Born in Teheran, Massoud Bakhshi worked in Iran as a film critic, screenwriter and producer from 1990 to 1998. He then made 10 documentaries and a short film which won national and international prizes, including 3 Best Director prizes, 2 Best Film prizes for Teheran Has No More Pomegranates. His short film Bag Dad Bar Ber selected at Locarno won the Best Fiction prize at Tampere. A respectable family, shot in Iran, is his first feature film.

Filmographie
2012 : Yek khanévadéh-e Mohtaram [At the Directors's Fortnight, Cannes 2012, France]
2010 : Our Persian Rug
2009 : Bagh Dad Bar Ber
2007 : Tehran Has No More Pomegranates! (Téhéran n'a plus de grenades)
2004 : Lost Windows (Panjerehay-E-Gomshodeh)
2003 : Praying For The Rain
2001 : When Behrang Meets Ayoumi (Vaghti Behrang Ayoumi ra Molaghat Mikonad)
1999 : Identification of a Woman (Shenasaeiye Yek Zan)
1999 : Cine Citta
1998 : A Short Report

Source: Directors's Fortnight, Cannes 2012, France
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