor, (director, film-script, stage and costume designer)
1989: Snake’s Tooth ((director, film-script, stage and costume designer)
1987: Shirak (producer)
1987: Lead (editor, director, film-script, announce designer)
1981: Blade and Silk (editor, director, film-script, stage and costume designer)
1981: Red Line (editor, director, film-script, stage and costume designer)
1976: Stone’s Trip (director, producer, film-script)
1975: Deers (director, film-script)
1973: Dust ((director, film-script)
1872: Baluch (editor, director, film-script)
1971: Da’sh A’akol (editor, director, film-script)
1970: Reza Motori (director, film-script)
1969: Qeysar (director, film-script)
1968: Come Foreigner (director, film-script, poster designer)
1966: Goodbye Tehran (director assistant)
1964: Strike (director assistant)

Awards:
1999: Nominee of Crystal Simorq for the best director (Protest), 18th Fajr Film Festival (Iran’s cinema competition)
1972: Sepas Statute for the best film of the year (Da’sh A’akol), 4th Sepas Festival (competition)
2000: Sepas Statute for best director (Qeysar), 2nd Sepas Festival (competition)
1989: 8th film of the year (Lead), selected artist of writers and critics, 4th term (bests of the year)
2000: 9th film of the year (Protest), selected artist of writers and critics, 15th term (bests of the year)
2004: 8th film of the year (Friday’s Soldiers), selected artist of writers and critics, 19th term (bests of the year)
2005: Nominee of Gold Plaque for the best director (Verdict), selected artist of Iran actor site, 6th term (bests of the year)

Samira Makhmalbaf

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Born 1980, Tehran
Movie Director
At the age of eight, she played in “The Cyclist” directed by her father
At the age of 17, she directed her first feature titled “The Apple”

Filmography:
1997_The Apple
1999_The Blackboard
2002_11 September (Short Film)
2000_At Five in the afternoon
2007_Two-legged horse

As a Jury:
2001_Cannes International Film Festival in France
2000_Venice Film Festival in Italy
2004_ the 54th Berlin International Film Festival
2003 _Montreal word film festival in Canada
1998_Locarno Film Festival in Switzerland
2000_ Moscow Film Festival in Russia
2000_ Festival Cinema Tout Ecran in Switzerland
2001_Arab Screen Independent Film Festival in Doha, Gatar
2006_Euro Asia International Film Festival, Turkey
2008_ Sao Paolo International Film Festival, Brazil
2008_Kerala International Film Festival, India

International Awards:
1998_The Apple: “Sutherland Trophy”, London Film Festival, UK.
1998_ The Apple: “International Critics prize”, Locarno Film Festival, Switzerland.
1998- The Apple: “Jury’s Special prize”, Thessalonica Film Festival, Greece.
1998_ The Apple: “Jury’s Special prize”, Sao Paulo Film Festival, Brazil.
1999_The Apple: “Jury’s Special prize”, Independent cinema Festival, Argentina.
1999_The Apple: “Critic’s prize”, Independent cinema Festival, Argentina.
1999_The Apple:“Audience’s prize”, Independent cinema Festival , Argentina.
2000_The Black Board: “Jury’s prize”, Official Competition section of Cannes Film Festival France.
2000_The Black Board: “Federico Fillini Honor”, UNESCO, Paris
2000_The Black Board: “Francois Truffaut prize”, Giffoni Film Festival in Italy
2000_The Black Board: “Giffoni’s Mayor Prize “, Giffoni Film Festival, Italy
2000_The Black Board: “Special cultural Prize”, UNESCO, paris
2000_The Black Board: “The grand Jury prize”, American Film Institute, USA
2003_At Five In The Afternoon: “Jury Special award”, Official Competition section of Cannes Film Festival France.
2003_At Five in the Afternoon: “Grand prize from Society of churches of world”, Cannes, France.
2003_At Five in the Afternoon: Golden Peacock, competition (first prize) for Best film at the 34th International Film Festival of India, India
2004_At Five In The Afternoon: The “Youths’ Cinema” Award in Singapore’s 17th International Silver Screen Film Festival
2005_Samira as one of the forty best directors of the world, choosen by Guardien, UK,
2008_Two Legged-horse: The Special Jury Prize, From the 56th San Sebastian International Film Festival, Spain
2008_Two Legged Horse: Georges Delerue Award, for best music, Ghent International Film Festival, Belgium
2008_Two Legged Horse: Special Mention award, Rome International Film Festival, Italy

Alireza Kushk Jalali

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Born in 1958, Tehran

Education:

1980-83 Taking a course in directorship and acting, supervised by Mostafa Oskuee and Mehdi Fathi, Anahita Art School
1987-1991 BA in Acting, Krefeld, Germany
1991-1993 Taking a course in directorship and dermatology in State Theaters in Koln, Ben, Hagen
Specialties
Trainer, Director, Author, Actor, Translator

Directorships:

