Houshang Golmakani
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Houshang Golmakani is an iran
ian journalist, film critic and director. He was born in Gorgan
on March 23, 1954. Houshang Golmakani started his professional career in 1972 as a journalist and film critic for Tehran Economist. He graduated in cinema and television from the College of Dramatic Arts of Tehran in 1982.
He is one of the three founders of FILM Monthly, the oldest post-revolutionnary film magazine in Iran (founded in 1982 with Massoud Mehrabi
and Abbas Yari
). In 1993, FILM Monthly is doubled by an international magazine, FILM International, the sole magazine in English about Iranian cinema.
Houshang Golmakani is also a writer and a director. He directed a documentary about the life and works of Mohsen Makhmalbaf
, STARDUST-STRICKEN; Mohsen Makhmalbaf: A Portrait (1996). He writes books about cinema and translate screenplays.
Iran
Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...
ian journalist, film critic and director. He was born in Gorgan
Gorgan
Gorgan Some east of Gorgan is the Golestan National Park. The city has a regional airport and several universities. Gorgan Airport was opened in September 2005.-Etymology:...
on March 23, 1954. Houshang Golmakani started his professional career in 1972 as a journalist and film critic for Tehran Economist. He graduated in cinema and television from the College of Dramatic Arts of Tehran in 1982.
He is one of the three founders of FILM Monthly, the oldest post-revolutionnary film magazine in Iran (founded in 1982 with Massoud Mehrabi
Massoud Mehrabi
Massoud Mehrabi is an iranian journalist, writer and caricaturist.He was born in Tehran in 1954. He studied cinema at the faculty of Dramatic Arts of the University of Art . Massoud Mehrabi Passed a Film Production Management Course - Industrial Management Institute /1983-84. He started his...
and Abbas Yari
Abbas Yari
Abbas Yari is an iranian journalist and film critic. He was born in Arak in 1951. He graduated as a cameraman at the Superior School of Cinema in 1975. Abbas Yari started his professional career as a journalist, and worked until 1981 for the newspapers Sobh e Emrouz, Tehran Mosavvar and Kayhan...
). In 1993, FILM Monthly is doubled by an international magazine, FILM International, the sole magazine in English about Iranian cinema.
Houshang Golmakani is also a writer and a director. He directed a documentary about the life and works of Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Mohsen Makhmalbaf 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...
, STARDUST-STRICKEN; Mohsen Makhmalbaf: A Portrait (1996). He writes books about cinema and translate screenplays.
Translation of screenplays
- Paris, Texas (1st edition: 1989;2d edition:1997; 3d edition: 2002)
- The White Sheik, Variety Lights (1992)
- La Strada (1995)
- La Notte (1997)
- Cinema Paradiso (1999)
Books
- The Gentleman Actor (1st edition: 1997; 2d edition:2010)
- The Sound of Music (2000)
- Tangna (2007)
Contributions as a Jury
- Member of FIPRESCI jury at the Libzick documentary film festival, 1998
- Member of jury at the Tbilissi film festival, 2007
- Member of NETPAC jury at Antalya film festival, 2007
- Member of jury at Didar film festival, Dushanbe, Tajikistan, 2008
- Member of NETPAC (Network for Promotion of Asian Cinema)
- Member of selection committee for foreign movies, International Fajr festival, TehranTehranTehran , sometimes spelled Teheran, is the capital of Iran and Tehran Province. With an estimated population of 8,429,807; it is also Iran's largest urban area and city, one of the largest cities in Western Asia, and is the world's 19th largest city.In the 20th century, Tehran was subject to...
, (1998–2002)
Awards
- Honorary award, House of iranian cinema festival, 2007
- Award of the best art critic, Iranian journalists foundation, 2008
- Award of the most influential critic of the last thirty years in Iran, given by the art critics association of Iran, 2008.