Mahmoud Shoolizadeh
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Mahmoud Shoolizadeh (Persian: محمود شولیزاده born in Abadan, Iran) is a film director, film producer, screenwriter, actor and film festival judge.[1][2][3][4] He has been involved in the production of over fifty films, including long feature films, short films, documentaries, and fiction.[5]
Shoolizadeh has been the recipient of several awards including best film at the 49th Taormina International Film Festival[1], best film at the 15th Moondance International Film Festival[1] and best American film at the Toronto International Film Festival,[6] among others.[7][8][9][10]
Career[edit]
Shoolizadeh was born in Abadan, Iran as one of eight children of an oil field worker. Early in life, he became obsessed with American movies, and dreamed of making movies of his own.[2] In 1984 he enrolled at the College of Cinema and TV in Tehran where he studied filmmaking.
Shoolizadeh's early works were primarily short films and documentary series made for Iranian television. Noora (The Kiss of Life) (2002) was his first feature length fiction film that he wrote and directed, which earned several international film festival awards and appearances including Best Feature Film at the 49th Taormina International Film Festival in 2003.[1][11][12][13][14]
In 2002 Shoolizadeh moved to London, United Kingdom, where he produced and directed films including the documentaries A man called Brian (2005) and Homeless (2006).[4]
In 2010 he moved to Florida in the United States and continued to win awards at film festivals with his short films The Prisoner (2013),[15][16] The Debt (2014),[3][17] Daddy (2015)[18][19][20] and The Lover (2016).[7]
His most recent feature film, Susan (2018) has received festival awards including Best UK Narrative-Feature Film at the 2019 London International Motion Picture Awards[21], Best International Feature Film at the 2019 Olympus International Film Festival, Best Feature Film at the 2019 Mediterranean Film Festival Cannes,[22] Best Drama Film, Best Director and Best Editing[23] at the 2018 Five Continents International Film Festival in November 2018, and Best Feature Fiction Film[24] at the 2019 Branson Film Festival.
Filmography[edit]
| Year | Title | Credited as | Film type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | End | Writer and Director | Short film |
| 1985 | Green Faces, Burnt Bodies | Writer and Director | Short film |
| 1985 | The Lover of Koochak | Actor | Feature film |
| 1988 | The Bitter Dawn | Writer and Director | Short film |
| 1988 | The Noon of the 10th Day | Writer, Director and Researcher | Documentary |
| 1988 | A City Surrounded by Mountains | Writer, Director and Researcher | Documentary Series |
| 1988 | One Land, Five Nations | Writer, Director and Researcher | Documentary Series |
| 1990 | The Textbooks | Writer, Director and Researcher | Documentary Series |
| 1990 | The World Intellectuals | Writer, Director and Researcher | Documentary Series |
| 1991 | Religious Toolmaker | Writer, Director, Researcher, and Producer | Docudrama |
| 1994-1997 | Nations Cultures | Writer, Director and Researcher | Documentary Series |
| 1996 | Culture and Scientific treasuries | Writer, Director and Researcher | Documentary Series |
| 1996 | The Puppet Bride | Actor | Feature film |
| 1997 | Studying in the Modern World | Writer, Director and Researcher | Documentary Series |
| 2002 | Noora | Writer and Director | Feature film |
| 2005 | A man called Brian | Writer, Director, Producer, Cinematographer, and Editor | Documentary |
| 2006 | Homeless | Writer, Director, Producer, Editor, and Cinematographer | Documentary |
| 2010 | Falcon's Blood Diamond | Director, Cinematographer, and Actor | Short film |
| 2013 | The Prisoner | Director and Editor | Short film |
| 2014 | The Debt | Co-writer, Director, Producer, and Editor | Short film |
| 2015 | Daddy | Co-writer, Director, Producer, and Editor | Short film |
| 2016 | The Lover | Co-writer, Director, Producer, and Editor | Short film |
| 2018 | Susan | Director, Producer, Writer, and Editor | Feature film |
Awards and honors[edit]
| Title | Year | Award | Film Festival | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Noora | 2001 | Best Script and Special Appreciation | 16th International Children and Youth Film Festival | Isfahan, Iran |
| 2003 | Best Director | 4th Cima Festival (Iran TV) | Tehran, Iran | |
| Best Feature Film | 3rd Azra Film Festival | |||
| Award of the audience - Best Feature Film[1] | 49th International Film Festival of Taormina | Taormina, Italy | ||
| A man called Brian | 2004 | Best Director of Documentary Films | 2nd Festival of TV production of IRIB at the Foreign Bureoux | Tehran, Iran |
| The Prisoner | 2013 | Honorable Mention Jury Award | Indie Fest USA International Film Festival | United States |
| Best short fiction film[8] | Hollywood Cinerockom International Film Festival | Los Angeles, California, United States | ||
| The Debt | 2014 | Best Film[1] | 15th Moondance International Film Festival | Boulder, Colorado, United States |
| 2015 | Best Film[9] | 10th Voyage Studios at the Flagler International Film Festival | Palm Coast, Florida, United States | |
| Daddy | 2015 | Best Production Design[20] | Global Independent Film Awards | Online |
| Best Screenplay[20] | ||||
| Best Drama[20] | ||||
| Best Feature Film[20] | ||||
| Best Feature Film[18][19] | Phoenix International Film Festival | Melbourn, Australia | ||
