Kiumars Pourahmad

Kiumars Pourahmad
Pourahmad at the 34th Fajr Film Festival
Born	December 16, 1949 Najaf Abad, Isfahan Province, Iran
Nationality	Iranian
Occupation	Film director Screenwriter
Years active	1979–present
Spouse(s)	Mehraneh Rabi
Children	Maryam
Relatives	Khodabakhsh Pourahmad (Father) Parvin Dokht Yazdanian (Mother)

Kiumars Pourahmad (Persian: کیومرث پوراحمد‎‎, born December 16, 1949 in Najaf Abad, Isfahan, Iran) is an Iranian film director, screenwriter, film editor and film producer.

Career

Pourahmad started his career as a film critic and assistant director in a TV series in early 1970s. He made his directorial debut, Tatureh in 1983 after making some short films. Children and young adults with their problems are the central characters in most of his films. Recently, Pourahmad has shown a tendency toward mass audience and box office and his latest film, The Yalda Night, was a self-expression. Pourahmad recently published his autobiography, Unfinished Childhood.

Filmography

Kiumars Pourahmad

• Tatoureh, 1984
• Bibi Chelcheleh, 1984
• Goyar, 1987
• The Harbour, 1988
• Silent Hunt, 1989
• The Shame 1992
• The Morning After, 1992
• Bread and Poem, 1993
• For the Sake of Haniyeh 1994
• Khaharan-e gharib, 1995
• The Longest Night, 2001
• Gol-e yakh, 2005
• Noke Borj, 2005
• The Night Bus, 2007

External links

• Kiumars Pourahmad at the Internet Movie Database
• Photograph of Kiumars Pourahmad, Āftāb, Friday 9 February 2007