As Writer
Mother's Paradise
2009
2.0
Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Acting
Birth Date
May 29, 1957
Place of Birth
Tehran, Iran
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.
Complete Filmography
As Writer
Two-Legged Horse
2009
5.3
As Actor
Iran: A Cinematographic Revolution
2006
6.0
As Director, As Writer
Sex & Philosophy
2005
6.8
As Writer
Poet of the Wastes
2005
3.0
As Actor
Joy of Madness
2004
5.8
As Writer
At Five in the Afternoon
2003
6.4
As Director
Kandahar
2001
6.2
As Writer
Blackboards
2000
6.6
As Writer
The Day I Became a Woman
2000
6.1
As Director, As Writer
The Silence
1998
6.5
As Writer
The Apple
1998
6.3
As Actor
Close-Up Long Shot
1996
6.1
As Actor, As Director, As Writer
A Moment of Innocence
1996
7.6
As Director, As Writer
Gabbeh
1996
6.6
As Actor
Opening Day of Close-Up
1996
5.4
As Actor, As Director, As Writer
Salaam Cinema
1995
6.4
As Director
The Actor
1993
5.3
As Director, As Writer
Once Upon a Time, Cinema
1992
6.3
As Director, As Writer
Time of Love
1991
4.8