| Best American Film[6] | Toronto International Film Festival | Toronto, Canada | ||
| 2016 | Best Children's Film[25][26] | Los Angeles World International Film Festival, Los Angeles, California, USA | Los Angeles, California, United States | |
| Best Feature Film for Kids[10] | The Kids Film Festival | Madrid, Spain | ||
| Best Director[10] | ||||
| The Lover | 2017 | Best Fiction Half-Length Film[7] | Five Continents International Film Festival | Puerto La Cruz, Venezuela |
| Best Poster[7] | ||||
| Best Story[27] | Red Corner Film Festival | Sweden | ||
| Susan | 2018 | Best Drama Feature Film[23] | Five Continents International Film Festival | Puerto La Cruz, Venezuela |
| Special Mention Director[23] | ||||
| Best Editing Feature Film[23] | ||||
| 2019 | Best Feature Fiction Film[24] | Branson International Film Festival | Branson, Missouri, United States | |
| Best International Feature Film | Olympus International Film Festival | Los Angeles, California, United States | ||
| Best UK Narrative-Feature film[21] | London International Motion Picture Awards | London, United Kingdom | ||
| Best Feature Film[28][29] | Under The Stars International Film Festival, Fellini Edition | Bari, Italy | ||
| Best Director[30] | Eurasian Creative Guild Film Festival | London, United Kingdom | ||
| Best Feature Film[22] | Mediterranean Film Festival Cannes | Cannes, France |
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Stories & (2023-01-26). "Meet Mahmoud Shoolizadeh". CanvasRebel Magazine. Retrieved 2023-11-11.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Soergel, Matt (2018-12-16). "'Send my message to all the people'". Florida Times-Union. Retrieved 2023-11-11.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 INFLUX Magazine & (2016-01-17). "An Interview with Director Mahmoud Shoolizadeh". INFLUX Magazine. Retrieved 2023-11-11.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Soergel, Matt (2011-07-05). "Iranian lands in Jacksonville seeking freedom as a filmmaker". Florida Times-Union. Retrieved 2023-11-11.
- ↑ "Meet Mahmoud Shoolizadeh". Voyage Jacksonville Magazine. 2021-12-16. Retrieved 2023-11-11.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Toronto World International Film Festival 2015 - Awards". Archived from the original on 2015-12-24. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 "Winners FICOCC #4". festival (in español). 2017-05-22. Retrieved 2023-11-11.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 "CineRockom International Film Festival". Archived from the original on 2016-04-06. Retrieved 2014-05-01. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ 9.0 9.1 "Flagler Film Festival". flaglerfilmfestival.com. 2015-01-20. Archived from the original on 2015-09-06. Retrieved 2023-11-11. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 "Kids Film Festival Winners" (PDF). 2016-05-01. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-08-20. Retrieved 2023-11-11. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Weissberg, Jay; Weissberg, Jay (2003-06-18). "Noora (The Kiss of Life)". Variety. Retrieved 2023-11-11.
- ↑ "New York Times". Trailer. 2007-11-23. Archived from the original on 2007-11-23. Retrieved 2023-11-11. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "In Persian language: official website of Iran Cinema Film Festival (Numbers 10 and 11)". Archived from the original on May 31, 2008. Retrieved 2008-09-12. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "A synopsis of the film by Cima (Iran TV) (Noora is the 3rd film down)". Archived from the original on 2007-08-07. Retrieved 2008-09-12. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "The Prisoner at International Film Fests | Sharon y. Cobb". Archived from the original on 2014-05-02. Retrieved 2014-07-03. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Movie-The Prisoner". Archived from the original on 2014-05-02. Retrieved 2014-05-01. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Independent Streak Magazine -- Feb. 2015 by Rachel Galvin - Issuu".
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 "Xtreme Worldwide Studio Film Festival Melbourne - Daddy". Archived from the original on 2015-12-23. Retrieved 2015-12-23. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ 19.0 19.1 "Xtreme Worldwide Studio Film Festival Melbourne - Best Movies Phoenix Film Festival Melbourne 2015". Archived from the original on 2015-12-12. Retrieved 2015-12-23. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ 20.0 20.1 20.2 20.3 20.4 "Heartbreak and parenthood for the teens in "DADDY"". filmbuzz.tv. Retrieved 28 September 2015.
- ↑ 21.0 21.1 "Winners 2019 – L.I.M.P.A". L.I.M.P.A – London International Motion Picture Awards. Retrieved 2023-11-11.
- ↑ 22.0 22.1 "MFFC". MFFC. Retrieved Jan 9, 2020.
- ↑ 23.0 23.1 23.2 23.3 "FICOCC #21". FICOCC. Retrieved Mar 3, 2019.
- ↑ 24.0 24.1 "2019 Nominations | Branson | BransonIFF | Branson International Film Festival | Branson F". bransonIFF. Archived from the original on 2022-10-16. Retrieved Mar 3, 2019.
- ↑ "Los Angeles World International Film Festival - Awards".
- ↑ "Los Angeles World International Film Festival - Awards small posters".
- ↑ "2° Session".
- ↑ "underthestarsiff.com". Retrieved Aug 24, 2019.
- ↑ "underthestarsiff.com". Retrieved Aug 24, 2019.
- ↑ "eurasianfilmfestival.uk". Retrieved Aug 24, 2019.
External links[edit]
- IMDb: Mahmoud Shoolizadeh on IMDb
- Official Website: Home
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