Mahmoud Shoolizadeh

Shoolizadeh (far left) directing an actor during the filming of Noora

Mahmoud Shoolizadeh was born in Abadan, Iran, and received a B.A degree in Film Production (Directing) and an M.A. degree in Cultural Affairs Management and was a film director in Iranian television for over 25 years.[24] His major activities include directing documentaries, short films and movies. Beside directing, producing and editing films, he also undertakes writing the scripts and he researches his films. He is now preparing research materials for a new film script.

Shoolizadeh has played the leading roles in movies such as The Lover of Koochak and The Puppet Bride.

Shoolizadeh was part of the directing team for the movie Anjelika Ship; and has written several movie scenarios including Poet of Life and Love (2009), My Homeland (2008), Forgotten (2007), The Migration of Love (2004), and Noora (2001).[25]

• Susan, feature film (Director, Producer, Writer, and Editor), 2018
• The Lover, fiction film (Co-writer, Director, Producer, and Editor), 2016
• Daddy, feature fiction film (Co-writer, Director, Producer, and Editor), 2015
• The Debt, short fiction film (Co-writer, Director, Producer, and Editor), 2014
• The Prisoner, short fiction film (Director and Editor), 2013[26]
• Falcon's Blood Diamond, short fiction film (Director, Cinematographer, and Actor), 2010
• Homeless, documentary (Writer, Director, Producer, Editor, and Cinematographer), 2006
• A man called Brian, documentary (Writer, Director, Producer, Cinematographer, and Editor), 2005
• Noora, feature length fiction film (writer and director), 2002 [27][28]
• The series of Studying in the Modern World, documentary (Writer, Director and Researcher), 1997
• The series of Culture and Scientific treasuries, documentary (writer, Director, and Researcher), 1996
• The series of Nations Cultures, documentary (Writer, Director, and Researcher), including the cultures of :
  England, France, Netherlands, Belgium, Ethiopia, Sudan, Senegal, Guinea, Kenya and Mali.
  The series of Nations Cultures was the first serial entirely produced outside of Iran. 1994-1997
• Religious Toolmaker, documentary (Writer, Director, Researcher, and Producer), 1991. A fictional documentary film produced, written, and directed by Shoolizadeh. The story revolves around a toolmaker who wishes to prepare the religious tools of different shapes and patterns in the next four days and make them ready for the festival Day of Ashura (Ashoora). During the film, the process of making religious tools of the mourning ceremonies is shown.
• The series of The World Intellectuals, story (Writer, Director, and Researcher), 1990
• The series of The Textbooks, documentary (Writer, Director and Researcher), 1990
• The series of One Land, Five Nations, documentary (Writer, Director, and Researcher), 1989
• The series of A City Surrounded by Mountains, documentary (Writer, Director, and Researcher), 1988
• The Noon of the 10th Day, documentary (Writer, Director and Researcher), 1988
• The Bitter Dawn story (Writer and Director), 1988
• Green Faces, Burnt Bodies, documentary (Writer and Director), 1985
• End, (Writer and Director), 1984
  

  Film director Mahmoud Shoolizadeh won two awards at the 2016 Kids Film Festival, Madrid, Spain. One award for Best Feature Film for Kids, and one award for Best Director, both for the film Daddy. May 2016

Film director Mahmoud Shoolizadeh being introduced to the audience at the Taormina International Film Festival 2003

The Lover

• Award for the Best Fiction Half-Length Film at the Five Continents International Film Festival, Puerto La Cruz, Venezuela, June 2017.[14]
• Award for the Best Story at the Red Corner Film Festival, Sweden, June 2017 [29]
• Award for the Best Poster at the Five Continents International Film Festival, Puerto La Cruz, Venezuela, June 2017 [14]

Daddy

• Award for the Best Director at The Kids Film Festival, Madrid, Spain, May 2016[9]
• Award for the Best Feature Film for Kids at The Kids Film Festival, Madrid, Spain, May 2016[9]
• Award for the Best Children's Film at the Los Angeles World International Film Festival, LA, CA, USA, April 2016[30][31]
• Gold Medal Award for the Best Original Score at the Annual Global Independent Film Awards, 2016, USA
• Award for the Best American Film at Toronto International Film Festival, Toronto, Canada, December 2015 [10]
• Award for the Best feature Film at Phoenix International Film Festival, Melbourn, Australia, November 2015[11][12]
• Award for the Best Lead Actress at Tampa Bay Underground Film Festival, December 2015, Tampa, FL, USA[32][33]
• Award for Best Feature Film at Global Independent Film Awards, July 2015, USA[13]
• Award for Best Drama at Global Independent Film Awards, July 2015, USA[13]

• Award for Best Screenplay at Global Independent Film Awards, July 2015, USA[13]
• Award for Best Original Score at Global Independent Film Awards, July 2015, USA[13]
• Award for Best Cinematography at Global Independent Film Awards, July 2015, USA[13]
• Award for Best Production Design at Global Independent Film Awards, July 2015, USA[13]
• Award for Best Lead actor, at Brasov International Film Festival, September 2015, Brasov, Romania,[34][35]

The Debt

• Award for Best Film at 15th "Moondance International Film Festival," Boulder, Colorado, USA, Sept 2014[7]
• Award for Best Female Actor at 15th "Moondance International Film Festival", Boulder, Colorado, USA, Sept 2014[7]
• Award for Best Film 10th Voyage Studios at the "Flagler International Film Festival", Palm Coast, Florida, USA, January 2015[8]
• Award for Best Supporting Actress at the North Carolina "First in Aviation" State's Global Film Festival, January 2015, North Carolina, USA[36]
• Award for Best Child Actor at North Carolina "First in Aviation" State's Global Film Festiva, January 2015, North Carolina, USA[36]

The Prisoner

• Award for Best short fiction film at Hollywood Cinerockom International Film Festival, October 2013[6]
• Award for Best Supporting Actor at Hollywood Cinerockom International Film Festival, October 2013[6]
• Honorable Mention Jury Award at Indie Fest USA International Film Festival, October 2013

A Man Called Brian

• Award for Best Director of documentary films, at 2nd Festival of TV production of IRIB, Foreign Bureoux - Tehran - August 2004

Noora

• Award for Best Feature Film, award of the audience; at 49th International Film Festival of Taormina in Italy - June 2003[5]
• Award for Best Feature Film; at third Azra Film Festival - Tehran - October 2003
• Award for Best Director, at the fourth Cima Festival (Iran TV) - Tehran - October 2003
• Award for Best Music, at the sixth Iran Cinema Film Festival - Tehran - September 2002
• Award for Best Set Design, at the sixth Iran Cinema Film Festival - Tehran - September 2002
• Award for Best Child Actress, at 16th International Children and Youth Film Festival - Isfahan - October 2001
• Award for Best Script and Special Appreciation, at 16th International Children and Youth Film Festival - Isfahan - October 2001

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• Official Website: http://www.shoolizadeh.com