Daryush Shokof (Persian: داریوش شکوف, born 1954) is an Iranian artist, film director, writer, and film producer based in Germany.
Biography
He was born as Ali Reza Shokoufandeh on 25 June 1954 in
Tehran
Tehran (; fa, تهران ) is the largest city in Tehran Province and the capital of Iran. With a population of around 9 million in the city and around 16 million in the larger metropolitan area of Greater Tehran, Tehran is the most popul ...
,
Imperial State of Iran
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Imperial or The Imperial may also refer to:
Places
United States
* Imperial, California
* Imperial, Missouri
* Imperial, Nebraska
* Imperial, Pennsylvania
* Imperial, Texas
...
. Shokof graduated from
Eastern New Mexico University
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with a degree in
Physics
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and Mathematics. Shokof received an
MBA
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from
University of Dallas
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The university comprises four academi ...
in
Texas
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.
Alleged kidnapping
Shokof claimed that he was kidnapped by four
terrorists
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in the city of Cologne, Germany, in late May 2010, and was kept for over twelve days in the hands of four Arabic-speaking men. German police denied his statement and told the press that this story was not verifiable, and might have been staged to attract attention.
Filmography
This filmography includes only films listed in IMDB.
Awards
*New York International Independent Film and Video Festival (NYIIFVF) Los Angeles, July 2011
** Best Director of a Feature Film – for ''Hitler's Grave''
*New York International Independent Film and Video Festival, Los Angeles, March 2007
**Award for Best International Director – category feature for: ''Breathful'' (2007)
*New York International Independent Film and Video Festival, Winter 2000
**Feature Film Award for Best Experimental Film – ''Tenussian Vacuvasco'' (2000)
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Locarno International Film Festival
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1996
**Nominated for Golden Leopard for: ''Seven Servants'' (1996)
See also
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Islamic art
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Iranian art
Persian art or Iranian art () has one of the richest art heritages in world history and has been strong in many media including architecture, painting, weaving, pottery, calligraphy, metalworking and sculpture. At different times, influences ...
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Islamic calligraphy
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List of Iranian artists
The following list of Iranian artists (in alphabetical order by last name) includes artists of various genres, who are notable and are either born in Iran, of Iranian descent or who produce works that are primarily about Iran.
Cinema artists
Ac ...
References
External links
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*Article:
Interview with Daryush Shokof: The Magician from Persia' on haolam.de from 2014 (in German)
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1954 births
Living people
Iranian film people
Eastern New Mexico University alumni
Iranian human rights activists
German film people
Iranian screenwriters
Iranian emigrants to Germany
People from Tehran
Iranian exiles
University of Texas at Arlington alumni