Born in 1954, Tehran

Career: Writer, Caricaturist, and Journalist.
President and Managing Director of Film "Monthly"
and Film International "Quarterly" Magazines.
Education: Graduated of Cinema from

College of Dramatic Arts - Tehran (1977-1982)
Passed a Film Production Management

Course - Industrial Management Institute /1983-84
Commencement of Journalism: 1970
 

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BOOKS (ON CINEMA)

  1. Bibliography of Cinema in Iran
From the beginning to the Year 2000. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2001

 

2. A Guide To Iranian Documentary  Films
From the beginning till 1997. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  

1992

3. Film Posters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 

1992

4. Bibliography of Cinema in Iran. . . . .  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
(Vol. II, from 1988 to 1991)

1992

5. A Guide To Iranian Short Films. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . 

1990

6. A Guide To Iranian Films for Children & Youth. . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . .

1989

7. Bibliography of Cinema in Iran. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  . . . . . . . . . . . 
(Vol. I, from the beginning to 1988)

1988

8. The History of Iranian Cinema (first edition). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1983
(2nd to 9th editions). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1985-1997

 


BOOKS (ON CARICATURES)

   
1. Looking Between the Shades. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1992

2. Movie Caricatures (compiled by). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1984

3. Teeth. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1982

4. Black Caricatures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1981

5. Ladders Without Roofs (Roofless Ladders). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1977

 
 

INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITIONS

   
1. The Classic Gallery, Isfahan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1992

2. The Golestan Gallery, Tehran. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1991

3. The Ethnological Museum, Ghazvin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1981

4. The Khane-ye-Aftab Gallery, Tehran. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1981

5. The Museum of Contemporary Arts, Tehran. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1980

6. The Khane-ye-Aftab Gallery, Tehran. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1980

7. Open Show in Paris. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1979

8. The Vessal Gallery, Shiraz. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1978

9. The Khane-ye-Aftab Gallery, Tehran. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1977
10. The Takht-e Jamshid Gallery, Tehran. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1976

11. The Sheikh Gallery, Tehran. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1976

12. The Naghsh Gallery, Tehran. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1975

 
 

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

   
1. The Museum of Contemporary Arts, Tehran. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1983

2. The organizer of the first group exhibition of the Iranian
caricaturists at the Iran-America Society, Tehran. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1978
3. The Gothe Institute, Tehran. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1978

4. The Takht-e Jamshid Gallery, Tehran. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1977

5. The Naghsh Gallery, Tehran. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1977

6. The Obeid Gallery, Tehran University. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1976

7. The Joint exhibition with Canadian Caricaturists
at the House of Iran, Montreal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1976

 
 

PARTICIPATION IN INTERNATIONAL
EXHIBITIONS OF CARICATURE

   
Japan, Iran. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1995
Turkey, Japan, Italy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . 1994
Turkey, France, Italy, Japan, Iran. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1993
Japan, Turkey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . 1992
Japan, Turkey, Belgium. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1991
Japan, Turkey, Italy, France. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1990
Japan, Holland, Belgium, Italy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1989
Turkey, Belgium, Japan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1988
Japan, Canada, Poland, Belgium, Turkey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1987
Turkey, Poland, Belgium. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1986
Japan, Turkey, Belgium, Canada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1985
Japan, Turkey, Belgium. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1984

Japan, Belgium, Poland, Holland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1983

Japan, Canada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . .

1982

Greece, Yugoslavia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . 1980
Canada, Greece. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 1978
Canada, Yugoslavia, Italy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1977
Berlin, Poland, Canada, Yugoslavia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1976

AWARDS
Bronze Medal, Japan / 1982
Silver medal and 200,000 Yen, Japan / 1983
Many Diplomas from various  Exhibitions / 1975-1992

Jury Member of  the
1st and 4th international Tehran Cartoon Biennal – 1993, 1999.

 
 

BOOKS AS PUBLISHER AND DESIGNER

 
1.The Duties of Assistant Director – Translated
and Adapted by Mohammad Haghighat. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1994
2. Wind Blows Anywhere it Likes - by Babak Ahmadi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1992
3. Conducted by Morteza Hannaneh-by Touraj Zahedi . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1991

4. Tarkovsky - by Babak Ahmadi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1990
5. Understanding Movies- Translated by Iraj Karimi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1990
6. Film Appreciation - Translated by Bahman Taheri . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1989
7. Film As Film - Translated by Abdollah Tarbiat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1989
8. Literature and Cinema - a group work. . . . . . . .  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  1989
9. The Age of Comic Films - a group work. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1988
10. Paradjanov - a group work. . . . . . . . . . . .  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1988
11. Yasujiro Ozu - a group work. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1988
12. François Truffaut - by Hamid Hodania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1987
13. Acting for Films - a group work. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1987
14. The Characteristics and Aims of Film Criticism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1986
Cover disigns for numerous books
 
 
 

WORKS IN NEWSPAPERS & PERIODICALS
AS WRITER, CARICATURIST AND GRAPHIST

 
Film International Quarterly. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    since

1982

Film Monthly. . . . . . . . . . . . . .  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .     since

1982

Soroush weekly. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1982

Sanat-e Haml-o-Naghl Monthly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1982

Fokahyoun weekly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1981

Tebb-o Darou weekly. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1981

Jahangard weekly/Monthly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1980

Ferdowsi weekly. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1980

Zan-e Rouz weekly. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1980

Pirouzi monthly. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1980

Kayhan daily. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1978

Ayandegan daily. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1978

Donya-ye Varzesh weekly. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1977

Javanan weekly. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1977

Talaash monthly. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1976

Rastakhiz daily. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1975

Mardom daily. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1975

Caricature weekly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1971

Economics Desk of Iranian Television (IRIB)         1982-1989
Essays, articles and art reviews in various papers    1970-1995

 
 
 
MAJOR INTERVIEWS AND ARTICLES
ON EXHIBITIONS AND BOOKS
 

* Ketab e Hafteh weekly: I Intended It Not to Be Deleted
from Our Cultural Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2002

* Cinema-Video weekly: Till “Today’s Children of Iran” . . . . . . . . . . . . . 

