Personal Info
Known For
Directing
Gender
Male
May 29, 1957 (68 years old)
Tehran, Iran
Also Known As
- Мохсен Махмальбаф
- محسن مخملباف
- 모흐센 마흐말바프
Mohsen Makhmalbaf
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.
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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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Known For
Acting
Directing
The President
Director, Writer
2014
Two-Legged Horse
Screenplay, Producer, Editor
2009
Scream of the Ants
Director, Writer
2006
Osama
Executive Producer
2004
At Five in the Afternoon
Scenario Writer, Producer, Novel, Editor
2003
September 11
Editor
2002
Afghan Alphabet
Director, Writer, Editor
2002
Secret Ballot
Idea
2001
Kandahar
Director, Author, Producer
2001
The Day I Became a Woman
Writer, Producer
2000
Blackboards
Writer, Editor, Producer
2000
The Silence
Director, Writer, Editor, Set Designer
1998