Mohammad Reza Delpak( (born in Tehran) is a sound Department

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. He is the first sound designer of Iranian cinema.

Biography

Mohammad Reza Delpak was born in Tehran in 1955. He holds a master's degree and an

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both in arts. He started his career as a sound designer and sound re-recording mixer in 1974. He initiated the term “Sound Designing” in Iran film industry in 1994 for the first time in “the fateful day” fiction feature film. He has collaborated on over 100 feature fiction films and 45

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as a supervisor of sound design and mix. Most of these films have been selected by many international film festivals and received prestigious awards. This includes

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, and

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. He honored by working with world-known Iranian filmmakers, including

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, 2011 both directed by Asghar Farhadi, have been awarded in Oscar Academy as the best foreign language films. The Children of Heaven by Majid Majidi also was nominated in Oscar Academy 1998. He is privileged by receiving several precious national awards namely, the Crystal Simorgh, the Statue of the Cinema House, and a Memorial Statue. Since 2016, he has been a member and jury of the American

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Filmography

*'' A Hero 2021'' *'' Sun Children 2020'' *Sun (supervising sound editor) 2019 *'' Hava, Maryam, Ayesha'' (supervising sound editor) 2019 *A man without shadow 2019 * Living 2018 * About The Salesman 2018 * Beyond the Clouds (2017 film) (supervising sound editor) 2017 * Under the Smoky Roof (2017) * The End Of Dreams (2017) * Lögndagen (supervising sound editor) 2017 * The Salesman (2016 film) Sound department (Sound Designer) and Mixing 2016 *

Lantouri ''Lantouri'' () is a 2016 Iranian drama film written, directed and produced by Reza Dormishian. It was shown in the Panorama section at the 66th Berlin International Film Festival and in the Discoveries section of the 32nd Warsaw Film Festiva ...

(supervising sound editor) 2016 * Muhammad: The Messenger of God (film) (supervising sound editor) 2015 * Berlin -7º (sound editor) *

Hush! Girls Don't Scream ''Hush! Girls Don't Scream'' () is a 2013 Iranian drama film directed by Pouran Derakhshandeh. It is about a woman on death row for killing a man. Most of the film's characters seem to feel her actions were justified, unlike the judicial system of ...

(supervising sound editor) 2013 * I'm Not Angry! (2012) * Orange Suit (sound mixer) 2012 * Hatred (2012 film) *

Like Someone in Love (film) ''Like Someone in Love'' ( ''Raiku samuwan in rabu'') is a French-Japanese drama film written and directed by Iranian director Abbas Kiarostami, starring Rin Takanashi, Tadashi Okuno and Ryō Kase. It was his final film to be released in his lifeti ...

(Sound Designer) 2012 * The Bear (2012 film) (sound editor) 2012 * Wind and Fog (supervising sound editor) 2011 *

sound designer and sound mixer 2011 * Life with Closed Eyes (supervising sound editor) (2010) * 40 Years Old (supervising sound editor) (2010) *

Whisper with the Wind ''Whisper With the Wind'' is a 2009 Kurdish drama film written and directed by Shahram Alidi in his first film. Plot In the years of military asphyxia in dictatorial regime of Saddam, in a very bad situation that everything was under the regime's ...

(sound mixing) 2009 *

About Elly ''About Elly'' (, translit. ''Darbāre-ye Eli'') is a 2009 Iranian drama film. The fourth film by filmmaker Asghar Farhadi, the film examines middle class relationships in Iran. It received universal acclaim. Farhadi won the Silver Bear for ...

(sound mixing) and (Sound Designer) 2009 *

Shirin (film) ''Shirin'' () is a 2008 Iranian drama film directed by Abbas Kiarostami. The film is considered by some critics as a notable twist in the artistic career of Kiarostami. The film features close-ups of many notable Iranian actresses and French actre ...

(supervising sound editor) 2008 * Khak Ashena (supervising sound editor) 2008 *

The Song of Sparrows ''The Song of Sparrows'' (''Âvâz-e gonjeshk-hâ'') () is a 2008 Iranian drama film directed, produced and co-written by Majid Majidi. The film stars Reza Naji as an ostrich farmer who is fired because one of the ostriches escapes. He finds a ne ...

(supervising sound editor) 2008 *

Offside (2006 Iranian film) ''Offside'' () is a 2006 Iranian film directed by Jafar Panahi. The film is about a group of girls who try to watch a World Cup qualifying match but are forbidden by law because of their gender. Female fans are not allowed to enter football stad ...

