8.0
8.0
Close-Up
1990
as Self
Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Directing
N/A
CommunityBiographyvia wikipedia
Mohsen Makhmalbaf (Persian: محسن مخملباف, [mohˈsen mæxmɒːlˈbɒːf]) (born May 29, 1957) is an Iranian film director, writer, film editor, and producer. He has made more than 20 feature films, won 50 awards, and served as a juror in more than 15 major film festivals. His award-winning films include A Moment of Innocence (1996) and Kandahar. His latest documentary is The Gardener and latest feature The President. Makhmalbaf's films have been widely presented at international film festivals since the early 21st century. The director belongs to the new wave movement of Iranian cinema. Time selected Makhmalbaf's 2001 film Kandahar as one of the 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. He has lived in Paris since the events of the 2009 Iranian presidential election.
Filmography (58 movies)
7.7
7.7
Justification
1981
Writer
7.6
7.6
A Moment of Innocence
1996
Director
7.0
7.0
Osama
2004
Executive Producer
6.8
6.8
Sex & Philosophy
2005
Screenplay
6.8
6.8
The President
2014
Director
6.7
6.7
The Cyclist
1989
Director
6.6
6.6
Gabbeh
1996
Director
6.6
6.6
Blackboards
2000
Writer
6.6
6.6
The Peddler
1987
Screenplay
6.5
6.5
Marghe and Her Mother
2019
Director
6.5
6.5
The Silence
1998
Director
6.5
6.5
Salaam Cinema
1995
Writer
6.4
6.4
At Five in the Afternoon
2003
Producer
6.3
6.3
Once Upon a Time, Cinema
1992
Director
6.3
6.3
Marriage of the Blessed
1989
Writer
6.2
6.2
Kandahar
2001
Producer
6.2
6.2
The Apple
1998
Writer
6.2
6.2
Afghan Alphabet
2002
Writer
6.1
6.1
Close-Up Long Shot
1996
as Self (archive footage)
6.0
6.0
Joy of Madness
2004
Producer
6.0
6.0
Iran: A Cinematographic Revolution
2006
as Himself
6.0
6.0
The Day I Became a Woman
2000
Writer
5.5
5.5
Cinema Iran
2005
as Self
5.4
5.4
Opening Day of Close-Up
1996
as Himself (archive footage)
5.3
5.3
The Actor
1993
Director
5.3
5.3
Images from the Ghajar Dynasty
1992
Director
5.3
5.3
Two-Legged Horse
2009
Producer
5.3
5.3
The School That Was Blown Away
1998
Director
5.2
5.2
The Gardener
2012
Producer
5.1
5.1
Scream of the Ants
2007
Director
4.9
4.9
Boycott
1986
Writer
4.7
4.7
The Nights of Zayandeh-Rood
1990
Director
4.2
4.2
Tales of an Island
2000
Writer
4.2
4.2
Time of Love
1991
Director
4.0
4.0
The Man Who Came with the Snow
2009
Writer
3.2
3.2
Tales of Kish
1999
Director
3.0
3.0
Poet of the Wastes
2005
Writer
3.0
3.0
Rings
1985
Writer
2.5
2.5
Two Blind Eyes
1984
Director
2.0
2.0
The Repentance of Nosuh
1983
Director
2.0
2.0
Mother's Paradise
2009
Screenplay
1.0
1.0
Fleeing from Evil to God
1984
Director
0.5
0.5
Ongoing Smile
2013
Director
Jiseok
2022
as Self
Talking with Rivers
2023
Director
Flash-Forward
TBA
Writer
Stardust Stricken: Mohsen Makhmalbaf, A Portrait
1996
as Self
Simin, Resident of a Wandering Island
2013
as Himself
How Samira Made 'Blackboards'
2000
Daddy's School
2014
as Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Cinema Cinema
1997
as Himself
The Tenant
2015
Writer
Beautiful 2015
2015
Director
Stone and Glass
1993
Director
The Quarters: Jerusalem
TBA
Director
Here Children Do Not Play Together
2024
Director
Les Vacances
TBA
Director
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