Directed credits
22
Established
Strong directing catalog.
Director
Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Directing
Career Snapshot
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0.7
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Directed movies: 22Directed series: 0All crew credits: 47
TMDB ID: 120226
IMDb ID: nm0538532
Known for: Directing
Born: May 29, 1957
Age: 68
Place of birth: Tehran, Iran
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1981 - 2024
Years active: 44
Average TMDB rating: 6.6
Wikidata: Q55211
Also known as
Мохсен Махмальбаф • محسن مخملباف • 모흐센 마흐말바프
Frequent jobs
Director (22)Writer (9)Editor (6)Producer (4)Screenplay (3)Executive Producer (1)Idea (1)Thanks (1)
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.
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Movies
Directed Movies
Movies directed by Mohsen Makhmalbaf.
Here Children Do Not Play Together
Director
2024 Movie
6.5
Marghe and Her Mother
Director
2019 Movie
Beautiful 2015
Director
2015 Movie
6.8
The President
Director
2014 Movie
0.5
Ongoing Smile
Director
2013 Movie
5.2
The Gardener
Director
2012 Movie
5.5
Scream of the Ants
Director
2006 Movie
6.8
Sex & Philosophy
Director
2005 Movie
4.2
Tales of an Island
Director
2000 Movie
3.2
Tales of Kish
Director
1999 Movie
7.6
A Moment of Innocence
Director
1997 Movie
6.6
Gabbeh
Director
1996 Movie
6.5
Salaam Cinema
Director
1995 Movie
5.3
The Actor
Director
1993 Movie
6.3
Once Upon a Time, Cinema
Director
1992 Movie
5.3
Images from the Ghajar Dynasty
Director
1992 Movie
4.7
The Nights of Zayandeh-Rood
Director
1990 Movie
6.7
The Cyclist
Director
1989 Movie
6.6
The Peddler
Director
1987 Movie
4.9
Boycott
Director
1986 Movie
2.5
Two Blind Eyes
Director
1984 Movie
1.0
Fleeing from Evil to God
Director
1984 Movie
Movies
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Highest rated movies linked with Mohsen Makhmalbaf.
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Most Popular Movies
Most viewed movie titles linked with Mohsen Makhmalbaf.
0.5
Ongoing Smile
Director
2013 Movie
Plankton Salesmen
as Self (archive footage)
2017 Movie
8.0
Close-Up
as Self
1990 Movie
4.9
Boycott
Director
1986 Movie
6.3
Kandahar
Producer
2001 Movie
6.0
Joy of Madness
Producer
2004 Movie
7.0
Osama
Executive Producer
2004 Movie
6.4
September 11
Editor
2002 Movie
7.6
A Moment of Innocence
Director
1997 Movie
Cinema Cinema
as Himself
1997 Movie
6.8
The President
Director
2014 Movie
6.3
The Apple
Writer
1998 Movie
Series
Most Popular Series
Most viewed series linked with Mohsen Makhmalbaf.
Movies
Other Crew Work in Movies
Additional movie credits for Mohsen Makhmalbaf.
Talking with Rivers
Editor
2023 Movie
I'm Not My Body
Thanks
2019 Movie
2.0
Mother's Paradise
Screenplay
2009 Movie
5.3
Two-Legged Horse
Screenplay
2009 Movie
3.0
Poet of the Wastes
Writer
2005 Movie
6.0
Joy of Madness
Producer
2004 Movie
7.0
Osama
Executive Producer
2004 Movie
6.4
At Five in the Afternoon
Producer
2003 Movie
6.4
September 11
Editor
2002 Movie
5.9
Secret Ballot
Idea
2001 Movie
6.3
Kandahar
Producer
2001 Movie
6.6
Blackboards
Producer
2000 Movie
6.0
The Day I Became a Woman
Writer
2000 Movie
6.4
The Silence
Writer
1998 Movie
6.3
The Apple
Writer
1998 Movie
The Day My Aunt Was ill
Editor
1997 Movie
Movies
Acting Appearances in Movies
Movie cast credits for Mohsen Makhmalbaf.
Talking with Rivers
as himself
2023 Movie
Jiseok
as Self
2022 Movie
Plankton Salesmen
as Self (archive footage)
2017 Movie
Daddy's School
as Mohsen Makhmalbaf
2014 Movie
Simin, Resident of a Wandering Island
as Himself
2013 Movie
5.2
The Gardener
2012 Movie
6.0
Iran: A Cinematographic Revolution
as Himself
2006 Movie
6.0
Joy of Madness
as Himself
2004 Movie
How Samira Made 'Blackboards'
2000 Movie
4.2
Tales of an Island
2000 Movie
7.6
A Moment of Innocence
as The Director
1997 Movie
Cinema Cinema
as Himself
1997 Movie
Series
Acting Appearances in Series
Series cast credits for Mohsen Makhmalbaf.