Kamal Tabrizi | |
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| کمال تبریزی | |
| Born | Kamal Mosafay Tabrizi (1959-10-28)28 October 1959 (age 66) Tehran, Iran |
| Occupation | Film director |
| Years active | 1980–present |
Kamal Tabrizi (Persian:کمال تبریزی, born 28 October 1959) is an Iranian film director. He was born inTehran, where his parents had moved fromTabriz.[1] A newly released picture shows him as a photographer and reporter among the1979 hostage takers at theU.S. Embassy in Tehran.[2] Kamal Tabrizi graduated from Tehran University of Art 's Faculty of Cinema and Theater.[3][4][5]
After graduating from the university inTehran, he went to the Iran-Iraq war (1981~1989) front as a director and photographer. He made his first documentary on warMartyrs, winning the Best Documentary award at Tashkent Film Festival. He taught Cinema and direction at the Young Cinema Society and Film Making Educational Center for some years and arranged many workshops on Cinema. He made his first feature filmPassage, in 1988. Since then, he has made more than 18 feature films, including two co-productions with Japan ("Wind Carpet" (2001), which was the best seller in the Iranian Market). His feature films and TV series are the most popular in the Iranian Market and are well-received and awarded in International Film Festivals.
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