2009 The End of a Passionate Lover, Neil Simon, Zurigburg Theater, Koln
2009 A Tale about a Tale in Tale, Opera, Klaus Engelmann, based on a Turkish Tale, Dortmund, for children, in German and Turkish
2009 Slaughter House, Yasamina Reza, Fajr Theater Festival, Sayeh Hall, Tehran
2008 Pablo Neruda’s Postman, Skarmeta, Zuringburg, Koln Theater
2007, 2002 Robinson Cruse, Tiff Roth Theater, Cologne and Brut Fabrik
2007 Wave, Reinhold Trick
2006 Nathan’s Death in Jerusalem, in German, Tiff Roth Theater, Germany
2006 Road, based on Fellini’s Road, in German, Tiff Roth Theater, Germany
2004 The President’s Wives, in German, Tiff Roth Theater, Germany
2002 Monsieur Ebrahim and Qura’n’s Flowers, by Schmitt, City Hall, Tehran
2002 Leather Muzzle, Helmut Krause, in German, House of the World of Cultures, Koln, Germany
2002 Leather Muzzle, Helmut Krause, in German, Fajr Theater Festival, in German
2001 Inspector, Gogol, Fajr Theater Festival, Tehran
2002 Free Marital Relationship, Dario Fo, House of the World of Cultures, Koln, Germany
2002 Fear is the leprosy of the Soul, Fassbinder, in German, House of the World of Cultures, Koln, Germany
2002 Adaptation, Directing and performing Brecht’s Life‏
Metamorphosis, Kafka, in German, House of the World of Cultures, Koln, Germany
Metamorphosis, Kafka, in German, Fajr Theater Festival, Tehran
Neruda’s Postman, Fajr Theater Festival, City Hall, Tehran
Cologne’s Pensive Madman, Karl Valentine, in German, Bawturem Theater, Koln
Cologne’s Pensive Madman, Karl Valentine, in German, House of the World Cultures
Three different performances of With a Burnt Caravansary, City Theater of Koln, City Theater of Krefeld and Bawtraum Theater, Germany
2001 Forbidden Tales, Dario Fo, House of the World Cultures, Koln
2001 Chubbuck in WWII, Brecht, Comedia Klonia, in Farsi, Germany
2000 Love Songs, inspired by Hafez poetry, particularly Goethe’s Eastern Divan, in Farsi and German, Central Library, Koln, accompanied by Majid Derakhshani’s music
1998 Little Gods, Bawtraum Theater, Germany
1996 Little Gods, City Theater, Krefeld, Germany
1997 Rostam & Sohrab, Dario Fo, House of the World Cultures, Koln
1996-1998 Performing more than ten plays for children and young adolescents in German, including Ali Baba and 40 Thieves of Baghdad, Peter and the Wolf, Improvisation with respect to Four Elements, Earth, Water, Air and Fire, and…
Nightmares of Survival, Krefeld, Germany

Kamal Tabrizi

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born in 1959 _in Tabriz

Iranian film director

Movies:

2010_Davidam o davidam

2008_ There’s Always a Woman in Between

2005_ Yek teke nan

2004 _The Lizard

2003_ The Wind Carpet

2003 _Gahi be aseman negah kon

1999 _A Mother’s Love

1999 _Sheida

1996 _Leily Ba Man Ast

1994 _Payan Kudaki

1990 _On the Altar of Love

Rasoul Sadr Ameli

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Born in 1954, Esfahan, Iran
Director and screenwriter

Education:

High School Diploma

Filmography
1982- Liberation (rahaee)
1984- Chrysanthemum (golhayeh davoodi)
1987- During Autumn (Paizan)
1991- The Victim
1993- Symphony of Tehran
1998- A Girl in Sneakers
2001- I am Taraneh 15 years old
2005- Ayda: I saw your father last night
2008- Every night of solitude

Amir Shahab Razavian

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born in 1965_ Hamadan

Iranian  film director, filmmaker and producer.

Razavian began his cinematic activities at Hamedan Amateur Film-making Centre in 1980

M.A in animation

Movies:

The Journey of the Grey Men
2002_Tehran, Seven O’clock in the Morning
2006_Colors of Memory, (The Azure of the Extinguished Town)

Davoud Rashidi Haeri

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Born in Tehran, 1933

Died in Tehran 2016

Education:

Baccalaureate Diploma from Switzerland
Diploma in theater directing and acting, Academy of music, Geneva, Madame La Chanel’s classes

Performances:

