Houshang Golmakani is an Iranian journalist, film critic and director. He was born in

Gorgan Gorgan ( fa, گرگان ; also romanized as ''Gorgān'', ''Gurgān'', and ''Gurgan''), formerly Esterabad ( ; also romanized as ''Astarābād'', ''Asterabad'', and ''Esterābād''), is the capital city of Golestan Province, Iran. It lies appro ...

on March 23, 1954. Houshang Golmakani started his professional career in 1972 as a journalist and film critic for ''Tehran Economist''. He graduated in cinema and television from the College of Dramatic Arts of Tehran in 1982. He is one of the three founders of ''

Film (Iranian magazine) ''Film'' ( fa, فیلم) is an Iranian film review magazine published for more than 40 years. The president and chef-editor is Pooya Mehrabi with Massoud Mehrabi Massoud Mehrabi (1954 – 31 August 2020) was an Iranian journalist, writer an ...

'', the oldest post-revolutionary film magazine in Iran (founded in 1982 with Massoud Mehrabi and Abbas Yari). In 1993,

began to print an English version of the magazine for its international readers, FILM International, the only English magazine solely about Iranian cinema. Houshang Golmakani is also a writer and a director. He directed a documentary about the life and works of

Mohsen Makhmalbaf Mohsen Makhmalbaf ( fa, محسن مخملباف, ''Mohsen Makhmalbaaf''; born May 29, 1957) is an Iranian film director, writer, film editor, and producer. He has made more than 20 feature films, won some 50 awards and been a juror in more than 1 ...

, ''STARDUST-STRICKEN; Mohsen Makhmalbaf: A Portrait'' (1996). He writes books about cinema and translate screenplays.

Works

Translation of screenplays

Houshang Golmakani has translated over 14 screenplays including the following: * ''Paris, Texas'' (1st edition: 1989;2d edition:1997; 3d edition: 2002) * ''The White Sheik, Variety Lights'' (1992) * ''La Strada'' (1995) * ''La Notte'' (1997) * ''Cinema Paradiso'' (1999)

Books/Other publications

* ''The Gentleman Actor'' (1st edition: 1997; 2d edition:2010) * ''The Sound of Music'' (2000) * ''From Sam Alley'' * ''Tangna'' (Narrow), book (2007) * * Houshang Golmakan was also the producer and director of the film ''Stardust Stricken, Mohsen Makhmalbaf: A Portrait'' in 1996.

Contributions as a Jury

* Member of FIPRESCI jury at the Libzick documentary film festival, 1998 * Member of jury at the Tbilissi film festival, 2007 * Member of NETPAC jury at Antalya film festival, 2007 * Member of jury at Didar film festival, Dushanbe, Tajikistan, 2008 * Member of NETPAC (Network for Promotion of Asian Cinema) * Member of selection committee for foreign movies, International Fajr festival,

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 ...

, (1998–2002) * Member of jury of the 32nd Fajr Film Festival, 2013 * Member of jury for a foreign film, Fajr International Festival, 2017 * Member of jury of the 2nd American Sheid Film Festival, 2017

Awards

* Honorary Award, Cinema House Celebration, 2007 * Best Art Critics Award, Journalists Foundation, 2008 * Award for the Most Influential Critic of the last thirty years in Iran, Art Critics Association, 2008

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