Firooz Malekzadeh ( fa, فیروز ملک‌زاده) was one of

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's top cinematographers in the 1970s and 1980s. He has worked on over 50 films in Iran with many respected directors including

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and

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praised Malekzadeh's work on the 1990 film ''Bashu, the Little Stranger'' as "beautifully photographed;" the Routledge Encyclopedia of Films called ''Bashu'' "a seminal work in the history of post-Revolutionary Iranian cinema." At the 1976 inaugural

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, Malekzadeh won a special award, with fellow director of photography Mehrdad Fakhimi, for their film ''Stranger and the Fog'' (1976).

Selected filmography

* '' Dreams For Life'', 2004 * '' Bashu'', 1989 * '' Khun-bas'', 1992 * '' Davande'', 1985 * '' Madian'', 1986 * '' Golha-ye Davoudi'', 1985 * '' Entezar'', 1974 * '' Gharibe va Meh'', 1974 * ''

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'', 1974 * ''

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'', 1972

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