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My Take
Mohammad Rasoulof is the rare filmmaker whose work and life are inseparable from real risk. Reading that he makes films in defiance of the Iranian state, and now lives in exile in Europe, recasts every award. The Golden Bear for There Is No Evil isn't just a trophy; it reads to me like a verdict on courage. A Man of Integrity and Manuscripts Don't Burn carry titles that double as statements. I'm wary of romanticizing dissidents, but with him the censorship and the art genuinely feed each other. He's someone whose career I'd follow not for spectacle but to see what a person keeps saying when saying it costs the most.
Overview
Mohammad Rasoulof (Persian: محمد رسولاف; born 16 November 1972) is an Iranian independent filmmaker who lives in exile in Europe. He is known for several award-winning films, including The Twilight (2002), Iron Island (2005), Goodbye (2011), Manuscripts Don't Burn (2013), A Man of Integrity (2017) and There Is No Evil (2020). For the latter, he won the Golden Bear at the 2020 Berlin Film Festival.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Mohammad Rasoulof
- Name (Japanese)
- モハマド・ラスロフ
- Reading
- もはまど・らすろふ
- Born
- November 16, 1972 (age 53)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Scorpio / Rat
- Origin
- Shiraz, Fars Province, Iran
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- director / film producer / screenwriter / filmmaker / film director
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Shiraz University
Awards & achievements
- Golden Bear
- Un Certain Regard
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
5. Works & records
| Category | Title | Role | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Notable work | A Man of Integrity | — | |
| Notable work | There Is No Evil | — | |
| Notable work | Goodbye | — | |
| Notable work | Manuscripts Don't Burn | — | |
| Notable work | The White Meadows | — | |
| Notable work | Head Wind | — |
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.