Birth name
     Kamal Mosaffa-ye Tabrizi
Date of birth
     28 September 1959, Tabriz, Iran

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Kamal Tabrizi _{(September 28, 1959, Tabriz, Iran)}

Kamal Tabrizi (born 28 October 1959) is an Iranian film director. He was born in Tehran, with his parents having moved there from Tabriz.

A newly released picture shows that he was as a photographer and reporter among the 1979 hostage takers at the U.S. Embassy in Tehran. Kamal Tabrizi graduated from Tehran University of Art at Faculty of Cinema and Theater.

After graduating from Cinema & TV from Art University in Tehran, He went to the war front of the Iran-Iraq war (1981~1989) as a director and photographer.

He made his first documentary on war Martyrs, winning the Best Documentary award at Tashkent Film Festival. He taught Cinema and direction at the Young Cinema Society and Film Making Educational Center for some years and arranged many workshops on Cinema.

He made his first feature film Passage, in 1988. Since then, he has made more than 18 feature films, including two co-productions with Japan "Wind Carpet" (2001), which was a best seller in Iranian film Market.

His feature films and TV series are the most popular in the Iranian Market and are well-received and awarded in International Film Festivals.

Selected filmography

Director

2010  Davidam o davidam
2008  There's Always a Woman Involved
2005  A Piece of Bread
2004  The Lizard
2003  The Wind Carpet
2003  Sometimes Look at the Sky
1999  A Mother's Love
1998  Sheida
1996  Leily Ba Man Ast
1994  Payan Kudaki
1990  On the Altar of Love
1988  Passing

Director - Selected filmography

1. We Are All Together | Ma hame baham hastim (2019)
   
2. Emkane Mina | Mina's Choice (2016)
   
3. Sensitive Floor | Tabagheye Hassas (2013)
   
4. The Lizard | Marmoulak (2004)
   
5. Take A Look At The Sky Sometimes | Gahi be aseman negah kon (2003)
   
6. The Wind Carpet | Farshe Bad (2003)
   
7. Leily Is with Me | Leily Ba Man Ast (1996)