Sohrab Shahid Sales

Born in Tehran 1944, Died in Chicago 1998

Studied cinematography in Austria and France

Returned Iran in 1968 and began to work in Ministry of Art and Culture, making documentary films

He left Iran for Germany in 1975

In 1995 he went to USA

1973_A simple Event

1974_Still life

1975_Far from Home

1976_Diary of Lover

1979_The long vacation of Lotte Eisner

1980_Grabbe`s Last Summer

1981_Antoin Chekhov

1982_Utopia

1983_A youth from Germany

1983_Addressee Unknown

1985_Devastating Foster Child

1986_Letter from Kabul

1991_Red rose for Africa

1971_ whether

1972_ Black and White

Sohrab Shahid-Saless won 12 professional film awards and 3 nominations during his career.

1971_ Best film award of the fourth Sepas film festival for Whether

1973 _ Special jury prize of Los Angeles Film Festival for Black and White

1973- Special prize of San Francisco Film Festival

1973_ Diploma of the Catholic jury and 4000 mark cash prize of Protestant jury and 1000 marks cash prize of Berlin International Film Festival for A Simple Event

1973_ International film critics’ prize of Tehran international film festival

1975_ Protestant jury prize and 1000 marks cash prize, diploma of the Catholic jury and 4000 marks cash prize, plus the silver bear of Berlin International film festival for Still Life

1975_ International film critics’ prize of Berlin film festival for Far From Home

1980_ Silver Hugo prize of Chicago film festival for Order/Everything is O.K

1981_ Best direction, best screenplay, best male actor prizes and 5000 marks cash prize for his TV film: Grabbe’s Last Summer

1983_ Visual Art Academy Prize for best film of the year for Utopia

1991_ The prize for the best film of the year of German Television for Red Roses for Africa

1992_ The prize for the best screenplay and direction for Red Roses for Africa