Houshang Golmakani


Houshang Golmakani is an Iranian journalist, film critic and director. He was born in Gorgan on March 23, 1954. Houshang Golmakani started his professional career in 1972 as a journalist and film critic for Tehran Economist. He graduated in cinema and television from the College of Dramatic Arts of Tehran in 1982.
He is one of the three founders of Film , the oldest post-revolutionary film magazine in Iran. In 1993, Film began to print an English version of the magazine for its international readers, FILM International, the only English magazine solely about Iranian cinema.
Houshang Golmakani is also a writer and a director. He directed a documentary about the life and works of Mohsen Makhmalbaf, STARDUST-STRICKEN; Mohsen Makhmalbaf: A Portrait. He writes books about cinema and translate screenplays.

Works

Translation of screenplays