FILM DIRECTOR

Mohsen Makhmalbaf

1957 - Today

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Mohsen Makhmalbaf (Persian: محسن مخملباف, Mohsen Makhmalbaaf; 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 Close-Up (1990) and Kandahar. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mohsen Makhmalbaf has received more than 435,285 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Mohsen Makhmalbaf is the 730th most popular film director (down from 659th in 2019), the 322nd most popular biography from Iran (down from 275th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Iranian Film Director.

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  • 3.73

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Mohsen Makhmalbaf ranks 730 out of 2,041. Before him are Emile Ardolino, Clyde Geronimi, Alexei Uchitel, Dan O'Bannon, Rudolph Maté, and Hans Hass. After him are Konrad Wolf, Jaromil Jireš, Pupi Avati, Karel Lamač, James Whale, and Gustav von Wangenheim.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1957, Mohsen Makhmalbaf ranks 165. Before him are Amanda Plummer, Jakob Nielsen, Bryan Robson, Simon Phillips, Ruy Ramos, and Cécilia Attias. After him are Ali Larijani, Yasuhiro Yamashita, Zé Sérgio, Víctor Muñoz, Ramaz Shengelia, and Vladimir Tkachenko.

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Mohsen Makhmalbaf ranks 322 out of 631. Before him are Farrokhroo Parsa (1922), Kamal-ol-molk (1848), Ibn Bibi (1250), Abdolkarim Soroush (1945), Sami Yusuf (1980), and Mohammad Ali Fardin (1930). After him are Mohammad Javad Zarif (1960), Fatemeh Pahlavi (1928), Navvab Safavi (1924), Jafar Sharif-Emami (1910), Suleiman II of Persia (1714), and Al-Nayrizi (865).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Iran

Among film directors born in Iran, Mohsen Makhmalbaf ranks 8. Before him are Dariush Mehrjui (1939), Jafar Panahi (1960), Barbet Schroeder (1941), Asghar Farhadi (1972), Shirin Neshat (1957), and Majid Majidi (1959). After him are Masoud Kimiai (1941), Ali Hatami (1944), Hossein Shahabi (1967), Bahman Ghobadi (1969), Rakhshān Banietemad (1954), and Mohammad Rasoulof (1972).

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