1959 Directing and acting in Britannicus by Jean Racine (in French), Geneva
1958 Directing and acting in Devil’s Advocate by Bernard Shaw (in French), Geneva
1963 Directing Do you wish to play with me? By Marcel Ashar, Tehran, Hall of Dramatic Arts, Kasra Theater, 1964
1964 Directing and acting in Captain Ghargez, by Louis Goys, Tehran, The Hall of Culture and Theater and Nasr Theater
Directing and acting in Miracle in Alabama, by Mel Gibson, Tehran, Kasra Theater
1964 Directing and acting in Eugenie Grandet, by Balzac, Tehran, Kasra Theater
1968 Directing and acting in Waiting for Godot, by Samuel Beckets, Tehran, Iran-America Society; Shiraz, Pahlavi University, 1968
1968 Directing and acting in Dictation and Angle by Gholam-Hosseyn Saedi,Tehran, Sanglaj Theater
1968 Directing and acting in Vay bar Maghlub (Cursed is the defeated) by Gholam-Hosseyn Saedi, Tehran, Sanglaj Theater
Directing and acting in Parvarbandan by Gholam-Hosseyn Saedi (together with Mohammad Ali Jafari), Tehran, Sanglaj Theater; Shiraz the international festival of Culture and Art
1969 Directing and acting in Hassan Kachal (Bald Hassan) by Ali Hatami, Tehran, Sanglaj Theater
Directing and acting in One Servant and Two Lords, Galduni, Shiraz international festival of culture and art
1976 Directing and stage acting in Antigone, Jean Anouilh, Tehran, City Hall
Directing and stage acting in The Peel of a Fruit on a Tree, by Victomim, Tehran, City Hall
Directing and stage acting in Victory in Chicago, Tehran, City Hall
Directing and stage acting in Richard III by Shakespeare, Tehran, City Hall
Directing and stage acting in Art by Yasamina Reza, Tehran, City Hall

Mohammad Rahmanian

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Born in Tehran 1962

Education:

BA in Drama, College of Fine Arts, Tehran University, 1991
MA in Drama, College of Cinema and Theater, Art University, 1998

Directorship:

1982 Red Hymn of Brotherhood, City Hall, Qashqaee Hall, Tehran
1989 Uncle Vania by Antoine Chekov, Molavi Hall, Tehran
1991 Hello and Goodbye, by Athol Fugard, Molavi Hall, Tehran
1991 Trampled Petunias, by Tennessee Williams, Tehran University, Tajrobeh Hall
2000 A Party Dress, by Gholam-Hossyen Saedi, Molavi Hall, Tehran
1996 Rented Houses, by Bernard Shaw, TV Channel 2, Iran
1999 A Party Dress, by Gholam-Hossyen Saedi, Fajr Theater Festival, Iran
2000 Night Stories, TV Channel 2, scriptwriter and director
2003 Seagull, by Antoine Chekov, in cooperation with a student group and its performance in Sinia Festival, Romania
2003 Necrsov by Jean Paul Sartre, TV Channel 4
2003 Name by Ion Fosse, 22nd Fajr International Theater Festival, Tehran
1998 Spranza Ship, TV Channel 2
1999 Friendly, second series, script and directorship, TV Channel 2, Iran
1998 All My Sons, by Arthur Miller, TV Channel 2, Iran
1999 Lunch, by Somerset Maugham, TV Channel 2, Iran
2002 Backyard, script writer and director, TV Channel 2
2002 Zeyd-ibn-Ali, TV serial, Script writer, Sima Film, Iran
2002 Inspector, by Nicola Gogol, TV Channel 4, Iran
2006 Whisper in my healthy ear, script writer and director, TV Channel 1, Iran
2000 Interview (in English), Iran-Italy Cultural Week, Parma, Italy
2004 Seagull, by Antoine Chekov, Tambiko Festival, Mexico

Pouran Derakhshandeh

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born in 1951, Kermanshah, Iran
Film director and screen writer
Graduated in film directing in 1975 from Advanced School of Television and Cinema
Started her professional career by making documentary films for the Kermanshah Television

Movies:

1986 _Relationship
1987_A Little Bit Happiness
1988_Passing Through the Dust
1989_Lost Time
1998_A Love Without Frontier
2003_Candle in the Wind
2005_Wet Dream
2006_and Eternal Children

Awards:

“Eternal Children” was elected as the best movies in “Hygiene,Safety,Health” Section Of 37th ROSHD international Film Festival
“The Eternal Children” won six “Golden Butterfly” at the 21st Children and Young Adults Film Festival
“Eternal Children” Gained The 5th Rank Getting 60% Of The Vote (In Audiences’ View)
“ Eternal Children” Was Elected By Welfare Office In The Peritheral Part of The Festival
A Golden Statue & Cash Prize for the best Family & Educational Movie(Wet Dream) From 36th Roshod INTL Film Fest-Tehran 2006
A Golden Statue & Cash Prize for the best Actor(Wet Dream) – Faramarz Gharibian
Special Prize of the Educational Department Of the Handicapped Children For “Relationship” & “Little Bird Of Happiness”.
“ A candle in the wind” nominated in three categories. It won “Crystal simorgh” for the best leading actor, Bahram Radan at 22nd Fajr International Film Festival. It also nominated in eight categories at house cinema Film Fest.
Honor diploma for “Six Brides for Ameneh” at shahrekord “women and cinema” Film Fest (2002).
Special Jury award from “Student and graduated people of IRIB collage Film Fest” for “love without—Frontier” (2001).
5 Award for “A little bird of Happiness” at Fajr Film Fest (1987).