Mehrdad Oskouei

mehrdad oskouei مهرداد اسکویی
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Personal details
Born	13 May 1956 Teheran, Iran Tehran
Alma mater	University of tehran

Mehrdad Oskouei (in persian مهرداد اسکویی)is an Iranian independent producer, director and screenwriter of documentary films and short films and film educator.

Life

Independent producer, filmmaker and photographer, Mehrdad Oskouei was born in Tehran on September 12, 1969. He has a B.A. in film direction from the University of Arts, starting in the theatre in 1981 and the film world in 1988. He made his first film in 1988 at the age of 19. Since then he has produced, written, and directed more than 25 documentaries and shorts. His films have received over 80 awards from national and international festivals. « The Other Side of Burka » was awarded as best Iranian documentary in 2004 and Oskouei himself was awarded as best young Iranian filmmaker in both 2004 and 2005. « Nose, Iranian Style » was nominated for the Golden Movie Squad DOC U Award at the International Documentary Film Festival of Amsterdam in 2005. “It’s Always Late for Freedom” won The Best Mid-Length Documentary Award at Hot Docs in 2008. “The Last Days of Winter” was awarded for the DOC U Award at the International Documentary Film Festival of Amsterdam in 2011. His films have regularly been shown on TV and at festivals worldwide. Mehrad Oskouei is a 2010 Prince Claus Award laureate “for his moving, informative and evocative films, for his honest engagement with his subjects and his commitment to accurately representing their concerns, and for working in difficult contexts to break down prejudice and generate social justice.”

Awards and recognition

In 2005 his film The Other Side of the Burka was rewarded with the Golden Dragon at the Kraków Film Festival.

In 2010 Oskouei was honored with a Prince Claus Award from the Netherlands. According to The New York Times he is probably the most prominent documentary maker of Iran.

Filmography

Oskouei made dozens of documentary films and short films. The following list is a Documentary selection:

• 1996 || Saochi (co-director: Reza Yazdani) || Director,producer, researcher

• 1997 || Eil Bairami (The New Year For Tribe) || Director,producer, researcher

• 2000 || Khaneye madari'am,Mordaab (My Mother’s Home, Lagoon) || Director, Co-producer, Screen writer

• 2001 || Rozhgiran (The Eclipse (co-director: Ebrahim Saeedi)) || Director,Co- producer, researcher

• 2001 || Be man negah kon (Look at Me) || Director, producer,Screen writer

• 2001 || Navazeshgare noor' (Caresser of Light) || Director, producer, screen writer

• 2002 || Roo be jaei door (I Can’t Remember Anything About Afghanistan ) || Director,Co- producer, researcher

• 2002 || Biveh mard (The Widower) || Director, producer, researcher

• 2004 || Az pase borghe (The Other Side of Burka) || Director, producer,Co-director of hotography, researcher

• 2005 || Maryam,jazirehye Hengam (Maryam of Hengam Island) || Director, Co-producer, researcher

• 2005 || Asiabhaye badi (Thin Ray of Light) || Director,Co- producer, researcher

• 2005 || Damagh be sabke Irani (Nose, Iranian Style) || Director, producer, researcher

• 2007 || Hamishe baraye azadi dir ast (It's always late for freedom) || Director, producer, researcher

• 2009 || Irane man (The Taste of Iran (episode 1&4)) || Director, researcher

• 2011 || Akharin roozhaye zemestan (The Last Days of Winter) || Director, producer, researcher

The following list is a Documentary selection :

• 1988 || Tavallodi digar (Another Birth) || Director, producer, Screen writer
• 1989 || Dar tarikhe ou (In His History) || Director,Co-producer, Screen writer
• 1993 || Ettelaat,Ettelaat (Information) || Director,producer, Screen writer
• 1996 || Marz (Border ) || Director,Co-producer, Screen writer
• 1997 || Az beheshti k miayim (The Heaven We Come From) || Director,Co-producer, Screen writer
• 1998 || Dabestane haji bashi (Haji Bashi Primary School) || Director,Co-producer, Screen writer
• 1999 || Doostam midari agar... (You Love Me If…) || Director,Screen writer

