Mahmoud Kalari
Ator, Compositor, Diretor, Escritor
30 de abril de 1951 (75 anos)
Mahmoud Kalari (Persian: محمود کلاری; born in Tehran) is an Iranian cinematographer, screenwriter, film director, and photographer who has worked with number of renowned Iranian directors such as Abbas Kiarostami, Jafar Panahi, Asghar Farhadi, and Mohsen Makhmalbaf.
After completing photography courses in the United States, he held his first photo exhibition titled "Visit with People Around Us" at Tehran University in 1976. A few years later he was employed by the Paris-based Sigma Photo News Agency and worked for them for four years. In 1980, he was ranked one of the '15 Best Photographers of the Year' by Time Magazine, and his photos could be seen in French, German, and American magazines. Kalari moved back to Iran and from 1982 to 1984 worked as the supervisor of the Tehran National TV Photography Unit.
Kalari started his film career in 1984 as the cinematographer of Jadehay sard[1] (1985) (Frosty Roads) for which he won the Best Cinematography award at Tehran's Fajr International Film Festival. He has shot more than 65 films since then, including some of the most critically acclaimed and talked about movies in Iran and internationally. Among those are: Sorb[2] (1988) (winner of the best cinematography), Reyhaneh[3] (1995) (screened at San Sebastián International Film Festival), Time of Love (1990) (filmed in Turkey and screened at the Cannes Film Festival), From Karkheh to Rein (1990) (filmed in Germany and screened at the Hamburg and Mannheim Film Festivals), Sara (1992) (screened at the San Sebastián, New York City, Los Angeles, and Chicago Film Festivals), Salaam Cinema (1995) (screened at the Montréal, Toronto, Los Angeles, New York, and Cannes Film Festivals), Gabbeh (1996) (screened at Cannes, Montreal, Toronto, Vancouver, New York, Los Angeles and 21 other International Film Festivals around the world, winner of Best Cinematography at Fajr International Film Festival and winner of Fujifilm Motion Picture Award), Leila (1997) (screened at 7 international film festivals and the winner of the best cinematography at Fajr Film Festival), Derakhte Golabi[4] (1998) (winner of Silver Hugo at Chicago Film Festival and chosen as the Best Motion Picture Photography by the international jury of the Fajr Film Festival), The Wind Will Carry Us (1999) for which Kalari received nominations for Best Cinematography in the Main Competition of Plus CAMEIMAGE International Film Festival of the Art of Cinematography, and Offside (2006) (screened at the Berlin, New York, and AFI Film Festivals).
Kalari's directorial debut was Abe-O Aftaab (1997) on which he was also the writer and cinematographer. It was screened at the Montreal and Chicago Film Festivals and won the Best Film award at Argentina's Mardel Plata Film Festival.
After completing photography courses in the United States, he held his first photo exhibition titled "Visit with People Around Us" at Tehran University in 1976. A few years later he was employed by the Paris-based Sigma Photo News Agency and worked for them for four years. In 1980, he was ranked one of the '15 Best Photographers of the Year' by Time Magazine, and his photos could be seen in French, German, and American magazines. Kalari moved back to Iran and from 1982 to 1984 worked as the supervisor of the Tehran National TV Photography Unit.
Kalari started his film career in 1984 as the cinematographer of Jadehay sard[1] (1985) (Frosty Roads) for which he won the Best Cinematography award at Tehran's Fajr International Film Festival. He has shot more than 65 films since then, including some of the most critically acclaimed and talked about movies in Iran and internationally. Among those are: Sorb[2] (1988) (winner of the best cinematography), Reyhaneh[3] (1995) (screened at San Sebastián International Film Festival), Time of Love (1990) (filmed in Turkey and screened at the Cannes Film Festival), From Karkheh to Rein (1990) (filmed in Germany and screened at the Hamburg and Mannheim Film Festivals), Sara (1992) (screened at the San Sebastián, New York City, Los Angeles, and Chicago Film Festivals), Salaam Cinema (1995) (screened at the Montréal, Toronto, Los Angeles, New York, and Cannes Film Festivals), Gabbeh (1996) (screened at Cannes, Montreal, Toronto, Vancouver, New York, Los Angeles and 21 other International Film Festivals around the world, winner of Best Cinematography at Fajr International Film Festival and winner of Fujifilm Motion Picture Award), Leila (1997) (screened at 7 international film festivals and the winner of the best cinematography at Fajr Film Festival), Derakhte Golabi[4] (1998) (winner of Silver Hugo at Chicago Film Festival and chosen as the Best Motion Picture Photography by the international jury of the Fajr Film Festival), The Wind Will Carry Us (1999) for which Kalari received nominations for Best Cinematography in the Main Competition of Plus CAMEIMAGE International Film Festival of the Art of Cinematography, and Offside (2006) (screened at the Berlin, New York, and AFI Film Festivals).
Kalari's directorial debut was Abe-O Aftaab (1997) on which he was also the writer and cinematographer. It was screened at the Montreal and Chicago Film Festivals and won the Best Film award at Argentina's Mardel Plata Film Festival.
