David Mahmoudieh
David Mahmoudieh (born London, England) is a British-Iranian screenwriter, director and producer of film, music videos, commercials and documentaries. He directs under a variety of pseudonyms, including "R&D", "Merlin", "Uncle Rumple" and "Jury & Executioner". As a second unit director he operates under the moniker Murlep Snilttski - an acronym of his favourite fairytale character, Rumpelstiltskin.
Previously he has directed music videos for artists including "Marina And The Diamonds" and "Coldplay".
Other written works include the short-stories Perception, Return To Sender and I Kill Kilkally, the short films The Confession and Wolves Who Hunt Smiling, and the feature screenplay Fool's Gold.[1]
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Overview [edit]
In 1999, whilst still at high school, David won The Casa Nostra short-story competition and was consequently approached to pen a screen adaptation of Frederick Ayer's turn-of-the-century novel Reminiscences. Upon the completion of his schooling, Mahmoudieh began development on an original comic book series and his first feature-length screenplay, Fools Gold.
From the year 2000 onwards, David began working as a Trainee 3rd and later 1st AD (Assistant Director) on a number of TV shows and films, including The Outer Limits, Wolf Lake [2] and X-Files.
In March 2008 David's short-script Rain won the award of "Best Short Script 2008" at the ECU European Film Festival in Paris.[3] The script also went on to finish 2nd in the 2009 Hollywood Movie Deal Screenplay Contest (Shorts Category),[4] 2nd again in the "Best Short Sci-Fi/Fantasy Screenplay" category at IFFF Film Festival at Raleigh Studios, Los Angeles,[5] and finally Runner-Up in two categories "(Best Dramatic & Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy Script)" at the AOF Film Festival Writer's Awards Ceremony in Pasadena.
It was announced in 2011 that "Rain" was in development for adaptation into a feature-film, with David attached as writer/director.
Trivia [edit]
David Mahmoudieh is the second-cousin of the award-winning architect and designer Yasmine Mahmoudieh.
Awards and nominations [edit]
| Year | Award | Category | Recipient(s) | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | ECU European Independent Film Festival | Best Short Script | David Mahmoudieh | Won |
| 2008 | AOF Film Festival | Best Fantasy Short | David Mahmoudieh | Nominated |
| 2008 | AOF Film Festival | Best Dramatic Short | David Mahmoudieh | Nominated |
| 2009 | IFFF Los Angeles | Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy Script | David Mahmoudieh | 2nd |
| 2009 | Hollywood Movie Deal Screenplay Contest | Best Short Script | David Mahmoudieh | 2nd |
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