Background
Allamehzadeh was born in 1943 in Sari, Mazandaran province, Iran.
director professor screenwriter writer
Allamehzadeh was born in 1943 in Sari, Mazandaran province, Iran.
He studied film directing at “Tehran Academy of Film and Television” in 1966-1969.
He is primarily known for his films about refugees, such as The Guests of Hotel Astoria (1988), and the documentary Holy Crime (1994), about the murder of opposition figures in Europe by the Islamic regime in Iran. He teaches film and television courses in various universities including Hollins University in Virginia (United States), Leeds Metropolitan University (United Kingdom) and International R/television Training Center in the Netherlands, where he has been living since 1983. Allamehzadeh has been one of the advocates of Kurdish cinema.
He is native in Persian and fluent in English and to some extent Dutch and Spanish.
A Few Simple Sentences (1986), awarded best short, Stockholm 1986, International Immigrant Film Festival. Best children"s film, Tomar 1987, International Festival of Cinema for Children and Youth.
Best children"s film, International Centre of for Children and Youth (CIFEJ), International Moscow Film Festival, 1987.
