Kiumars Pourahmad

Kiumars Pourahmad
Pourahmad at the 34th Fajr Film Festival
Born	(1949-12-16) December 16, 1949 Najaf Abad, Isfahan Province, Iran
Nationality	Iranian
Occupation(s)	Film director Screenwriter
Years active	1979–present
Spouse	Mehraneh Rabi Effat Shamohammadi (1972-1989)
Children	Pegah Pourahmad, Pardis Pourahmad, Maryam Pourahmad
Relatives	Khodabakhsh Pourahmad (Father) Parvin Dokht Yazdanian (Mother)

Kiumars Pourahmad (Persian: کیومرث پوراحمد, born December 16, 1949 in Najaf Abad, Isfahan, Iran) is an Iranian film director, screenwriter, film editor and film producer.

Career

Pourahmad started his career as a film critic and assistant director in a TV series in early 1970s. He made his directorial debut, Tatureh in 1983 after making some short films. Children and young adults with their problems are the central characters in most of his films. Recently, Pourahmad has shown a tendency toward mass audience and box office and his latest film, The Yalda Night, was a self-expression. Pourahmad recently published his autobiography, Unfinished Childhood.

Filmography

Cinema

• Tatoureh, 1984
• Bibi Chelchele, 1984
• Goyar, 1987
• The Harbour, 1988
• Silent Hunt, 1989
• The Shame 1992
• The Morning After, 1992
• Bread and Poem, 1993
• For the Sake of Haniyeh 1994
• Khaharan-e-gharib, 1995
• Yalda Night, 2001
• Gol-e yakh, 2005
• Noke Borj, 2005
• The Night Bus, 2007
• Where Are My Shoes?, 2016

TV

• The Tales of Majid, 1990
• Sarnakh, 1997
• Parantez Baz, 2010

External links

• Kiumars Pourahmad at IMDb
• Photograph of Kiumars Pourahmad, Āftāb, Friday 9 February 2007