---
name: "Mohsen Makhmalbaf"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/mohsen-makhmalbaf"
fi1m_id: "mohsen-makhmalbaf"
imdb_id: "nm0538532"
tmdb_id: 120226
wikidata_id: "Q55211"
roles: ["Director","Writer"]
born: "29 May 1957"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 78
average_as: "director"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-26T03:22:33.269842+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Mohsen Makhmalbaf

## Identity

Mohsen Makhmalbaf

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/mohsen-makhmalbaf
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** mohsen-makhmalbaf
- **IMDb ID:** nm0538532
- **TMDB ID:** 120226
- **Wikidata ID:** Q55211
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohsen_Makhmalbaf, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q55211, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0538532/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/120226

Director and writer. Born 29 May 1957 in Tehran, Iran.

## Details

- **Work:** Director, Writer
- **Born:** 29 May 1957, Tehran, Iran
- **Active:** 1996–2001
- **Also known as:** Мохсен Махмальбаф, محسن مخملباف, 모흐센 마흐말바프
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 3: 2 directing, 1 other
- **Average Fi1m score:** 78, as director, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 87 (2), 2000s 75 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohsen_Makhmalbaf, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q55211, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0538532/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/120226

## Biography

Mohsen Makhmalbaf is an Iranian film director, writer, editor and producer. He was born on 29 May 1957 in Tehran.

He directed, wrote, edited and served as production designer on *Gabbeh* (1996). He directed and produced *Kandahar* (2001). Other films include *Salaam Cinema* (1995), *A Moment of Innocence* (1997), *The Apple* (1998), *Blackboards* (2000) and *The President* (2014).

Makhmalbaf left Iran in 2005 and has lived in Paris since the 2009 Iranian presidential election.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

### Directed (2) — the average rests on these

- *Kandahar* (2001), Fi1m 75, Director, Author, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/kandahar.md)
- *Gabbeh* (1996), Fi1m 82, Production Design, Editor, Director, Screenplay, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/gabbeh.md)

### Also credited (1) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited

- *Close-Up* (1990), Fi1m 92, as Self — [page](https://film.one/film/close-up.md)

## Complete filmography (57)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Here Children Do Not Play Together* (2024), Director
- *Talking with Rivers* (2023), Director, Director of Photography, Editor
- *Marghe and Her Mother* (2019), Director, Writer
- *I'm Not My Body* (2019), Thanks
- *The Tenant* (2015), Director, Writer
- *Beautiful 2015* (2015), Director
- *Daddy's School* (2014), as Mohsen Makhmalbaf
- *The President* (2014), Director, Writer
- *Ongoing Smile* (2013), Director
- *The Gardener* (2012), Director, Writer, Producer
- *Encontros e Dissonâncias* (2012), Actor
- *The Man Who Came with the Snow* (2009), Director, Writer, Editor
- *Mother's Paradise* (2009), Screenplay
- *Two-Legged Horse* (2009), Screenplay, Editor
- *Scream of the Ants* (2006), Director, Writer
- *Sex & Philosophy* (2005), Director, Screenplay, Producer, Editor
- *Poet of the Wastes* (2005), Writer
- *Joy of Madness* (2004), Producer
- *Osama* (2004), Executive Producer
- *At Five in the Afternoon* (2003), Scenario Writer, Producer, Novel, Editor
- *September 11* (2002), Editor
- *Afghan Alphabet* (2002), Director, Writer, Editor
- *Secret Ballot* (2001), Idea
- *Kandahar* (2001), Director, Author, Producer — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/film/kandahar.md)
- *How Samira Made 'Blackboards'* (2000), Actor
- *Blackboards* (2000), Writer, Editor, Producer
- *The Day I Became a Woman* (2000), Writer, Producer
- *Tales of an Island* (2000), Director, Cinematography, Writer
- *Tales of Kish* (1999), Director
- *The Silence* (1998), Director, Writer, Editor, Set Designer
- *The School That Was Blown Away* (1998), Director
- *The Apple* (1998), Writer, Editor
- *The Day My Aunt Was ill* (1997), Editor
- *A Moment of Innocence* (1997), The Director, Director, Writer, Editor
- *Gabbeh* (1996), Director, Screenplay, Production Design, Editor — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/gabbeh.md)
- *Salaam Cinema* (1995), Director, Writer, Editor
- *The Actor* (1993), Director, Editor
- *Stone and Glass* (1993), Director
- *Mard-e Na-Tamam* (1992), Writer
- *Once Upon a Time, Cinema* (1992), Director, Writer, Editor
- *Images from the Ghajar Dynasty* (1992), Director
- *Time of Love* (1991), Director, Screenplay, Editor
- *The Nights of Zayandeh-Rood* (1990), Director, Screenplay, Editor
- *The Scout* (1990), Editor
- *The Cyclist* (1989), Director, Writer, Editor, Production Design
- *Marriage of the Blessed* (1989), Editor, Director, Writer
- *The Peddler* (1987), Director, Screenplay, Editor
- *Boycott* (1986), Director, Writer
- *Rings* (1985), Writer
- *Two Blind Eyes* (1984), Director, Writer
- *Fleeing from Evil to God* (1984), Director, Screenplay, Editor
- *The Repentance of Nosuh* (1983), Writer, Director
- *Marge Digari* (1982), Writer
- *Justification* (1981), Writer
- *The Quarters: Jerusalem*, Director
- *Les Vacances*, Director, Writer
- *Flash-Forward*, Writer, Editor

