Daryush Shokof (Persian: داریوش شکوف, born 1954) is an Iranian artist, film director, writer, and film producer based in Germany.

Biography

He was born as Ali Reza Shokoufandeh on 25 June 1954 in

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. Shokof graduated from

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with a degree in

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and Mathematics. Shokof received an

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from

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Alleged kidnapping

Shokof claimed that he was kidnapped by four

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in the city of Cologne, Germany, in late May 2010, and was kept for over twelve days in the hands of four Arabic-speaking men. German police denied his statement and told the press that this story was not verifiable, and might have been staged to attract attention.

Filmography

This filmography includes only films listed in IMDB.

Awards

*New York International Independent Film and Video Festival (NYIIFVF) Los Angeles, July 2011 ** Best Director of a Feature Film – for ''Hitler's Grave'' *New York International Independent Film and Video Festival, Los Angeles, March 2007 **Award for Best International Director – category feature for: ''Breathful'' (2007) *New York International Independent Film and Video Festival, Winter 2000 **Feature Film Award for Best Experimental Film – ''Tenussian Vacuvasco'' (2000) *

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1996 **Nominated for Golden Leopard for: ''Seven Servants'' (1996)

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