(sound designer) 2006 * Mainline (Khun bazi), 2006 * Pars Sea (supervising sound editor) (2006) * Zaman mi-istad (sound designer) 2006 *

One Night (2005 film) ''One Night'' () is a 2005 Iranian film. It was the directorial debut of Niki Karimi. The movie was screened in the Un Certain Regard section of the 2005 Cannes Film Festival. Plot Negar (Hanieh Tavassoli, Hāni'eh Tavassoli) has been kicked out ...

(supervising sound editor) 2005 * Khab-e talkh (sound designer) 2005 * The Willow Tree (sound designer and mixer) 2005 * Tradition of Lover Killing (sound designer) 2004 * Bitter Dream (sound designer and mixer) 2004 * Gilaneh (sound designer and mixer) 2004 * Navel (sound mixer) 2004 * White Nights (sound mixer) 2003 * Letters in the Wind (film) (Production designer) 2002 * Along the wind in the desert alone (2002) * Zagros (supervising sound editor) *

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(Sound Department) 2001 *

ABC Africa ''ABC Africa'' is a 2001 Iranian documentary feature film directed by Abbas Kiarostami. It was screened out of competition at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival. Invited by the United Nations to study the endeavors of the Uganda Women's Effort to Save ...

(Sound Department) 2001 * Sanam (sound designer) 2000 * Birth of a Butterfly (sound designer) 2000 *

The Wind Will Carry Us ''The Wind Will Carry Us'' (, ''Bād mā rā khāhad bord'') is a 1999 Iranian film written and directed by Abbas Kiarostami. The title is a reference to a poem written by the modern Iranian poet Forough Farrokhzad. In the film, a journalist posi ...

(sound designer) / (sound mixer) 1999 * The Triumphant Warrior (sound mixer) 1999 * A Mother's Love (sound designer) 1999 * The Color of Paradise (sound designer) 1999 * Children of Heaven (supervising sound editor) 1998 *

Taste of Cherry ''Taste of Cherry'' (, ''Ta’m-e gīlās...'') is a 1997 Iranian minimalist drama film written, produced, edited and directed by Abbas Kiarostami, and starring Homayoun Ershadi as a middle-aged Tehran man who drives through a city suburb in se ...

(sound designer) 1997 *

The Mirror (1997 film) ''The Mirror'' () is a 1997 Iranian film directed by Jafar Panahi, about a little girl trying to find her way home from school. Plot Mina, a first-grader, finds her mother has failed to pick her up from school. The movie is about her endeavor to ...

(sound mixing) 1997 * The Father (1996 film) (supervising sound editor) 1996 * Bolandiha-ye sefr (sound) 1993 * Se mard-e aami (sound) 1993 * The Grey City (sound) 1991 * Water, Wind, Dust 1989 * Ma istadeim (sound) 1984 * Kilometr-e 5 (sound) 1982 * Ballad of Tara (sound) 1979 *

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(sound designer) * Qaleh 1966 (Documentary short) (sound mixer) * Teheran, payetakht-e Iran ast 1966 (Documentary short) (sound mixer)

Awards

*(10 Celorian Fajr 5 Statues of Hafiz and 5 Statues of the Cinema House and 1 Award of the Writers and Critics Association) *The 14th Cinema House Celebration- *Fourth Cinema House Celebration; Statue; Best Sounding and Mix; The Long Films Competition; 2000 Under the City *Crystal Simorgh Best Sound and Wax *Winner of the 32st

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Lantouri *Winner of the 31st

- Berlin 7 *Winner of the 16th

- Birth of a Butterfly *Winner of the 20th

- Travel to Tomorrow *Winner of the 17th

- The Color of Paradise *Seventh Winner of

- Bear *Winner of the

27th Fajr International Film Festival The 27th Fajr International Film Festival () held from 31 January to 10 February 2009 in Tehran, Iran. ''Doubt'' ( Varuzh Karim-Masihi, 2009) — which adapted from Shakespeare's ''Hamlet'' — was the festival's best film in "Competition of Iran ...

- ''

'' *Winner of the 24th

- Time is up *Winner of the 19th

- Rain *I'm not angry at the thirty-second winner of the

*Hafiz Statue; Best Sound; Mohammad Reza Delapak; The 10th Celebration of the World of Pictures; The Cinematic Part of the Game (2007)

References

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Oscars invites Hayedeh Safiyari and Mohammad Delpak to join the academy (June 2017)
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