## Gallery

- ![Mohsen Makhmalbaf na coletiva de imprensa do Fronteiras do Pensamento Porto Alegre 2011 (2000)](https://film.one/media/person/383227/gallery-2e7ed3feaa99.jpg) Mohsen Makhmalbaf na coletiva de imprensa do Fronteiras do Pensamento Porto Alegre 2011 (2000) — Fronteiras do Pensamento, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Mohsen_Makhmalbaf_na_coletiva_de_imprensa_do_Fronteiras_do_Pensamento_Porto_Alegre_2011_%286344009001%29_%28Cropped%29.jpg/1280px-Mohsen_Makhmalbaf_na_coletiva_de_imprensa_do_Fronteiras_do_Pensamento_Porto_Alegre_2011_%286344009001%29_%28Cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Mohsen Makhmalbaf na coletiva de imprensa do Fronteiras do Pensamento Porto Alegre 2011 (2000)](https://film.one/media/person/383227/gallery-58c1a55c281d.jpg) Mohsen Makhmalbaf na coletiva de imprensa do Fronteiras do Pensamento Porto Alegre 2011 (2000) — Fronteiras do Pensamento, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Mohsen_Makhmalbaf_na_coletiva_de_imprensa_do_Fronteiras_do_Pensamento_Porto_Alegre_2011_%286344767108%29.jpg/1280px-Mohsen_Makhmalbaf_na_coletiva_de_imprensa_do_Fronteiras_do_Pensamento_Porto_Alegre_2011_%286344767108%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Mohsen Makhmalbaf no Fronteiras do Pensamento Porto Alegre 2011 (2000)](https://film.one/media/person/383227/gallery-fb1f6d9b0d34.jpg) Mohsen Makhmalbaf no Fronteiras do Pensamento Porto Alegre 2011 (2000) — Fronteiras do Pensamento, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Mohsen_Makhmalbaf_no_Fronteiras_do_Pensamento_Porto_Alegre_2011_%286343984023%29.jpg/1280px-Mohsen_Makhmalbaf_no_Fronteiras_do_Pensamento_Porto_Alegre_2011_%286343984023%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Mohsen Makhmalbaf](https://film.one/media/person/383227/gallery-23c98de4792c.jpg) Mohsen Makhmalbaf — Fabienkhan, CC BY-SA 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Mohsen_makhmalbaf.jpg/1280px-Mohsen_makhmalbaf.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Mohsen Makhmalbaf](https://film.one/media/person/383227/gallery-6b4356926f76.jpg) Mohsen Makhmalbaf — Image via TMDB
- ![מוחסן מחמלבאף בפסטיבל הסרטים הבינלאומי בחיפה ה-31 בו הוקרן סרטו הקצר "הדייר" וסרט עליו ועל משפחתו "בית הספר של אבא" (2015)](https://film.one/media/person/383227/gallery-d700300567ad.jpg) מוחסן מחמלבאף בפסטיבל הסרטים הבינלאומי בחיפה ה-31 בו הוקרן סרטו הקצר "הדייר" וסרט עליו ועל משפחתו "בית הספר של אבא" (2015) — Hanay, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Mohsen_Makhmalbaf_in_Haifa_film_festival_01_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-Mohsen_Makhmalbaf_in_Haifa_film_festival_01_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Hana Makhmalbaf, Marziyeh Meshkini, Mohsen Makhmalbaf, cyclo d'or au festival international des cinémas d'Asie de Vesoul en 2009. (2010)](https://film.one/media/person/383227/gallery-bd131875e538.jpg) Hana Makhmalbaf, Marziyeh Meshkini, Mohsen Makhmalbaf, cyclo d'or au festival international des cinémas d'Asie de Vesoul en 2009. (2010) — Cyclo_d'or_d'honneur_2009.jpg: Jeffdelonge
derivative work: Beao, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Cyclo_d%27or_d%27honneur_2009_crop.jpg/1280px-Cyclo_d%27or_d%27honneur_2009_crop.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Other awards — 5 won, 1 nominated

- Annual award ACFK 2015: Annual award ACFK (won)
- Honorary Doctor of Letters 2011: Honorary Doctor of Letters (won)
- honorary doctorate of Paris Nanterre University 2010: honorary doctorate of Paris Nanterre University (won)
- Freedom to Create Prize 2009: Freedom to Create Prize (won)
- European Film Award for Best Non-European Film 2001: European Film Award for Best Non-European Film (nominated), for *Kandahar*
- Sitges Film Festival Best Director award 1996: Sitges Film Festival Best Director award (won), for *Gabbeh*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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