Biography:
Independent producer, filmmaker and photographer, Mehrdad Oskouei was born in Tehran in 1969. He has a B.A. in film direction from the University of Arts, starting in the theatre in 1981 and the film world in 1988. He has since made 25 documentaries and shorts.
His films have received over 80 awards from national and international festivals. « The Other Side of Burka » was nominated as best Iranian documentary in 2004 and Oskouei himself was nominated as best young Iranian filmmaker in both 2004 and 2005. 
« Nose, Iranian Style » was nominated for the Golden Movie Squad DOC U Award at the International Documentary Film Festival of Amsterdam in 2005. “It’s Always Late for Freedom” won The Best Mid-Length Documentary Award at Hot Docs in 2007. His films have regularly been shown on TV and at festivals worldwide.

Filmography:

Short Films
1988: Another Birth│8mm│Colour│10min.
1989: In His History│8mm│Colour│10min.
1993: Information│16mm│Colour and B&W│7min.
1996: Border │16mm│Colour│10min.
1997: The Heaven We Come From│Betacam│Colour│15min.
1998: Haji Bashi Primary School│35mm│Colour│25min.
1999: You Love Me If…│Betacam│Colour│7min.
 
Documentary:
1996: Saochi (co-director: Reza Yazdani)│Betacam│Colour│15min.
1997: The New Year For Tribe│Betacam│Colour│15min.
 2000: My Mother’s Home, Lagoon│Betacam│Colour│29min.
2001: The Eclipse (co-director: Ebrahim Saeedi)│Betacam│Colour│14min.
2001: Look at Me│DVcam│Colour│15min.
2001: Caresser of Light│DVcam│Colour│15min.                                  
2002: I Can’t Remember Anything About Afghanistan│DVcam│Colour│18min.                       
2002: The Widower│DVcam│Colour│18min.
2004: The Other Side of Burka│DVcam│Colour│52min.
2005: Maryam of Hengam Island│DVcam│Colour│26min.
2005: Thin Ray of Light│Dvcam│Colour│26min.
2005: Nose, Iranian Style│DVcam│Colour│52min.
2007: It’s Always Late for Freedom│DVcam│Colour│52min.
2009: The Taste of Iran (episode 1&4)│HDV│Colour│52min each.
2011: The Last Days of Winter│Colour│52min│HDV│Colour│52min.

Selected titles:
♥ My Mother’s Home, Lagoon
♥ I Can’t Remember Anything About Afghanistan
♥ Nose, Iranian Style
♥ It’s Always Late for Freedom
♥ 2011: The Last Days of Winter