Mohsen Makhmalbaf Net Worth

Mohsen Makhmalbaf is an influential filmmaker and founder of the new wave of Iranian cinema. He has won over 50 international awards from prestigious film festivals such as Cannes, Venice, and Locarno, and his film Kandahar was chosen as one of the top 100 best movies of history of cinema by Times Magazine. His fame as a filmmaker led to an identity theft which was turned into a famous film by Abbas Kiarostami. Makhmalbaf has also taught his three children about the art of cinema, and his older daughter Samira holds the record for the youngest filmmaker to be selected for the official section of Cannes. At the age of 17, Makhmalbaf was shot by the police and spent 5 years in prison as a political prisoner. He has continued his fight and human right activities against dictatorship in Iran, and with his film Afghan Alphabet he managed to change a law in Iran. Since 2009, all 40 films of Makhmalbaf family and 30 published books have been banned in Iran, and the Iranian government has also removed over 120 international awards of Makhmalbaf family from the museum of cinema in Iran.
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Age, Biography and Wiki

Who is it? Writer, Editor, Director
Birth Day May 29, 1957
Birth Place  Tehran, Iran, Iran
Age 66 YEARS OLD
Birth Sign Gemini
Years active 1981–present
Political party Mojahedin of the Islamic Revolution Organization (1979–1980s)
Spouse(s) Fatemeh Meshkini (1978–1982) Marzieh Meshkini (1987–present)
Children Samira (b. 1980) Meysam (b. 1981) Hana (b. 1988)
Awards Freedom to Create Prize Federico Fellini Honour

💰 Net worth

Mohsen Makhmalbaf, a highly acclaimed Writer, Editor, and Director from Iran, is estimated to have a net worth of $100K to $1M in 2024. Known for his innovative and thought-provoking storytelling, Makhmalbaf has garnered immense respect and admiration both nationally and internationally. Throughout his career, he has received numerous awards and accolades, solidifying his position as one of the most influential figures in Iranian cinema. With his diverse range of talents and cinematic expertise, it comes as no surprise that his net worth reflects his success and contributions to the film industry.

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Biography/Timeline

1957

Makhmalbaf was born in Tehran on May 29, 1957. At the age of 15, he became involved in a militant group fighting against the rule of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the then Shah of Iran, and at the age of 17 he was imprisoned for stabbing a policeman and sentenced to death. After serving five years of his sentence, he was released in the wake of the Iranian Revolution. He left Iran in 2005.

1981

In 1981, he wrote the screenplay for Towjeeh, directed by Manuchehr Haghaniparast. In 1982, he wrote the screenplay for Marg Deegari, directed by Mohammad-Reza Honarmand. He made his first film, Tobeh Nosuh, in 1983, and Boycott, a film set in pre-revolutionary Iran, in 1985. The latter tells the story of Valeh (Majid Majidi), a young man sentenced to death for Communist tendencies, and is widely believed to be based on Makhmalbaf's own experiences.

1987

Makhmalbaf portrays human despair, exploitation, and resilience in The Cyclist (1987), a movie about Nasim, a poor Afghan refugee in Iran in desperate need of money for his ailing wife. Nasim agrees to ride a bicycle in a small circle for one week straight in return for the money he needs to pay his wife's medical bills.

1991

Time of Love (1991) is Makhmalbaf's ninth feature film and the first film of what he calls his "third period". It is a romantic trilogy that offers three variations of the same story.

1996

Makhmalbaf took time off from directing in 1996 to form the Makhmalbaf Film House, a school for young filmmakers. It quickly became a private production house for the increasing number of filmmakers in his family. In 1997, his 17-year-old daughter Samira directed The Apple, using him as a scriptwriter and Editor. Makhmalbaf's wife, Marziyeh Meshkini, worked as assistant Director to her daughter and then took up directing herself.

2001

Kandahar (2001) is a fictional odyssey inspired by a true story set in Afghanistan before the September 11 attacks, as the Taliban's laws strip women of civil rights and hope and a Western-cultured Afghan woman returns to prevent her sister's suicide during the last eclipse of the 20th century.

2005

Makhmalbaf left Iran in 2005 shortly after the election of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, sixth President of Iran, and has lived in Paris since the events of the 2009 Iranian presidential election.