Bahman Maghsoudlou

Bahman Maghsoudlou (born in Gorgan, Iran, 1946) is a film scholar and critic, Bahman Maghsoudlou claims that he is the recipient of Iran's Forough Farrokhzad literary award for writing and editing a series of books about cinema and theater (1975), including Iranian Cinema (1987, New York University's Center for Middle Eastern Studies). Maghsoudlou wrote, directed and produced a short documentary on artist Ardeshir Mohasses called Ardeshir Mohasses and His Caricatures in 1972 which was poorly directed. This would turn out to be the first in a series of films on Iran's most important artistic figures, although the follow-ups would not be produced for many years afterwards. In 1998, he produced Ahmad Shamlou: Master Poet of Libertyand he...