Mohammedreza Eslamloo Explained

Mohammedreza Eslamloo (محمدرضا‌ اسالملو‌) (born in 1947, in Shiraz) graduated in Television and Film from the College of Communications of the University of Texas. He worked for the construction jihad unit and Islamic combatants department at IRIB, and at the Iranian Art Institute. He was a teacher at the School of Television ^[1] in Tehran.

Made famous, for his political pro-Khomeini documentaries, he has always refused to become the official artist for the regime, and has never stopped questioning the political power in Iran.

Eslamloo made a docudrama on the event of September 11: “The 9/11 Black Box” ^[2] The main actor in this political movie received the Special Award for Human Rights at the 29th Fajr Film Festival (2011). This film represented Iran at the 64th Cannes Film Festival (May 2011)^[3]

Major short films

• [Hodood-e Tarikh] "The Limits of History" (cinematographer, 1982)
• [Abadan Shahr-e Mazloom] "Abadan, the City that Suffered" (+ cinematographer and editor, 1982)
• [Bar Faraz-e Fav] "Over Fav" (+ writer, director of photography, and editor, 1982)
• [Az Kheibar ta Karbala] "From Kheibar to Karbala (+ cinematographer and editor, 1987)
• [Emrooz Felestin, Choobha-ye Khoshk] "Palestine Today, Dry Pieces of Wood" (+ editor and assistant cinematographer, 1988)

Major films

• The Passage (1986)
• Fright (1987)
• Seyyed's Garden (1989)
• [Mosalmanan] "Moslems" (1994)
• [Mosalmanan] "Moslems" (second series, 1995)
• The 9/11 Black Box (2011)

Notes and References

1. http://www.irancinema.ir/biography/?ac=to&co=108&se=s. Biography of Eslamloo، Mohammadreza (Iran Cinema Website)
2. http://www.tehrantimes.com/index_View.asp?code=232927 “9/11 Black Box” shooting begins in Tehran (Tehran Times, December 26, 2010)
3. Web site: DEFC to present latest productions at Cannes Film Market. May 2011.