Mahmoud Kalari

January 9, 2024
Cinematographer

Quick Facts

Mahmoud Kalari
Full Name Mahmoud Kalari
Occupation Cinematographer
Date Of Birth Apr 30, 1951(1951-04-30)
Age 73
Birthplace Tehran
Country Iran
Birth City Tehran
Horoscope Taurus

Mahmoud Kalari Biography

Name Mahmoud Kalari
Birthday Apr 30
Birth Year 1951
Place Of Birth Tehran
Home Town Tehran
Birth Country Iran
Birth Sign Taurus

Mahmoud Kalari is one of the most popular and richest Cinematographer who was born on April 30, 1951 in Tehran, Tehran, Iran.

Kalari started his film career in 1984 as the cinematographer of Jadehay sard (1985) (Frosty Roads) for which he won the Best Cinematography award at Tehran’s Fajr International Film Festival. He has shot more than 65 films since then including some of the most critically acclaimed and talked about movies in Iran and internationally. To mention a few: Sorb (1988) (winner of the best cinematography), Reyhaneh (1995) (screened at San Sebastián International Film Festival), Time of Love (1990) (filmed in Turkey and screened at the Cannes Film Festival), From Karkheh to Rein (1990) (filmed in Germany and screened at the Hamburg and Mannheim Film Festivals), Sara (1992) (screened at the San Sebastián, New York City, Los Angeles, and Chicago Film Festivals), Salaam Cinema (1995) (screened at the Montréal, Toronto, Los Angeles, New York, and Cannes Film Festivals), Gabbeh (1996) (screened at Cannes, Montreal, Toronto, Vancouver, New York, Los Angeles and 21 other International Film Festivals around the world, winner of Best Cinematography at Fajr International Film Festival and winner of Fujifilm Motion Picture Award), Leila (1997) (screened at 7 international film festivals and the winner of the best cinematography at Fajr Film Festival), Derakhte Golabi (1998) (winner of Silver Hugo at Chicago Film Festival and chosen as the Best Motion Picture Photography by the international jury of the Fajr Film Festival), The Wind Will Carry Us (1999) for which Kalari received nominations for Best Cinematography in the Main Competition of Plus CAMEIMAGE International Film Festival of the Art of Cinematography, and Offside (2006) (screened at the Berlin, New York, and AFI Film Festivals).

Kalari’s directorial debut was Abr-O Aftaab (1997) on which he was also the writer and cinematographer. It was screened at the Montreal and Chicago Film Festivals and won the Best Film award at Argentina’s Mardel Plata Film Festival.

Mahmoud Kalari Net Worth

Net Worth $5 Million
Source Of Income Cinematographer
House Living in own house.

Mahmoud Kalari is one of the richest Cinematographer from Iran. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Mahmoud Kalari 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

After completing photography courses in the United States, he held his first photo exhibition titled “Visit with People Around Us” at Tehran University in

  1. A few years later he became employed by Paris-based Sigma Photo News Agency and worked for them for four years. In 1980 he was ranked one of the ’15 Best Photographers of the Year’ by Time Magazine, and his photos could be seen in French, German, and American magazines. Kalari moved back to Iran and from 1982 to 1984 worked as the supervisor of the Tehran National TV Photography Unit.

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