Biography

Morteza Avini was an Iranian documentary filmmaker, author, and theoretician of "Islamic Cinema." He studied Architecture at Tehran University in 1965. During the Iranian Revolution, Avini started his artistic career as a director of documentary films, and is considered a prominent war filmmaker. He made over 80 films on the Iran-Iraq War. His most famous work is the documentary series Ravayat-e Fath (Narration of Victory), which was filmed during the Iran-Iraq War. He was killed by a landmine explosion in 1993, while filming. He was described as a martyr after his death.
- IMDb mini biography by: Naficy, Hamid