Ebrahim Golestan

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Ebrahim Golestan
Ebrahim Golestan

Ebrahim Golestan (also spelt Ibrahim Golestan, Persian: ابراهیم گلستان , born 1922 in Shiraz, Iran) is an Iranian filmmaker and literary figure with a career spanning half a century. He has been living in Sussex, United Kingdom, since 1975.

He is the father of Iranian photojournalist Kaveh Golestan, and Lili Golestan,[1] translator and owner and artistic director of the Golestan Gallery in Tehran, Iran. His grandson, Mani Haghighi, is also a film director.

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[edit] Filmography

  • Yek atash (1961)
  • Moj, marjan, khara (1962)
  • Khesht va Ayeneh (1965, aka Brick and Mirror)
  • Asrar ganj dareheye jenni (1974, aka The Ghost Valley's Treasure Mysteries)

[edit] Note

  1. ^ Masoud Soheili, Photographer, Portrait & People: Lili Golestan. [1]

[edit] References

  • Hamid Dabashi, Masters & Masterpieces of Iranian Cinema, 451 p. (Mage Publishers, Washington, DC, 2007); Chapter III, pp. 71-106: Ebrahim Golestan; Mud Brick and Mirror. ISBN 093421185X

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