Filmography
| 2024 | Summer Time · as Old Ata |
| 2024 | Odyssey of Solitude · as Cast |
| 2018 | Bomb: A Love Story · as Mitra's Father |
| 2015 | Gohar Kheirandish a Filmography · as Cast |
| 2006 | Men at Work · as Mohsen |
| 2000 | Tales of an Island · as (segment: Dear Cousin Is Lost) |
| 1998 | Takhti · as Cast |
| 1992 | The Lady · as Dr. Hessam |
| 2016 | Bodyguard · as Original Music Composer |
| 2024 |
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| 2020 | Killer Spider · as Director Of Photography |
| 2020 | Consternation · as Cinematographer |
| 2018 | Bomb: A Love Story · as Director Of Photography |
| 2018 | Columbus · as Director Of Photography |
| 2018 | Pig · as Director Of Photography |
| 2017 | 5 in the Afternoon · as Cinematographer |
| 2017 | Sperm Whale 2 · as Director Of PhotographyNo Plex |
| 2017 | Ferrari · as Director Of PhotographyNo Plex |
| 2016 | 7 Months Pregnant · as Cinematographer |
| 2016 | Bodyguard · as Director Of Photography |
| 2015 | The Nameless Alley · as Cinematographer |
| 2015 | Death of the Fish · as CinematographerNo Plex |
| 2014 | Raspberry · as Cinematographer |
| 2014 | Cease Fire 2 · as Cinematographer |
| 2014 | Ghosts · as CinematographerNo Plex |
| 2013 | Give Back · as Director Of Photography |
| 2013 | Fish & Cat · as Director Of Photography |
| 2013 | The Past · as Director Of Photography |
| 2012 | The Snow on the Pines · as Director Of Photography |
| 2012 | I'm His Wife · as Cinematographer |
| 2011 | Blood Orange · as Cinematographer |
| 2011 | A Separation · as Director Of Photography |
| 2010 | The Killer · as Cinematographer |
| 2010 | Leila's Dream · as Cinematographer |
| 2010 | Love at 40 · as Cinematographer |
| 2009 | 7:05 · as Cinematographer |
| 2009 | Hot Chocolate · as Director Of Photography |
| 2008 | Earthbound · as Cinematographer |
| 2008 | Shirin · as Director Of Photography |
| 2007 | To Each His Own Cinema · as Cinematographer |
| 2007 | Persian Carpet · as Director Of Photography |
| 2007 | The Magical Generation · as Cinematographer |
| 2006 | Mainline · as Director Of Photography |
| 2006 | Offside · as Director Of Photography |
| 2006 | Havana File · as Cinematographer |
| 2005 | A Little Kiss · as Cinematographer |
| 2005 | The Willow Tree · as Director Of Photography |
| 2005 | Tickets · as Director Of Photography |
| 2005 | The Fish Fall in Love · as Director Of Photography |
| 2005 | Bab'Aziz: The Prince That Contemplated His Soul · as Director Of Photography |
| 2004 | Al-Ghazali: The Alchemist of Happiness · as Cinematographer |
| 2004 | Friday's Soldiers · as Director Of Photography |
| 2004 | Abadan · as Cinematographer |
| 2004 | Boutique · as Director Of Photography |
| 2002 | A House Built on Water · as Director Of Photography |
| 2001 | Water and Fire · as Cinematographer |
| 2001 | The Hidden Half · as Director Of Photography |
| 2000 | Smell of Camphor, Fragrance of Jasmine · as Cinematographer |
| 2000 | Tales of an Island · as Cinematographer |
| 2000 | The Mix · as Cinematographer |
| 1999 | The Wind Will Carry Us · as Director Of Photography |
| 1999 | Siavash · as Cinematographer |
| 1999 | Red · as Cinematographer |
| 1999 | Ahmad Shamlou: Master Poet of Liberty · as Cinematographer |
| 1998 | The Pear Tree · as Director Of Photography |
| 1997 | Leila · as Director Of Photography |
| 1996 | A Moment of Innocence · as Director Of Photography |
| 1996 | Gabbeh · as Director Of Photography |
| 1995 | Nobat e Asheghi · as Director Of Photography |
| 1995 | The Trade · as Director Of Photography |
| 1995 | Kimia · as Cinematographer |
| 1995 | Hello Cinema · as Director Of Photography |
| 1994 | The Spouse · as Cinematographer |
| 1994 | The Devil's Day · as Cinematographer |
| 1993 | Sara · as Director Of Photography |
| 1993 | The Wolf's Trail · as Director Of Photography |
| 1993 | From Karkheh to Rhein · as Cinematographer |
| 1992 | The Love-stricken · as Cinematographer |
| 1991 | Two and A Half Men · as Cinematographer |
| 1991 | The Sergeant · as Director Of Photography |
| 1990 | Mother · as Director Of Photography |
| 1990 | O Iran · as Cinematographer |
| 1990 | Reyhaneh · as Cinematographer |
| 1989 | The Lead · as Director Of Photography |
| 1987 | The Stone Lion · as Director Of Photography |
| 1985 | Frosty Roads · as Cinematographer |