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Mohsen Makhmalbaf

Mohsen Makhmalbaf

Director · Born 1957-05-29 · Tehran, Iran

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Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Mohsen Makhmalbaf (Mohsen Mäxmälbaf, born May 29, 1957) is an Iranian film director, writer, editor, and producer. During 2007 he was the president of Asian Film Academy. Makhmalbaf's films have been widely presented in international film festivals in the past ten years. The multi-award-winning director, belongs to the new wave movement of Iranian cinema. Time magazine selected Makhmalbaf's 2001 film, Kandahar, as one of top 100 films of all time. 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 now lives in Paris. As of June 12, 2009, and following the events of the 2009 Iranian presidential election, Mohsen Makhmalbaf has claimed that he has been appointed the official spokesman of Mir-Hossein Moussavi's campaign abroad. Description above from the Wikipedia article Mohsen Makhmalbaf, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.​

Directed

  1. A Moment of Innocence (1997) — Director
  2. Kandahar (2001) — Director
  3. Gabbeh (1996) — Director
  4. Salaam Cinema (1995) — Director
  5. The President (2014) — Director
  6. The Silence (1998) — Director
  7. The Cyclist (1989) — Director
  8. Marriage of the Blessed (1989) — Director
  9. Afghan Alphabet (2002) — Director
  10. Scream of the Ants (2006) — Director
  11. The Peddler (1987) — Director
  12. Time of Love (1991) — Director
  13. The Actor (1993) — Director
  14. Once Upon a Time, Cinema (1992) — Director
  15. Sex & Philosophy (2005) — Director
  16. The Gardener (2012) — Director
  17. Boycott (1986) — Director
  18. The Nights of Zayandeh-Rood (1990) — Director
  19. Tales of an Island (2000) — Director
  20. Tales of Kish (1999) — Director
  21. Images from the Ghajar Dynasty (1992) — Director
  22. The School That Was Blown Away (1998) — Director
  23. Two Blind Eyes (1984) — Director
  24. Marghe and Her Mother (2019) — Director
  25. Fleeing from Evil to God (1984) — Director
  26. The Repentance of Nosuh (1983) — Director
  27. Ongoing Smile (2013) — Director
  28. The Man Who Came with the Snow (2009) — Director
  29. Talking with Rivers (2023) — Director
  30. Stone and Glass (1993) — Director
  31. The Tenant (2015) — Director
  32. Les Vacances — Director
  33. The Quarters: Jerusalem — Director
  34. Here Children Do Not Play Together (2024) — Director
  35. Beautiful 2015 (2015) — Director

Also appeared in

  1. Close-Up (1990) — Self
  2. A Moment of Innocence (1997) — The Director
  3. Salaam Cinema (1995) — Himself
  4. Opening Day of Close-Up (1996) — Himself (archive footage)
  5. Afghan Alphabet (2002) — Himself
  6. Close-Up Long Shot (1996) — Self (archive footage)
  7. The Gardener (2012)
  8. Joy of Madness (2004) — Himself
  9. Tales of an Island (2000)
  10. Iran: A Cinematographic Revolution (2006) — Himself
  11. Cinema Iran (2005) — Self
  12. How Samira Made 'Blackboards' (2000)
  13. Stardust Stricken: Mohsen Makhmalbaf, A Portrait (1996) — Self
  14. Cinema Cinema (1997) — Himself
  15. 1979 - The Year Of The Islamist Revolution (2022) — Self
  16. Talking with Rivers (2023) — himself
  17. Jiseok (2022) — Self
  18. Flash-Forward — Self
  19. Daddy's School (2014) — Mohsen Makhmalbaf
  20. Simin, Resident of a Wandering Island (2013) — Himself
  21. Plankton Salesmen (2017) — Self (archive footage)
  22. Encontros e Dissonâncias (2012)