Massoud Mehrabi is an iran

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 and caricaturist.He was born in Tehran

Tehran

Tehran , 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...

 in 1954. He studied cinema at the faculty of Dramatic Arts of the University of Art (1977 - 1982). Massoud Mehrabi Passed a Film Production Management Course - Industrial Management Institute /1983-84
. He started his professional career in 1970 as a journalist, writing articles for several papers. From 1982 to 1989, he worked at the economic desk of the Iranian National Television).

He has been the president and publisher of The Film Monthly magazine (since 1981), The Iranian Cinema Yearbook (since 1992) and The English-language Film International quarterly magazine (since1993).

Always interested by caricatures, he has been a caricaturist and graphist in a variety of iranian publications from 1971 to this day (Caricature weekly, Rastakhiz Daily, Donya-ye Varzesh weekly, Talaash monthly, Javanan weekly, Ayandegan Daily, Kayhan Daily, Zan-e Rouz weekly, Ferdowsi weekly, Pirouzi monthly, Soroush weekly, Fokahyoun weekly, Jahangard weekly/monthly & Essays, articles and art reviews in various papers, 1970-1995).
Masoud Mehrabi writes books on cinema and caricatures and he has participated in several national and international caricature exhibitions.

Books on Cinema

• A Hundred Years of Film Adverts and Film Posters in Iran, 2012
• Beyond the Dreams Wall: Travelogue of International Film Festivals, 2010
• The History of Iranian Cinema first edition, 1983 ; 2nd to 10th editions, 1985-2006
• Bibliography of Cinema in Iran. From the beginning to the Year 2000, 2001
• Bibliography of Cinema in Iran. From the beginning to the Year 2000, 2001
• A Guide To Iranian Documentary Films. From the beginning till 1997, 1992
• Film Posters, 1992
• Bibliography of Cinema in Iran, (Vol. II, from 1988 to 1991), 1992
• A Guide To Iranian Short Films, 1990
• A Guide To Iranian Films for Children & Youth, 1989
• Bibliography of Cinema in Iran, (Vol. I, from the beginning to 1988), 1988

Books on caricatures

• Looking Between the Shades, 1992
• Movie Caricatures (compiled by), 1984
• Teeth, 1982
• Black Caricatures, 1981
• Ladders Without Roofs (Roofless Ladders), 1977

Individual exhibitions

• The Classic Gallery, Isfahan, 1992
• The Golestan Gallery, Tehran
  Tehran
  Tehran , 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...
  
  , 1991
• The Ethnological Museum, Ghazvin, 1981
• The Khane-ye-Aftab Gallery, Tehran, 1981
• The Museum of Contemporary Arts, Tehran, 1980
• The Khane-ye-Aftab Gallery, Tehran, 1980
• Open Show in Paris, 1979
• The Vessal Gallery, Shiraz, 1978
• The Khane-ye-Aftab Gallery, Tehran, 1977
• The Takht-e Jamshid Gallery, Tehran, 1976
• The Sheikh Gallery, Tehran, 1976
• The Naghsh Gallery, Tehran, 1975

Group exhibitions

• Museum of Contemporary Arts, Tehran, 1983
• Organizer of the first group exhibition of the Iranian caricaturists at the Iran-America Society, Tehran, 1978
• The Gothe Institute, Tehran, 1978
• The Takht-e Jamshid Gallery, Tehran, 1977
• The Naghsh Gallery, Tehran, 1977
• The Obeid Gallery, Tehran University, 1976
• Joint exhibition with Canadian Caricaturists at the House of Iran, Montreal
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  , 1976

Awards

• Honorary award, House of Iranian Cinema Festival, 2007
• Many Diplomas from various International Exhibitions of Caricature / 1975-1992
• Silver medal and 200,000 Yen, Japan / 1983
• Bronze Medal, Japan / 1982

Contributions as a Jury

• Jury Member of the 1st and 4th international Tehran Cartoon Biennal – 1993, 1999.

Books as publisher and designer

• The Duties of Assistant Director – Translated and Adapted by Mohammad Haghighat - 1994
• Wind Blows Anywhere it Likes - by Babak Ahmadi - 1992
• Conducted by Morteza Hannaneh - by Touraj Zahedi - 1991
• Tarkovsky - by Babak Ahmadi - 1990
• Understanding Movies - Translated by Iraj Karimi - 1990
• Film Appreciation - Translated by Bahman Taheri - 1989
• Film As Film - Translated by Abdollah Tarbiat - 1989
• Literature and Cinema - a group work - 1989
• The Age of Comic Films - a group work - 1988
• Paradjanov - a group work - 1988
• Yasujiro Ozu - a group work - 1988
• François Truffaut - by Hamid Hodania - 1987
• Acting for Films - a group work - 1987
• The Characteristics and Aims of Film Criticism - 1986

and, Cover disigns for numerous books

External links

• Massoud Mehrabi / website
• Massoud Mehrabi / weblog
• Film Magazine / Website
• Film International Website