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Native name  داریوش شکوف
Name  Daryush Shokof
Nationality  Iranian
Role  Artist
Occupation  Artist, Filmmaker
Siblings  Arezou Beik
Years active  1990s - present

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Full Name  Ali Reza Shokoufandeh
Born  June 25, 1954 (age 68) (1954-06-25) Tehran, Iran
Parents  Shahla Sahraie, Mohammad Ali Shokoufandeh
Education  University of Dallas, Eastern New Mexico University
Movies  Iran Zendan, Hitler's Grave, Seven Servants, Asudem, Breathful
Similar People  Taies Farzan, Narges Rashidi, Yangzom Brauen, Bahman Maghsoudlou, Stefan Jonas

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Daryush Shokof (Persian: داریوش شکوف, born 1954) is an Iranian artist, film director, writer, and film producer based in Germany.

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Biography

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He was born as Ali Reza Shokoufandeh on June 25, 1954 in Tehran, Iran. Shokof graduated from Eastern New Mexico University with a degree in Physics and Mathematics. Shokof received an MBA from University of Dallas in Texas. He also studied art and film at New York University.

Visual art

Shokof first exhibited his artwork in gallery Maerz in Germany in 1984 and has exhibited in Germany, Italy and USA.

Films

Shokof made his first movie, a short experimental film called Angels are Wired, in 1991. Since then he has made over 25 short and feature-length films and has written over 50 film scripts, some of which he made into movies himself.

Alleged kidnapping

Shokof claimed that he was kidnapped by four terrorists in the city of Cologne, Germany, in late May 2010, and was kept for over twelve days in the hands of four Arabic-speaking men. German police denied his statement and told the press that this story was not verifiable, and might have been staged to attract attention.

Filmography

This filmography includes only films listed in IMDb.

Awards

  • New York International Independent Film and Video Festival (NYIIFVF) Los Angeles, July 2011
  • Best Director of a Feature Film – for Hitler’s Grave
  • New York International Independent Film and Video Festival, Los Angeles, March 2007
  • Award for Best International Director - category feature for: Breathful (2007)
  • New York International Independent Film and Video Festival, Winter 2000
  • Feature Film Award for Best Experimental Film - Tenussian Vacuvasco (2000)
  • Locarno International Film Festival 1996
  • Nominated for Golden Leopard for: Seven Servants (1996)
  • References

    Daryush Shokof Wikipedia