Mahmoud Shoolizadeh

Mahmoud Shoolizadeh () is a film director, film producer, screenwriter, a film judge at several international film festivals. He has been the recipient of several awards including best film at the 49th Taormina International Film Festival for Noora, best short fiction film at Hollywood Cinerockom International Film Festival for The Prisoner, best film at 15th Moondance International Film Festival and 10th Voyage Studios at the Flagler International Film Festival for The Debt, best director and best feature film for kids at Madrid's The Kids Film Festival, best American film at Toronto International Film Festival, best feature film at Melbourne's Phoenix International Film Festival, best feature film and best drama at the American Global Independent Film Awards for Daddy, best fiction half-length film at Venezuela's Five Continents International Film Festival for The Lover. He has been a final judge as part of film festival panel of jurors nationally and internationally including in Gwinnett Center International Film Festival in Duluth Georgia, Amelia Island International Film Festival in Florida, Startfest Film Festival in Orlando Florida, Red Dirt International Film Festival in Stillwater Oklahoma, 48 Hour Film Project in Jacksonville Florida, WideScreen Film & Music Video Festival, Texas Cinemania International Film Festival 2016 and 2017, Southeast Regional Film Festival, Harvard College International Film Festival, Jacksonville Dance Film Festival, and Americal Golden Picture International Film Festival.
Background
Mahmoud Shoolizadeh was born in Abadan, Iran, and received a B.A degree in Film Production (Directing) and an M.A. degree in Cultural Affairs Management and was a film director in Iranian television for over 25 years. His major activities include directing documentaries, short films and movies. Beside directing, producing and editing films, he also undertakes writing the scripts and he researches his films. He is now preparing research materials for a new film script.
Shoolizadeh has played the leading roles in movies such as The Lover of Koochak and The Puppet Bride.
Shoolizadeh was part of the directing team for the movie Anjelika Ship; and has written several movie scenarios including Poet of Life and Love (2009), My Homeland (2008), Forgotten (2007), The Migration of Love (2004), and Noora (2001).
Filmography
*Susan, feature film (Director, Producer, Writer, and Editor), 2018
*The Lover, fiction film (Co-writer, Director, Producer, and Editor), 2016
*Daddy, feature fiction film (Co-writer, Director, Producer, and Editor), 2015
*The Debt, short fiction film (Co-writer, Director, Producer, and Editor), 2014
*The Prisoner, short fiction film (Director and Editor), 2013
*Falcon's Blood Diamond, short fiction film (Director, Cinematographer, and Actor), 2010
*Homeless, documentary (Writer, Director, Producer, Editor, and Cinematographer), 2006
*A man called Brian, documentary (Writer, Director, Producer, Cinematographer, and Editor), 2005
*Noora, feature length fiction film (writer and director), 2002
*The series of Studying in the Modern World, documentary (Writer, Director and Researcher), 1997
*The series of Culture and Scientific treasuries, documentary (writer, Director, and Researcher), 1996
*The series of Nations Cultures, documentary (Writer, Director, and Researcher), including the cultures of :
England, France, Netherlands, Belgium, Ethiopia, Sudan, Senegal, Guinea, Kenya and Mali.
The series of Nations Cultures was the first serial entirely produced outside of Iran. 1994-1997
*Religious Toolmaker, documentary (Writer, Director, Researcher, and Producer), 1991. A fictional documentary film produced, written, and directed by Shoolizadeh. The story revolves around a toolmaker who wishes to prepare the religious tools of different shapes and patterns in the next four days and make them ready for the festival Day of Ashura (Ashoora). During the film, the process of making religious tools of the mourning ceremonies is shown.
*The series of The World Intellectuals, story (Writer, Director, and Researcher), 1990
*The series of The Textbooks, documentary (Writer, Director and Researcher), 1990
*The series of One Land, Five Nations, documentary (Writer, Director, and Researcher), 1989
*The series of A City Surrounded by Mountains, documentary (Writer, Director, and Researcher), 1988
*The Noon of the 10th Day, documentary (Writer, Director and Researcher), 1988
*The Bitter Dawn story (Writer and Director), 1988
*Green Faces, Burnt Bodies, documentary (Writer and Director), 1985
*End, (Writer and Director), 1984
Awards and honors
;The Lover
* Award for the Best Fiction Half-Length Film at the Five Continents International Film Festival, Puerto La Cruz, Venezuela, June 2017.
* Award for the Best Poster at the Five Continents International Film Festival, Puerto La Cruz, Venezuela, June 2017
* Gold Medal Award for the Best Original Score at the Annual Global Independent Film Awards, 2016, USA
* Award for the Best American Film at Toronto International Film Festival, Toronto, Canada, December 2015
* Award for Best Feature Film at Global Independent Film Awards, July 2015, USA
;The Debt
* Award for Best Film at 15th "Moondance International Film Festival," Boulder, Colorado, USA, Sept 2014
* Award for Best Child Actor at North Carolina "First in Aviation" State's Global Film Festiva, January 2015, North Carolina, USA<ref name="ncgff.org" />
;The Prisoner
* Award for Best short fiction film at Hollywood Cinerockom International Film Festival, October 2013<ref name="cinerockom.com" />
* Award for Best Supporting Actor at Hollywood Cinerockom International Film Festival, October 2013<ref name="cinerockom.com" />
* Honorable Mention Jury Award at Indie Fest USA International Film Festival, October 2013
;A Man Called Brian
* Award for Best Director of documentary films, at 2nd Festival of TV production of IRIB, Foreign Bureoux - Tehran - August 2004
;Noora
* Award for Best Feature Film, award of the audience; at 49th International Film Festival of Taormina in Italy - June 2003<ref name="taorminafilmfest.it" />
* Award for Best Feature Film; at third Azra Film Festival - Tehran - October 2003
* Award for Best Director, at the fourth Cima Festival (Iran TV) - Tehran - October 2003
* Award for Best Music, at the sixth Iran Cinema Film Festival - Tehran - September 2002
* Award for Best Set Design, at the sixth Iran Cinema Film Festival - Tehran - September 2002
* Award for Best Child Actress, at 16th International Children and Youth Film Festival - Isfahan - October 2001
* Award for Best Script and Special Appreciation, at 16th International Children and Youth Film Festival - Isfahan - October 2001

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