Esmail Koushan
Born: 1917-01-01 in Tehran, Iran
Died: 1981-01-01
Known For: Production
Biography
Esmail Koushan (Persian: اسماعیل کوشان) (1917-1981) was an Iranian film director who was one of the pioneering figures of Persian cinema. He was one of the first active figures in the Second Filmmaking Period (post 1945) there he has been called "the father of the Iranian film industry" by Georges Sadoul. Koushan, who studied film-making in Germany at Universum Film Aktienge-Sellschafe (UFA), began by dubbing foreign-language films into Persian. He then set up the Mitrafilm company, which produced his first feature film in 1948, The Storm of Life. He directed more than 20 and produced more than 50 movies during the years. He died in 1981.
Filmography
1977
- The Sleeping Lion ... (Writer)
1976
- The Lantern of Imagination
- Joys of Our Life ... (Producer)
1975
- Pashneh Tala ... (Producer)
1974
- Morgh-e-Hamsayeh ... (Producer)
- You Got Wrong Babies ... (Writer)
1973
- Jabbar, Runaway Sergeant ... (Producer)
- Sheikh Saleh ... (Producer)
- The Millionaire Beggar ... (Producer)
1972
- Lollipop ... (Producer)
- Mehdi meshki va shalvarak-e dagh ... (Producer)
- Golden Egg Chicken ... (Producer)
1971
- Mah Pishooni ... (Director)
- İki Esir ... (Director)
- Pahlevan Mofrad ... (Producer)
1970
- The Right Way ... (Producer)
- The Beautiful Chauffeur ... (Producer)
- Dozd va paseban ... (Producer)
1968
- Ghoroube botparastan ... (Director)
- Yusuf and Zulaikha ... (Producer)
1967
- Nasim-e ayyar ... (Director)
- Love in the Port ... (Producer)
- The Luminescent Jewel ... (Director)
1966
- Amir Arsalan-e Namdar ... (Director)
- The Invisible Man ... (Director)
- Hossein Kord Shabestari ... (Director)
1965
- Bank Robber ... (Director)
- Ebram in Paris ... (Director)
1964
- Tears and Laughters ... (Director)
1963
- I Love You ... (Director)
1962
- Kolah Makhmali (velvet-hatted) ... (Producer)
- The Spirit's Vengeance ... (Director)
- The Beautiful Devil ... (Director)
1961
- Snake Fangs ... (Director)
- The Shadow of Fate ... (Director)
- Love Trap ... (Producer)
1960
- The Milkman ... (Director)
- Arshin Mal Alan ... (Writer)
1959
- Twins ... (Producer)
- Son of the Sea ... (Producer)
1958
- Runaway Bride ... (Director)
1957
- The Naughty Girl ... (Producer)
1956
- Accusation ... (Producer)
1955
- The renowned Prince Arsalan ... (Producer)
1954
- Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar ... (Producer)
- Shahin Toos ... (Producer)
- The Bandit ... (Producer)
1953
- The Nights of Tehran ... (Producer)
1952
- Mother ... (Director)
- The Enchanter ... (Director)
- Love Thief ... (Director)
1951
- Drunk on Love ... (Producer)
1950
- Ashamed ... (Director)
1948
- Zendani Amir ... (Director)