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Kamal Tabrizi

  • Director
  • Writer
  • Cinematographer
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Kamal Tabrizi
Kamal Mosaffa-ye Tabrizi is an Iranian film director. He was born in Tehran, with his parents having moved there from Tabriz. Kamal Tabrizi graduated from Tehran University of Art at Faculty of Cinema and Theater. He began his career with directing, writing and editing short films in 1980. His first professional experience was assistant directing in Hatamikia's Identity. He is teaching film making and is famous for his films The Lizard and Leili is with Me. His son Ali Tabrizi is also a young director.
Born1959
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Born1959
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    • Awards
      • 6 wins & 4 nominations total

    Known for

    The Lizard (2004)
    The Lizard
    8.4
    • Director
    • 2004
    Fatemeh Motamed-Arya in A Mother's Love (1998)
    A Mother's Love
    6.9
    • Director
    • 1998
    Mina's Choice (2016)
    Mina's Choice
    4.7
    • Director
    • 2016
    A Piece of Bread (2005)
    A Piece of Bread
    6.9
    • Director
    • 2005

    Credits

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    Director

    • The Heartless (2026)
      The Heartless
      3.5
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2026
    • Elham Hamidi, Ali Shadman, and Amir Aghaee in Motherland (2023)
      Motherland
      6.0
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2023–2024
    • A Bumpy Story (2021)
      A Bumpy Story
      4.7
      • Director
      • 2021
    • We Are All Together (2019)
      We Are All Together
      4.1
      • Director
      • 2019
    • Hamed Behdad in Sly (2018)
      Sly
      4.2
      • Director
      • 2018
    • Mina's Choice (2016)
      Mina's Choice
      4.7
      • Director
      • 2016
    • Majid Salehi and Ahmad Mehranfar in Fool (2014)
      Fool
      3.6
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2014
    • Shahab Hosseini and Nazanin Bayati in Sweet Taste of Imagination (2014)
      Sweet Taste of Imagination
      5.2
      • Director
      • 2014
    • Sensitive Floor (2014)
      Sensitive Floor
      5.5
      • Director
      • 2014
    • Mohammad Reza Forutan in Calm Streets (2011)
      Calm Streets
      5.5
      • Director
      • 2011
    • Shahriar (2011)
      Shahriar
      5.7
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2011
    • The Earth Marathon (2010)
      The Earth Marathon
      5.7
      • Director
      • 2010
    • Hassan Majooni in Do Not Get a Reward from the President (2009)
      Do Not Get a Reward from the President
      3.6
      • Director
      • 2009
    • Golshifteh Farahani, Reza Kianian, and Mehran Modiri in There's Always a Woman in Between (2008)
      There's Always a Woman in Between
      5.0
      • Director
      • 2008
    • Farsh-e irani (2007)
      Farsh-e irani
      6.3
      • Director (segment "Land Carpet")
      • 2007

    Writer

    • Golshifteh Farahani, Reza Kianian, and Mehran Modiri in There's Always a Woman in Between (2008)
      There's Always a Woman in Between
      5.0
      • screenplay
      • 2008
    • Farsh-e irani (2007)
      Farsh-e irani
      6.3
      • Writer (segment "Land Carpet")
      • 2007
    • Fatemeh Motamed-Arya in A Mother's Love (1998)
      A Mother's Love
      6.9
      • Writer
      • 1998
    • Parviz Parastui in Leily Is with Me (1996)
      Leily Is with Me
      7.5
      • re-written by
      • 1996
    • Hosein Yari in On the Altar of Love (1990)
      On the Altar of Love
      6.1
      • Writer
      • 1990
    • Transition (1989)
      Transition
      3.4
      • Writer
      • 1989

    Cinematographer

    • Fire in the Harvest (1993)
      Fire in the Harvest
      6.1
      • Cinematographer
      • 1993
    • Up to the Visit (1990)
      Up to the Visit
      2.9
      • Cinematographer
      • 1990
    • Illusion (1986)
      Illusion
      5.0
      • Cinematographer
      • 1986
    • Ava-ye gheib
      • Cinematographer
      • 1983
    • Ravayat-e razm
      Short
      • Cinematographer
      • 1982

    Personal details

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      • sourehcinema
    • Born
      • 1959
      • Tehran, Iran
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      • 1 Magazine Cover Photo

    Did you know

    • Trivia
      His two films Leily is With Me and The Lizard are considered revolutionary and change Iran's cinema forever.

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