Veteran Iranian filmmaker Kiumars Pourahmad passes away

Mehr News -April 5th 2023

Pourahmad’s wife confirmed the news in a brief conversation with Mehr News Agency.

Kiumars Poorahmad was born in 1949 in Najafabad, Iran. He started his career as a film critic and assistant director in a TV series in the 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.

Pourahmad also published his autobiography as a book named “Unfinished Childhood”.

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Kiumars Pourahmad (Persian: کیومرث پوراحمد; 16 December 1949 – 5 April 2023) was an Iranian film director, screenwriter, film editor and film producer.

On the morning of 5 April 2023, Kiumars Pourahmad committed suicide by hanging at his home in Bandar-e Anzali. He was 73.

Filmography

Film[edit]

• Tatoureh, 1984
• Bibi Chelchele, 1984
• Goyar, 1987
• The Harbour, 1988
• Silent Hunt, 1989
• The Shame 1992
• The Morning After, 1992
• Bread and Poem, 1993
• For the Sake of Haniyeh 1994
• Khaharan-e-gharib, 1995
• Yalda Night, 2001
• Gol-e Yakh, 2005
• Noke Borj, 2005
• The Night Bus, 2007
• Where Are My Shoes?, 2016
• Blade and Termeh 2019
• The Night Guardian 2022

Television[edit]

• The Tales of Majid, 1990
• Sarenakh, 1997
• Parantez Baz, 2010