Mohsen Makhmalbaf
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.
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Movies (49)
Here Children Do Not Play Together
Director (Directing)
2024
Talking with Rivers
as himself
2023
Jiseok
as Self
2022
Marghe and Her Mother
Director (Directing)
2019
I'm Not My Body
Thanks (Crew)
2019
Plankton Salesmen
as Self (archive footage)
2017
The Tenant
Director (Directing)
2015
Beautiful 2015
Director (Directing)
2015
Daddy's School
as Mohsen Makhmalbaf
2014
The President
Director (Directing)
2014
Ongoing Smile
Director (Directing)
2013
Simin, Resident of a Wandering Island
as Himself
2013
The Gardener
2012
The Man Who Came with the Snow
Director (Directing)
2009
Mother's Paradise
Screenplay (Writing)
2009
Two-Legged Horse
Screenplay (Writing)
2009
Scream of the Ants
Director (Directing)
2006
Iran: A Cinematographic Revolution
as Himself
2006
Sex & Philosophy
Director (Directing)
2005
Poet of the Wastes
Writer (Writing)
2005
Cinema Iran
as Self
2005
Joy of Madness
as Himself
2004
Osama
Executive Producer (Production)
2004
At Five in the Afternoon
Scenario Writer (Writing)
2003
September 11
Editor (Editing)
2002
Afghan Alphabet
as Himself
2002
Secret Ballot
Idea (Writing)
2001
Kandahar
Director (Directing)
2001
How Samira Made 'Blackboards'
2000
The Day I Became a Woman
Writer (Writing)
2000
Blackboards
Writer (Writing)
2000
Tales of an Island
2000
Tales of Kish
Director (Directing)
1999
The School That Was Blown Away
Director (Directing)
1998
The Silence
Director (Directing)
1998
The Apple
Writer (Writing)
1998
The Day My Aunt Was ill
Editor (Editing)
1997
Cinema Cinema
as Himself
1997
Close-Up Long Shot
as Self (archive footage)
1996
Stardust Stricken: Mohsen Makhmalbaf, A Portrait
as Self
1996
A Moment of Innocence
as The Director
1996
Gabbeh
Director (Directing)
1996
Opening Day of Close-Up
as Himself (archive footage)
1996
Salaam Cinema
as Himself
1995
The Actor
Director (Directing)
1993
Stone and Glass
Director (Directing)
1993
Mard-e Na-Tamam
Writer (Writing)
1992
Once Upon a Time, Cinema
Director (Directing)
1992
Images from the Ghajar Dynasty
Director (Directing)
1992
