About Asghar Massombagi
Born 1901. Asghar Massombagi was an Iranian film director and screenwriter.
Asghar Massombagi is an Iranian-Canadian film director, most noted for his 2001 film Khaled.
Born and raised in Tehran, he moved to Canada at age 18, and studied film at Simon Fraser University and the Canadian Film Centre. Khaled won the Best Director Award for at the 37th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, the First Time Filmmaker Award at the ReelWorld Film Festival, and was named to TIFF's annual year-end Canada's Top Ten list for 2001.
In 2005 he released the short film Rose, and an episode of the television series Robson Arms.
In 2020 he was a participant in Greetings from Isolation, a project featuring short films by 45 Canadian directors about the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada.
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Who was Asghar Massombagi?
Iranian film director
When was Asghar Massombagi born?
Asghar Massombagi was born in 1901 in Tehran.
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Asghar Massombagi was a film director and screenwriter.
What nationality was Asghar Massombagi?
Asghar Massombagi was Iranian.
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