Regis Ghezelbash (16 June 1951 in

Tehran Tehran (; fa, تهران ) is the largest city in Tehran Province and the Capital city, capital of Iran. With a population of around 9 million in the city and around 16 million in the larger metropolitan area of Greater Tehran, Tehran is th ...

– 18 January 2017 in

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) was a Paris-based documentary creator, a feature film animator and

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and producer. He was a graduate of

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, and its school of Audio Visual Communication Science. In 2002, he received the order of "Chevalier des Arts et Lettres" from the

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for his cultural contributions. He has been the key person in initiating cultural bridges and cooperations between

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and the

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s through cinematographic initiatives such as the French-Kazak movie ''

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'' and French-Korean movie ''Filmaker''.

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