Mahmoud Shoolizadeh

Mahmoud Shoolizadeh (Persian: محمود شولیزاده ‎‎) is an Iranian film director and screenwriter, and has been the recipient of several awards, including Best Film for, Noora, at the 49th Taormina International Film Festival, Italy in June 2003. He has been a judge as part of various film festival panel of jurors nationally and internationally including in Gwinnett Center International Film Festival in Duluth Georgia, Amelia Island International Film Festival in Florida, Startfest Film Festival in Orlando Florida, Red Dirt International Film Festival in Stillwater Oklahoma, 48 Hour Film Project in Jacksonville Florida, and WideScreen Film & Music Video Festival.

Background

Mahmoud Shoolizadeh was born in Abadan, Iran, and received a B.A degree in Film Production (Directing) and an M.A. degree in Cultural Affairs Management and was a film director in Iranian television for over 25 years. His major activities include directing documentaries, short films and movies. Beside directing, producing and editing films, he also undertakes writing the scripts and he researches his films. He is now preparing research materials for a new film script.