Mahdi Bemani Naeini

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مهدی بمانی نائینی
Mahdi B. Naeini

Born Mahdi Bemani Naeini
October 3, 1968 (1968-10-03) (age 39)
Mashad, Khorasan, Iran
Years active 1984 - present
Spouse(s) Mehri Garmsir

Mahdi Bemani Naeini (also spelt Mehdi Bemani, Mehdi Bemani Naeini, Persian: مهدی بمانی نائینی, born October 3, 1968) is an Iranian film director, cinematographer, TV cameraman and photographer.




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[edit] Early life

Born into an Iranian middle class family in Mashad on October 3, 1968. For the first time he touched camera at the age of ten when he developed and printed his first photos personally in his home made atelier. Throughout his early teens, Mahdi Bemani made amateur 8 mm movies with his family and friends. His films widely intended and presented in domestic and international film festivals and by the time he was 17, he gained many national and international prizes. He graduated from IYCS, Iranian Young Cinema Society in 1984 where he experienced filmmaking and photography systematically.

Mahdi Bemani (childhood)
Mahdi Bemani (childhood)
Silver Medal for the film "To the dust again" from Danubiale film and video festival, Austria.
Silver Medal for the film "To the dust again" from Danubiale film and video festival, Austria.
Diploma and first prize for the film "To the dust again" from Skopje International film festival, Yugoslavia.
Diploma and first prize for the film "To the dust again" from Skopje International film festival, Yugoslavia.



Mahdi Bemani Naeini behind the camera, Tajikistan (2007)
Mahdi Bemani Naeini behind the camera, Tajikistan (2007)



[edit] Filmography

  • Ascent (1984)
  • Silence (1985)
  • Teacher's lesson (1985)
  • To the dust again (1988)
  • Those days (1991)
  • Dream (1992)
  • Statue (1993), documentary film.
  • Smell of Wheat (1993), documentary film.
  • Nowruz (1998), documentary film.
  • Holiday (1998), documentary film.
  • Cross Country (2000), animation.
  • Straggle (2001), animation.
  • One day for all (2001), animation.
  • One Two Three (2002), animation.
  • Pendulum (2002)
  • City of God (2004), music video.
  • Un Amore Grande (2005, Language: Italian), music video.
  • Re-reading (2005), documentary film.
  • Time contrast (2006), documentary film.
  • Rumi's dance (2007), music video.
  • Kindness (2007), music video.
  • My prospect (2007), music video.




[edit] References


1. Director Mahdi Bemani Naeini has shot 'Smell of the Moulian Brook' in Tajikistan with a cast of Iranian and Tajik actors, Press TV reported. [1]

2. Rudaki documentary by Mahdi Bemani, a DEFC production. [2]

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