1957 - Today
Mohsen Makhmalbaf (Persian: محسن مخملباف, Mohsen Makhmalbaaf; born May 29, 1957) is an Iranian film director, writer, film editor, and producer. He has made over 20 feature films, won 50 awards, and been a juror in more than 15 major film festivals. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mohsen Makhmalbaf has received more than 401,993 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Mohsen Makhmalbaf is the 660th most popular film director (up from 832nd in 2019), the 275th most popular biography from Iran (up from 295th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Iranian Film Director.
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Among film directors, Mohsen Makhmalbaf ranks 660 out of 1,581. Before him are Uli Edel, Ronald Neame, João César Monteiro, Bryan Singer, Dan O'Bannon, and Riccardo Freda. After him are Franco Rossi, Renato Castellani, Raoul Coutard, Jack Clayton, Ryan Murphy, and Mario Camerini.
1947 - Present
HPI: 50.77
Rank: 654
1911 - 2010
HPI: 50.76
Rank: 655
1939 - 2003
HPI: 50.75
Rank: 656
1965 - Present
HPI: 50.73
Rank: 657
1946 - 2009
HPI: 50.72
Rank: 658
1909 - 1999
HPI: 50.72
Rank: 659
1957 - Present
HPI: 50.71
Rank: 660
1919 - 2000
HPI: 50.70
Rank: 661
1913 - 1985
HPI: 50.70
Rank: 662
1924 - 2016
HPI: 50.70
Rank: 663
1921 - 1995
HPI: 50.69
Rank: 664
1965 - Present
HPI: 50.67
Rank: 665
1895 - 1981
HPI: 50.67
Rank: 666
Among people born in 1957, Mohsen Makhmalbaf ranks 128. Before him are Kevin Rudd, Viktor Vekselberg, Jakob Nielsen, Nery Pumpido, Marlon Jackson, and Hansi Müller. After him are Simon Phillips, Mario Salieri, Goodluck Jonathan, Christian Schmidt, Kadim Al Sahir, and Paul Reiser.
1957 - Present
HPI: 51.00
Rank: 122
1957 - Present
HPI: 50.96
Rank: 123
1957 - Present
HPI: 50.94
Rank: 124
1957 - Present
HPI: 50.90
Rank: 125
1957 - Present
HPI: 50.78
Rank: 126
1957 - Present
HPI: 50.73
Rank: 127
1957 - Present
HPI: 50.71
Rank: 128
1957 - Present
HPI: 50.70
Rank: 129
1957 - Present
HPI: 50.66
Rank: 130
1957 - Present
HPI: 50.63
Rank: 131
1957 - Present
HPI: 50.57
Rank: 132
1957 - Present
HPI: 50.47
Rank: 133
1957 - Present
HPI: 50.44
Rank: 134
Among people born in Iran, Mohsen Makhmalbaf ranks 275 out of 528. Before him are Amastrine (-400), Majid Majidi (1959), Ali-Reza Pahlavi (1966), Mehdi Karroubi (1937), Abu'l-Fadl Bayhaqi (995), and Nasrin Sotoudeh (1963). After him are Mohammad Ali Foroughi (1877), Anvari (1126), Mohammad Javad Zarif (1960), Farrokhroo Parsa (1922), Mastoureh Ardalan (1805), and Abdul Rahman Ghassemlou (1930).
400 BC - 284 BC
HPI: 51.25
Rank: 269
1959 - Present
HPI: 51.09
Rank: 270
1966 - 2011
HPI: 51.06
Rank: 271
1937 - Present
HPI: 51.00
Rank: 272
995 - 1077
HPI: 50.89
Rank: 273
1963 - Present
HPI: 50.73
Rank: 274
1957 - Present
HPI: 50.71
Rank: 275
1877 - 1942
HPI: 50.68
Rank: 276
1126 - 1190
HPI: 50.66
Rank: 277
1960 - Present
HPI: 50.55
Rank: 278
1922 - 1980
HPI: 50.49
Rank: 279
1805 - 1848
HPI: 50.43
Rank: 280
1930 - 1989
HPI: 50.39
Rank: 281
Among film directors born in Iran, Mohsen Makhmalbaf ranks 7. Before him are Abbas Kiarostami (1940), Barbet Schroeder (1941), Jafar Panahi (1960), Asghar Farhadi (1972), Shirin Neshat (1957), and Majid Majidi (1959). After him are Masoud Kimiai (1941), Dariush Mehrjui (1939), Bahman Ghobadi (1969), Hossein Shahabi (1967), Samira Makhmalbaf (1980), and Hossein Rajabian (1984).
1940 - 2016
HPI: 68.36
Rank: 1
1941 - Present
HPI: 59.21
Rank: 2
1960 - Present
HPI: 54.42
Rank: 3
1972 - Present
HPI: 53.69
Rank: 4
1957 - Present
HPI: 51.33
Rank: 5
1959 - Present
HPI: 51.09
Rank: 6
1957 - Present
HPI: 50.71
Rank: 7
1941 - Present
HPI: 49.87
Rank: 8
1939 - 2023
HPI: 49.17
Rank: 9
1969 - Present
HPI: 44.55
Rank: 10
1967 - 2023
HPI: 37.63
Rank: 11
1980 - Present
HPI: 37.36
Rank: 12
1984 - Present
HPI: 26.56
Rank: 13