2001

* Akhbrar daily: Believe! Culture is
a Companion to Liberty. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1988

Iran Daily : Compulsion,and a Bit of a Free Will. . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . 1999

*Film Monthly: A Necessary and Useful Book,
Though Not to Be Read . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 

1988

*Soroush weekly: The Result of Diligence
and Perseverance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1988

*Mehr weekly: If Those Who have the card
of Cinema Phelestin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1997

*Akhbrar daily:The Great Task Which Was Concluded . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1997

*Adineh monthly: A Difficult, But Beneficial, Task. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1997

*Kayhan Caricature: Mehrabi’s World,
by Mohsen Ebrahim. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1994

*Kayhan Caricature: Interview with Massoud Mehrabi.. . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1993

*Film & Cinema monthly: Interview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1992

*Ayeneh weekly: The Fingerprint of Massoud Mehrabi’s
Flat-headed Characters, by Mansour Goudarzi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1992

*Abrar daily: Follow This Line, by Kiumars Pourahmad. . . . . . . . . . . . .

1992

*Hamshahri daily: With Mehrabi’s Caricatures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1992

*Abrar daily: Sometimes Poetic, Sometimes Bitter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1991

*Ayandegan daily: Musts and Must Nots. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  . . . . . . . 

1979

*Rastakhiz daily: In Search of a Liberating, Exalted
and Pure Language, by Aydin Aghdashlou. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1975

*Kayhan daily: Trying to Find
a New Framework, by Sadr-Danesh. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1975
*Kayhan daily: Magnifying Old Subjects Is Not Art. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 

1975

*Ettela’at daily:Iranian Caricature in a Halt, Interview. . . . . . . . . . . . .. . 

1975

   

 
MAJOR PRINTED MATERIALS APPEARED
IN FILM MONTHLY AND FILM INTERNATIONAL
 

Reports

 

Zagreb had nothing to say:
Zagreb animation film festival, 1986 (Vol.4, No.40)

A damp matchbox:
Giffoni film festival for children, 1988 (Vol.6, No.71)

The story of eyes and heart:
Giffoni, 1990 (Vol.8 No.96)

Shadows and the fog:
Berlin film festival, 1992 (Vol.10, No.123)

Berlin dreams; in search of an altered identity:
Berlin, 1993 (Vol.11, No.141)

Asian tales; the breeze of the Orient:
Cannes film festival, 1994 (Vol.12, No.162)

From “Smoky Mountains’ to Rhine:
Mannheim/Heidelberg film festival, 1995 (Vol.14, No.185)

In the limits of a free zone:
Stockholm film festival, 1995 (Vol.14, No.185)

In the mirror of the sky:
Montreal and Toronto film festivals, 1998 (Vol.17, No.240)

A little bit of dream and a fistful of regret:
Karlovy Vary film festival, 2000 (Vol.18, No.259)

Daniel Steele’s style:
San Sebastian film festival, 1999(FI, Vol.7, No.1)

 
 

Interviews

 

Mohammad Zarrabi
(the actor of Iranian first feature film,
Abi & Rabi, 1930) – (Vol.7,  No.77)

Eldar Tchengelaya
(Georgian filmmaker) – (Vol.10, No.123)

Istvan Szabo
(Hungarian filmmaker) – (Vol.10, No123)

Moriz de Hadlin
(director of Berlin film festival) – (Vol.10, No.123)

Misha (Musheq) Guiragoussian (pioneer designer of film poster
in the Iranian cinema) – (Vol.12, No.154)

Michael Kots
(director of Mannheim/Heidelberg film festival) – (Vol.14, No.185)

Gith Shinos
(director of Stockholm film festival) – (Vol.14, No.185)

Majid Majidi
(Iranian director, on his Children of Heaven) – (Vol.15, No.212)

John Boorman
(English director) – (Vol.16, No.229)

Ebrahim Hatami-Kia
(Iranian director, on his
The Red Ribbon) – (Vol.18, No.247

Paulo Coelho
(Brazilian Writer) – (Vol.18, No.254)

John A. Lent
(American Scholar, in Asian Cinema) – (FI, Vol.7, Nos.1&2)

   
   
 

Articles

   

On the acting buffs in the Iranian cinema (Vol.3, No 29)
On the situation of extras in the Iranian cinema (Vol.3, No 30)
Cinema for children and young adults of Iran (Vol.4, No 46)
History of film poster in Iranian cinema (Vol.4, No 46)
Documentary film in Iranian cinema (Vol.8, No 91)
A survey of animation in Iran (Vol.8, No 99)
The history of animation in Hungary; a review (Vol.9, No 113)
Trailer, photo and poster in Iranian cinema (Vol.10 No 123)
Sohrab Shahid Saless; a filmography (Vol.16, No 223)
The history of Iranian cinema (FI, Vol.3, Nos.1,2,3,4)
The history of Iranian documentary films
(FI, Vol.4, No.4 & Vol.5, No.1)

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