
Mohsen Makhmalbaf
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- May 29, 1957, Tehran, Iran
- Movies
- 65
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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.
Upcoming Mohsen Makhmalbaf Movies

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Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 2023 | Talking with Rivers | himself |
| 2022 | Jiseok | Self |
| 2017 | Plankton Salesmen | Self (archive footage) |
| 2014 | Daddy's School | Mohsen Makhmalbaf |
| 2013 | Simin, Resident of a Wandering Island | Himself |
| 2012 | The Gardener | |
| 2012 | Encontros e Dissonâncias | |
| 2006 | Iran: A Cinematographic Revolution | Himself |
| 2005 | Cinema Iran | Self |
| 2004 | Joy of Madness | Himself |
| 2002 | Afghan Alphabet | Himself |
| 2000 | How Samira Made 'Blackboards' | |
| 2000 | Tales of an Island | |
| 1997 | A Moment of Innocence | The Director |
| 1997 | Cinema Cinema | Himself |
| 1996 | Close-Up Long Shot | Self (archive footage) |
| 1996 | Stardust Stricken: Mohsen Makhmalbaf, A Portrait | Self |
| 1996 | Opening Day of Close-Up | Himself (archive footage) |
| 1995 | Salaam Cinema | Himself |
| 1990 | Close-Up | Self |
Directing, Writing & Producing
| 2024 | Here Children Do Not Play Together | Director |
| 2023 | Talking with Rivers | Director |
| 2019 | Marghe and Her Mother | Writer, Director |
| 2015 | The Tenant | Director, Writer |
| 2015 | Beautiful 2015 | Director |
| 2014 | The President | Director, Writer |
| 2013 | Ongoing Smile | Director |
| 2012 | The Gardener | Director, Writer, Producer |
| 2009 | The Man Who Came with the Snow | Director, Writer |
| 2009 | Mother's Paradise | Screenplay |
| 2009 | Two-Legged Horse | Screenplay |
| 2006 | Scream of the Ants | Director, Writer |
| 2005 | Sex & Philosophy | Director, Screenplay, Producer |
| 2005 | Poet of the Wastes | Writer |
| 2004 | Joy of Madness | Producer |
| 2003 | At Five in the Afternoon | Producer |
| 2002 | Afghan Alphabet | Writer, Director |
| 2001 | Kandahar | Producer, Director |
| 2000 | The Day I Became a Woman | Writer, Producer |
| 2000 | Blackboards | Writer, Producer |
| 2000 | Tales of an Island | Director, Writer |
| 1999 | Tales of Kish | Director |
| 1998 | The Silence | Director, Writer |
| 1998 | The School That Was Blown Away | Director |
| 1998 | The Apple | Writer |
| 1997 | A Moment of Innocence | Director, Writer |
| 1996 | Gabbeh | Director, Screenplay |
| 1995 | Salaam Cinema | Director, Writer |
| 1993 | The Actor | Director |
| 1993 | Stone and Glass | Director |
| 1992 | Mard-e Na-Tamam | Writer |
| 1992 | Once Upon a Time, Cinema | Director, Writer |
| 1992 | Images from the Ghajar Dynasty | Director |
| 1991 | Time of Love | Screenplay, Director |
| 1990 | The Nights of Zayandeh-Rood | Director, Screenplay |
| 1989 | Marriage of the Blessed | Director, Writer |
| 1989 | The Cyclist | Director, Writer |
| 1987 | The Peddler | Director, Screenplay |
| 1986 | Boycott | Director, Writer |
| 1985 | Rings | Writer |
| 1984 | Two Blind Eyes | Director, Writer |
| 1984 | Fleeing from Evil to God | Director, Screenplay |
| 1983 | The Repentance of Nosuh | Writer, Director |
| 1982 | Marge Digari | Writer |
| 1981 | Justification | Writer |
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