Kiomars Pourahmad
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Kiomars Pourahmad (in Persian: کیومرث پوراحمد), Director, Screenwriter, Film Editor, Film Producer, Born 1949, Nadjaf Abad, Iran. 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 published recently his autobiography, Unfinished Childhood.
Some of his films:
- Swallow My Tree, 1985
- The Harbour, 1988
- The Quiet Hunt, 1989
- The Shame
- The Morning After, 1992
- Bread and Poem, 1993
- The Strange Sisters, 1995
- The Yalda Night, 2001
