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Daryush Shokof is an Iranian artist, Film-maker who was born in Tehran Iran in June 25,1954. he left Iran in late seventies to continue studies in the USA. he graduated with a degree of Mathematics and Physics from E.N.M.U., and a masters degree in Management from U.D. Texas. His first encounter with the arts was copying a work of Picasso.s head of a woman at the age of 8 and on the wall of their dinning room. his father encouraged him and got him a teacher so he could continue painting. He also started writing film scripts by copying works of great film personalities such as Fellini, and Pasolini, and Sartre at the age of 11. he had said in a press conference at Locarno Film Festival that he had shown a copy of a work by Sartre and showed the writing to his father as his own at the age of 9. the proud father was so mesmerized with the script that he showed the writing to many people around and soon a crowd of people thought of the boy to be a Genius. Since he had changed some of the names and situations no one could suspect who the work could really belong to as he presented 3 works as such from each Fellini, Pasolini, and Sartre. www.IFVC.com He continues in the same press conference that ever since that lie he had to write texts matching such great minds of the time, and was obviously never successful to get any of the works printed and or sold. However, he added that stealing and or copying works of the great minds would always help one to add some or even a little touch to the original works that would help a creative person to take form and shape and progress. He soon moved to New York after his master,s degree and started a career as an artist by drawings and small paintings. His early drawings were influenced by Saul Steinberg, and his painting owed much to Dali. He almost always continued writing alongside the arts, until one day he just packed his bags and left to Europe to continue a career to become a full time artist. He made some exhibitions in Germany before 1985 when he finally found his style and was soon recognized as a dedicated artist in a very advanced world art scene at the time in Cologne, Germany. He coined the term Maximalism in the arts in an exhibition in 1990 at Gallery Schulze in Colgone ,Germany.He later wrote a manifest to the thoughts of Maximalism and more shows were exhibited under Maximalism including works by many prestgious artists at the time; Milan Kunc, Mark Kostabi, Jeff Koons, Robert Green, Wainer Vaccari, Salvo, Marcello Jori, Jim Dine,Jan Knapp were amongst names that contributed works at different Maximalist exhibitions world wide. Shokof finally got involved in the film material through a video installation which soon gave way to making films with an extraordinary turn out ever since 1990.
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His original script of (Seven Servants) finally attracted some of the greatest actors in the industry. both Legendary actors Anthony Quinn and Marlon Brando wanted to do the lead role with almost no fees, but a take of the film,s income. Anthony Quinn ended up doing one of his most daring acting in (Seven Servants). The film traveled more than 50 major film festivals world wide:
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Shokof gradually has gotten a reputation as a Cult figure in both worlds of arts and Cinema thanks to his prolific works in both media and his unique signature and most original concepts. He has made more than 12 feature films and 10 short films from 1996 when (Seven Servants) was finished. His name is mentioned alongside some great film makers of our time as a most influential figure in the scene:
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Seven Servants has been mentioned and ranked as one of the most importannt films in many cinema world rankings. it was named as one of the few movies that broke all the rules as well:
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a list of his works can be found both in the ImdB, and crew united:
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Filmography
Angels are wired 1990 Dogs are not allowed 1991 Ben Hur, the Breathfless, Taxi-Driver in Casablanca 1992 Seven Servants 1996 Magass 1997 Tenussian Vacuvasco 2000 Holy Shit 2001 She would... 2003 Kiss,Long and Close 2003 Venussian Tabutasco 2004 A2Z 2005 Asudem 2006 Breathful 2007 Smoqing 2007 Epicalypse Now 2007 Sound-Less 2007
213.168.109.167 (talk) 18:50, 12 April 2008 (UTC) 213.168.109.167 (talk) 19:30, 12 April 2008 (UTC) Üpolkj (talk) 11:03, 13 April 2008 (UTC)
