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Samira Makhmalbaf

Directing · Born February 15, 1980 · Tehran, Iran

Samira Makhmalbaf (born February 15, 1980) is an internationally acclaimed Iranian filmmaker and script writer. She is the daughter of Mohsen Makhmalbaf, the film director and writer. She is considered to be one of the most influential directors as part of the Iranian New Wave.

Samira Makhmalbaf movies and shows

  • The Story of Film: An Odyssey2011
  • September 112002
  • Blackboards2000
  • Stardust Stricken: Mohsen Makhmalbaf, A Portrait1996
  • Two-Legged Horse2009
  • The Silence1998
  • At Five in the Afternoon2003
  • The Apple1998
  • How Samira Made 'Blackboards'2000
  • Joy of Madness2004
  • The Cyclist1989
  • The Actor1993
  • Iran2002
  • Daddy's School2014