Mohammedreza Eslamloo (محمدرضا اسالملو) (born in 1947, in
Shiraz
Shiraz (; ) is the List of largest cities of Iran, fifth-most-populous city of Iran and the capital of Fars province, which has been historically known as Pars (Sasanian province), Pars () and Persis. As of the 2016 national census, the popu ...
) graduated in Television and Film from the College of Communications of the
University of Texas
The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin, UT, or Texas) is a public research university in Austin, Texas, United States. Founded in 1883, it is the flagship institution of the University of Texas System. With 53,082 students as of fall 2 ...
. He worked for the construction jihad unit and Islamic combatants department at IRIB, and at the Iranian Art Institute. He was a teacher at the School of Television in
Tehran
Tehran (; , ''Tehrân'') is the capital and largest city of Iran. It is the capital of Tehran province, and the administrative center for Tehran County and its Central District (Tehran County), Central District. With a population of around 9. ...
.
Made famous, for his political pro-
Khomeini
Ruhollah Musavi Khomeini (17 May 1900 or 24 September 19023 June 1989) was an Iranian revolutionary, politician, political theorist, and religious leader. He was the founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran and the main leader of the Iranian ...
documentaries, he has always refused to become the official artist for the regime, and has never stopped questioning the political power in Iran.
Eslamloo made a docudrama on the event of
September 11
Events Pre-1600
* 9 – The Battle of the Teutoburg Forest ends: The Roman Empire suffers the greatest defeat of its history and the Rhine is established as the border between the Empire and the so-called barbarians for the next four hu ...
: “The 9/11 Black Box” The main actor in this political movie received the Special Award for Human Rights at the 29th
Fajr Film Festival
Iran's annual Fajr International Film Festival (), or Fajr Film Festival (little: FIFF; ), has been held every February in Tehran since 1983. The festival is supervised by the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance (Iran), Ministry of Culture ...
(2011). This film represented Iran at the
64th Cannes Film Festival (May 2011)
Major short films
*
odood-e Tarikh"The Limits of History" (cinematographer, 1982)
*
badan Shahr-e Mazloom"Abadan, the City that Suffered" (+ cinematographer and editor, 1982)
*
ar Faraz-e Fav"Over Fav" (+ writer, director of photography, and editor, 1982)
*
z Kheibar ta Karbala"From Kheibar to Karbala (+ cinematographer and editor, 1987)
*
mrooz Felestin, Choobha-ye Khoshk"Palestine Today, Dry Pieces of Wood" (+ editor and assistant cinematographer, 1988)
Major films
* The Passage (1986)
* Fright (1987)
* Seyyed's Garden (1989)
*
osalmanan"Moslems" (1994)
*
osalmanan"Moslems" (second series, 1995)
* The 9/11 Black Box (2011)
References
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Iranian film directors
1947 births
Living people