FILM DIRECTOR

Samira Makhmalbaf

1980 - Today

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Samira Makhmalbaf (Persian: سمیرا مخملباف, Samira Makhmalbaaf; born 15 February 1980) is an Iranian filmmaker and screenwriter. She is the daughter of Mohsen Makhmalbaf, the film director and writer. Samira Makhmalbaf is considered to be part of the Iranian New Wave. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Samira Makhmalbaf has received more than 142,268 page views. Her biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Samira Makhmalbaf is the 1,794th most popular film director (down from 1,582nd in 2019), the 483rd most popular biography from Iran (down from 411th in 2019) and the 16th most popular Iranian Film Director.

Memorability Metrics

  • 140k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 37.75

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.19

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.85

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Samira Makhmalbafs by language

Over the past year Samira Makhmalbaf has had the most page views in the with 25,014 views, followed by English (15,127), and French (2,228). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Malagasy (159.35%), Finnish (151.72%), and Georgian (144.44%)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Samira Makhmalbaf ranks 1,794 out of 2,041. Before her are Chris Renaud, Gary Trousdale, Darren Lynn Bousman, Aishwarya R. Dhanush, Mark Pellington, and J. C. Chandor. After her are Billy Ray, Stephen Gaghan, Michael Dante DiMartino, Peter Webber, Jeff Nathanson, and Carlos Atanes.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1980, Samira Makhmalbaf ranks 404. Before her are Tanja Poutiainen, Paulo Assunção, Humberlito Borges, Yuta Tabuse, Mai Aizawa, and Monique Coleman. After her are Gustaph, Vitali Kutuzov, Yaroslav Rybakov, Ryder Hesjedal, Lomana LuaLua, and Jeanette Biedermann.

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Samira Makhmalbaf ranks 483 out of 631. Before her are Mohammad Reza Golzar (1977), Saeed Jalili (1965), Shermine Shahrivar (1982), Masoud Shojaei (1984), Behrang Safari (1985), and Alireza Firouzja (2003). After her are Zahra Eshraghi (1964), Mahsa Amini (1999), Alireza Beiranvand (1992), Rahman Rezaei (1975), Abdolmalek Rigi (1979), and Andranik Teymourian (1983).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Iran

Among film directors born in Iran, Samira Makhmalbaf ranks 16. Before her are Ali Hatami (1944), Hossein Shahabi (1967), Bahman Ghobadi (1969), Rakhshān Banietemad (1954), Mohammad Rasoulof (1972), and Ali Abbasi (1981). After her are Hossein Rajabian (1984).

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Filmography

The Apple
Director
After twelve years of imprisonment by their own parents, two sisters are finally released by social workers to face the outside world for the first time.
May 27o 19986.4 / 10
11'09''01 September 11
Director
Filmmakers from all over the world provide short films – each of which is eleven minutes, nine seconds, and one frame of film in length – that offer differing perspectives on the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
Sep 4o 20026.5 / 10
Blackboards
Director
Itinerant Kurdish teachers, carrying blackboards on their backs, look for students in the hills and villages of Iran, near the Iraqi border during the Iran-Iraq war. Said falls in with a group of old men looking for their bombed-out village; he offers to guide them, and takes as his wife Halaleh, the clan's lone woman, a widow with a young son. Reeboir attaches himself to a dozen pre-teen boys weighed down by contraband they carry across the border; they're mules, always on the move. Said and Reeboir try to teach as their potential students keep walking. Danger is close; armed soldiers patrol the skies, the roads, and the border. Is there a role for a teacher? Is there hope?
Sep 1o 20006.722 / 10