Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Director
Biography
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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.
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Filmography
Close-Up
as Self 1990
A Moment of Innocence
as The Director 1996
Salaam Cinema
as Himself 1995
Opening Day of Close-Up
as Himself (archive footage) 1996
Afghan Alphabet
as Himself 2002
Close-Up Long Shot
as Self (archive footage) 1996
The Gardener
2012
Joy of Madness
as Himself 2004
Tales of an Island
2000
Iran: A Cinematographic Revolution
as Himself 2006
Cinema Iran
as Self 2005
How Samira Made 'Blackboards'
2000
Talking with Rivers
as himself 2023
Jiseok
as Self 2022
Stardust Stricken: Mohsen Makhmalbaf, A Portrait
as Self 1996
Flash-Forward
as Self TBA
Daddy's School
as Mohsen Makhmalbaf 2014