Mohammad Ali Issari

Background

Issari, Mohammad Ali was born on October 3, 1921 in Esfahan, Iran. Son of Abbas Bek and Qamar (Soltan) Issari.

Education

Bachelor, U. Tehran, Iran, 1963; Master of Arts, University of Southern California, 1968; Doctor of Philosophy, 1979.

Career

Films officer, British Embassy, British Council Joint Film Division, Tehran, 1944-1950; assistant motion picture officer, United States Information Service, Tehran, 1950-1965; consultant to various Iranian Government ministries on film and television developers, 1950-1977; liaison officer, American and Iranian government officials, 1950-1965; professor cinema College Communication Arts and Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, 1969-1981; also director instructional film and multimedia production, Michigan State University, 1969-1978; mass media consultant, since 1981; president, Multimedia Production Superior vena cava syndrome, Thousand Oaks, California, since 1989. Film, public relations adviser to Iranian Oil Operating Companies in, Iran, 1963-1965. Special consultant on education and instructional television Saudi Arabian Ministry of Information, 1972.

Teacher Persian language Iran-American Society, Tehran, 1949-1959. Introduced audio-visual education in Iran, 1951. Established first film festivals in Iran.

Achievements

• Mohammad Ali Issari has been listed as a notable Film producer, writer, consultant by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

More photos

• book

  • Cinema in Iran, 1900-1979
  • A picture of Persia (An Exposition-university book)

Membership

Founder, executive secretary Youth Organisation of Iran, 1951-1952. Vice president Rugby FootballFedn., Iran, 1952-1953, president, 1954-1955. Member Anglo-Iranian Dramatic Society (board directors 1943-1950), Michigan Film Association (co-founder 1972, board directors 1972-1973), Middle East Studies Association, North America Society Motion Picture and television Engineers (life), Ancient Studies Institute Inc.

(co-founder, president 1991, 97-98), House of Iran, Inc. (co-founder, president since 1990), Association Ednl. Comm. and Technology, Delta Kappa Alpha (vice president 1967).

Connections

Married Joan Gura Aamodt, 1958. Children: Scheherezade, Katayoun, Roxana.

Father:

Abbas Bek Issari

Mother:

Qamar (Soltan) Issari

Spouse:

Joan Gura Aamodt

child:

Roxana Issari

child:

Scheherezade Issari

child:

Katayoun Issari