Bahman Maghsoudlou
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Bahman Maghsoudlou is a film scholar and critic,
literary award for writing and editing a series of books about cinema and theater (1975), including Iranian Cinema (1987, New York University's Center for Middle Eastern Studies).
Maghsoudlou wrote, directed and produced a short documentary on artist Ardeshir Mohasses called Ardeshir Mohasses and His Caricatures in 1972 which was poorly directed. This would turn out to be the first in a series of films on Iran's most important artistic figures, although the follow-ups would not be produced for many years afterwards. In 1998, he produced Ahmad Shamlou: Master Poet of Libertyand he traveled to many cities claiming that he made the film which was directed by Moslem Mansouri. This film was subsequently followed by Ahmad Mahmoud
: A Noble Novelist in 2004 and Iran Darroudi
: The Painter of Ethereal Moments in 2009, the latter two for which he also served as director.
As a producer his films have been to more than 100 film festival
s world wide.These films include:
The Suitors, selected for the Cannes
in 1988; Manhattan by Numbers (by Amir Naderi
), selected for Venice and Toronto 1993; Seven Servants
by Daryush Shokof
, selected for Berlin, Toronto and Locarno 1996, and Silence of the Sea, selected for the Mannheim Film Festival 2003.
He is currently producing and directing a feature length documentary on the history of Iranian Cinema entitled, Iranian Cinema, Searching for the Roots: 1900-1979, and the documentary The Life and Legacy of Mohammad Mossadegh.
Having organized the first ever Iranian Film Festival in New York in 1980, he organized the International Short Film Festival: Independent Films on Iran, which was held in October 2007, in New York. In 2009, Maghsoudlou authored the book Grass: Untold Stories which detailed the background stories related to the making of the 1925 silent movie, Grass
. A major part of the movie had been filmed in Maghsoudlou's native Iran
.
A graduate in cinema studies from the City University of New York (Staten Island)
with a PhD from Columbia University
, Maghsoudlou lives in New York.
He recently became a member of the prestigious list of PEN American center in 2011.
Career
Bahman Maghsoudlou claims that he is the recipient of Iran's Forough FarrokhzadForough Farrokhzad
Forugh Farrokhzād was an Iranian poet and film director. Forugh Farrokhzad is arguably one of Iran's most influential female poets of the twentieth century...
literary award for writing and editing a series of books about cinema and theater (1975), including Iranian Cinema (1987, New York University's Center for Middle Eastern Studies).
Maghsoudlou wrote, directed and produced a short documentary on artist Ardeshir Mohasses called Ardeshir Mohasses and His Caricatures in 1972 which was poorly directed. This would turn out to be the first in a series of films on Iran's most important artistic figures, although the follow-ups would not be produced for many years afterwards. In 1998, he produced Ahmad Shamlou: Master Poet of Libertyand he traveled to many cities claiming that he made the film which was directed by Moslem Mansouri. This film was subsequently followed by Ahmad Mahmoud
Ahmad Mahmoud
Ahmad Mahmoud was an Iranian novelist.In his youth he worked as a day laborer, driver, construction worker and suffered imprisonment for leftist political views and oppositionist activities...
: A Noble Novelist in 2004 and Iran Darroudi
Iran Darroudi
-Education:Darroudi studied at Ecole Superier des Beaux-Arts in Paris, history of art at the École du Louvre in Paris, stained glass at the Royal Academy of Brussels, and television direction and production at the R.C.A. Institute in New York.-Career:...
: The Painter of Ethereal Moments in 2009, the latter two for which he also served as director.
As a producer his films have been to more than 100 film festival
Film festival
A film festival is an organised, extended presentation of films in one or more movie theaters or screening venues, usually in a single locality. More and more often film festivals show part of their films to the public by adding outdoor movie screenings...
s world wide.These films include:
The Suitors, selected for the Cannes
Cannes Film Festival
The Cannes International Film Festival , is an annual film festival held in Cannes, France, which previews new films of all genres including documentaries from around the world. Founded in 1946, it is among the world's most prestigious and publicized film festivals...
in 1988; Manhattan by Numbers (by Amir Naderi
Amir Naderi
Amir Naderi is a notable Iranian film director, screenwriter and one of the most influential figures of 20th-century Persian cinema. Mr Naderi is currently in Japan working on CUT, his new feature film, starring Hidetoshi Nishijima and Takako Tokiwa, due to be released in 2011.Naderi developed his...
), selected for Venice and Toronto 1993; Seven Servants
Seven Servants
Seven Servants is a USA - Germany co-production 1996 German drama -comedy film made by Daryush Shokof. The movie is about a man who wants to unite and "connect" the races until his last breath.-Plot:...
by Daryush Shokof
Daryush Shokof
Daryush Shokof is an Iranian artist, film director, philosopher, writer, art director, and film producer, and singer...
, selected for Berlin, Toronto and Locarno 1996, and Silence of the Sea, selected for the Mannheim Film Festival 2003.
He is currently producing and directing a feature length documentary on the history of Iranian Cinema entitled, Iranian Cinema, Searching for the Roots: 1900-1979, and the documentary The Life and Legacy of Mohammad Mossadegh.
Having organized the first ever Iranian Film Festival in New York in 1980, he organized the International Short Film Festival: Independent Films on Iran, which was held in October 2007, in New York. In 2009, Maghsoudlou authored the book Grass: Untold Stories which detailed the background stories related to the making of the 1925 silent movie, Grass
Grass (1925 film)
Grass: A Nation's Battle for Life is a silent documentary film which follows a branch of the Bakhtiari tribe of Persia as they and their herds make their seasonal journey to better pastures. It is considered one of the earliest ethnographic documentary films. It was written by Richard Carver and...
. A major part of the movie had been filmed in Maghsoudlou's native Iran
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...
.
A graduate in cinema studies from the City University of New York (Staten Island)
College of Staten Island
The College of Staten Island is a four-year, senior college of and is one of the 11 senior colleges in the City University of New York. Programs in the liberal arts and sciences and professional studies lead to bachelor's and associate's degrees. The master's degree is awarded in 13 professional...
with a PhD from Columbia University
Columbia University
Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...
, Maghsoudlou lives in New York.
He recently became a member of the prestigious list of PEN American center in 2011.