International Film Festivals

• IDFA,International Documentary Film Festival(silver wolf competition),Amsterdam, Netherlands, Nov.2000(My mother's home,Lagoon)f
• EBENSEE International short Film Festival, Ebensee,Austria, May.2000(My mother's home,Lagoon)
• 43th LEIPZIG International Film Festival,Leipzig, Germany, 2000(My mother's home,Lagoon)
• MAREMMA International documentary Film Festival, Maremma, Italy,2000(My mother's home,Lagoon)
• YAMAGATA International documentary Film Festival, Yamagata, Japan, 2001(My mother's home,Lagoon)
• 24th GöTEBORG International documentary Film Festival,Göteborg, Sweden, 2001(My mother's home,Lagoon)
• IN-PUT International Foreign T.V Film Festival, South Africa, 2001(My mother's home,Lagoon)
• FREIBURG Ethnology Film Festival, Germany, May. 2001(My mother's home,Lagoon)
• YARI International Film Festival, Sweden, 2001(My mother's home,Lagoon)
• DHAKA International Film Festival, Bangladesh, 2001(My mother's home,Lagoon)
• IN-PUT International Foreign T.V Film Festival, Argentina, 2001(My mother's home,Lagoon)
• EVERY International Film Festival, Every, France, 2003(My mother's home,Lagoon)
• MEDIAWAVE International Film Festival, Hungary, 2003(My mother's home,Lagoon)
• Global Tube,International Foreign T.V Film Festival, U.S.A, New york, Oct.2003(My mother's home,Lagoon)
• 7th ALTER-NATIVE International Film Festival, Romania, Nov.2003(My mother's home,Lagoon)
• 10th Festival De Cinema independent De Barcelona, Spain, 2003(My mother's home,Lagoon)
• 2th Talent Campus, Berlin, Germany, 2004(My mother's home,Lagoon)
• 18th Win Country International Film Festival, California, 2004(My mother's home,Lagoon)
• AKADEMIE Der KUNST, Berlin, Germany,2004(My mother's home,Lagoon)
• SOLEIMANIEH Film Fest Festival, Iranian Cultural Event, Soleimanieh, Iraq, 2004(My mother's home,Lagoon)
• Iran Bajo La piel un encuentro con las culturas Iranies, Casa Asia, Barcelona, Spain, 2004(My mother's home,Lagoon)
• TAJIKISTAN International Film Festival, Doshanbe, 2004(My mother's home,Lagoon)
• 3th ZIFF International Film Festival, Vancouver, Canada, 2004(My mother's home,Lagoon)
• Film Week of Iranian Cinema in Film house kino Koln, Koln, Germany, 2004(My mother's home,Lagoon)
• MEDIAWAVE International Film Festival, Hungary, 2005(My mother's home,Lagoon)
• 8th International 1001 Documentary Film Festival, Istanbul, Turkey, 2005(My mother's home,Lagoon)
• NOVO Sybreesk International Film Festival, Russia, 2005(My mother's home,Lagoon)
• 1th "Busho" Budapest Short Film Festival, Budapest, Hungary, 2005(My mother's home,Lagoon)
• Sixth Biennial Conference of Iranian Studies, London, England, 2006(My mother's home,Lagoon)
• 18th Annual Mesa Film Festival, San Francisco, USA, 2001(My mother's home,Lagoon)
• IRANIAN Art Film Festival, Sharjah, Emirate, 2007,(My mother's home,Lagoon)
• 5th International Short Film Festival of the Iranian Young Cinema Society, Tehran, 2000,(The Eclipse)
• YAMAGATA International Documentary Film Festival, Japan, 2001,(The Eclipse)
• DAKAR Biennale Film Festival, Bangladesh, 2001,(The Eclipse)
• YAMAGATA Collection Asian Film Festival, Japan, 2002,(The Eclipse)
• REN International Film Festival, Panorama, France, 2003,(The Eclipse)
• EBENSEE Festival Der Nationen, Austria, 2003,(The Eclipse)
• Ghelibia International Film Festival, Tunisia, 2003(The Eclipse)
• Kurdish International Film Festival, Berlin, Germany, 2003,(The Eclipse)
• 17th Singapore International Film Festival, Singapore, 2004,(The Eclipse)
• Film Section Iranian Cultural Event Soleimanieh, Iraq, 2004,(The Eclipse)
• V Voladero International Film & Video Festival, Mexico,2004,(The Eclipse)
• EBENSEE Festival Der Nationen, Austria, 2002,(I Can't Remember Anything About Afghanistan)
• IDFA International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam, Netherlands,2002,(I Can't Remember Anything About Afghanistan)
• Evry Festival Femmes en Iran, France, 2003,(I Can't Remember Anything About Afghanistan)
• IV Voladero International Film Festival, Mexico, 2003,(I Can't Remember Anything About Afghanistan)
• MEDIAWAVE International Short Film Festival, Hungary,2003,(I Can't Remember Anything About Afghanistan)
• 6th Barcelona Short Film Festival,Spain, 2003,(I Can't Remember Anything About Afghanistan)
• 10th REGENSBURG Short Film Week, Germany, 2003,(I Can't Remember Anything About Afghanistan)
• Forum Des Images, Panorama Du Court Metrage Iranian, France, 2001,(The Eclipse)
• 17th Singapore International Film Festival, Singapore, 2004,(I Can't Remember Anything About Afghanistan)
• 1th Kiddocs International Film Festival, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 2004,(I Can't Remember Anything About Afghanistan)
• 18th Win Country Film Festival, California, U.S.A, 2004,(I Can't Remember Anything About Afghanistan)
• Sixth Biennial Conference of Iranian Studies, London, England, 2006,(I Can't Remember Anything About Afghanistan)
• TAMPERE 32nd International Short Film Festival, Finland, 2002, (The Widower)
• 18th International Short Film Festival, Hamburg, 2002, (The Widower)
• EBENSSE, Festival Der Nationen, 2002,(The Widower)
• 47th Cork Film Festival, Irland, 2002,(The Widower)
• 6th International Short Film Festival of the Iranian Young Cinema Society, Tehran, 2001,(The Widower)
• IV Voladero International Short Film Festival, Mexico, 2003,(The Widower)
• 6th Barcelona Short Film Festival, Spain, 2003,(The Widower)
• DAKHA International Film Festival, Bangladesh, Panorama, 2003,(The Widower)