Kamran Shirdel

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Kamran Shirdel (born 1939 in Tehran) is a renowned Iranian documentarist. He studied architecture and urbanism at Rome University and film direction at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia of Rome, graduating in 1964. He worked as an assistant director with John Huston on The Bible then made his diploma film, Gli Specchi (The Mirrors), in Rome. He returned to eIran and started his career in 1965. His films have often been banned and confiscated.

Shirdel is the founder and director of the Kish International Documentary Film Festival which is held yearly in the January on the island of Kish in the Persian Gulf. He is also the managing director of Filmgrafic Co.

[edit] Films

  • NEDAMATGAH ("Women's Prison")
  • Qaleh ("Women's Quarter")
  • Tehran is the Capital of Iran
  • The Night It Rained (award-winning.)
  • Solitude Opus 1 (2002)