Biography

Born in 1941 in Sari

High school certificate from Alborz School in 1958(Tehran), and going to Austria for further education
Four years study of Architecture in Vienna Technical University
Three years study in music Composition in Vienna Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts
Graduated in Music Education from Vienna Music Conservatory as (top grade)
Graduated as cinema and TV director (main study). and screenplay writing (subsidiary study) from Vienna Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts (top grade)
Poems collection ‘Muds Blisters” (1963)
Return to Iran in 1967 and working in the Ministry of Culture and Arts (till 1972), and as instructor in various universities in the fields of screenplay writing, documentary film, and … (till 1992)
Working in Iranian National Television as producer, screenplay writer, director, and editor
Making about 100 short films, documentaries, and features
Juror in several national and foreign film festivals

Some of his features are:
“Viva …!,” (Award winner in Karlovivari Film Festival 1980)
“The Inner Beast” (Award winner in the 2nd Fajr Festival as the best director and photography)
‘The Lost Elegy” (Documentary)
Going astray
In the Alleys of Love” (presented at the “Kind of View’ section of Cannes Festival, 1991
Autumn Alley” (documentary/fiction), Shown at the IDFA Film Festival – Amsterdam
The Bride of Fire (Award winning in several national and foreign festivals)
Talking with a Shadow – (Docudrama)

Published books and screenplays are:
The Man in White, The Artists of a Bloodshedding Era, The Bride of Fire (Film Script), The Post-communist Cinema (Translated from English)
Translation from German: My Journey and Adventures in Iran, a book by Armin Vambery (1863), under press
Writing and translating numerous essays about cinema and other fine arts.

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