Background
He was born in Gorgan on March 23, 1954.
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Houshang Golmakani
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He graduated in cinema and television from the College of Dramatic Arts of Tehran in 1982.
Career
Houshang Golmakani started his professional career in 1972 as a journalist and film critic for Tehran Economist. He is one of the three founders of Film (Iranian magazine), the oldest post-revolutionary film magazine in Iran (founded in 1982 with Massoud Mehrabi and Abbas Yari). In 1993, Film (Iranian magazine) 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, STARDUST-STRICKEN. Mohsen Makhmalbaf: A Portrait (1996).
He writes books about cinema and translate screenplays.
Achievements
Membership
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, (1998–2002).
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Iran