Mohsen Makhmalbaf

Known for DirectingBorn 1957-05-29 (age 69)Tehran, Iran

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.Read more

Movies & web series

Stardust Stricken: Mohsen Makhmalbaf, A Portrait

1979 - The Year Of The Islamist Revolution

Justification

How Samira Made 'Blackboards'

Cinema Cinema

Close-Up

A Moment of Innocence

Osama

The President

Sex & Philosophy

Marge Digari

Marghe and Her Mother

Blackboards

Salaam Cinema

Gabbeh

At Five in the Afternoon

Joy of Madness

The Cyclist

The Peddler

Afghan Alphabet

September 11

Marriage of the Blessed

The Silence

The Apple

Once Upon a Time, Cinema

Kandahar

Close-Up Long Shot

The Day I Became a Woman

Secret Ballot

Iran: A Cinematographic Revolution

Images from the Ghajar Dynasty

Scream of the Ants

The Scout

Cinema Iran

The Actor

Opening Day of Close-Up

Two-Legged Horse

Ongoing Smile

Rings

The Repentance of Nosuh

The Gardener

The School That Was Blown Away

Poet of the Wastes

Boycott

The Nights of Zayandeh-Rood

Two Blind Eyes

Tales of an Island

Time of Love