Under the pretext of electing the head of the cinema organization / 15 men who came and went

Theater News Base: Eventually, after numerous speculations to head the Cinema Organization of the 13th government, Mohammad Khazaei replaced Hossein Entezami, who had come to the cinema from the press.

In his career, Khazaei has produced films such as Dinner Time, The Emperor of Hell, Behind the Wall of Silence, Gold Collars, Very Close Encounters, Summoners, Music Box, Behind the Scenes of Fog and Picnic on the Battlefield, and The Prosecutor, directed by Massoud Dehnamaki.

Following the ruling issued by Mohammad Mehdi Ismaili with specific goals for Khazaei, a brief look is taken at the 14 directors who were in charge of the country’s cinema management about 40 years ago.

Mohammad Ali Najafi was elected as the head of the Cinema Affairs Center of the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance from April 1979 to August 1980.

He was also one of the active people in the field of union work, who has a history of two terms as the chairman of the board of directors of the cinema house.

Mohammad Ali Najafi, the cinema director, has been appointed as the head of the film screening department in the Revolutionary Council. This has been the case.

Hossein Torabi, The documentary filmmaker and director who made the film “To Azadi” with the theme of the Islamic Revolution at the beginning of the revolution, became the first director of the country’s cinema affairs center and was in charge of this ministry until 1958, during Hassan Habibi’s ministry. .

Mehdi Kalhor He was also the deputy director of cinema from 1959 to 1962.

In the year 1362 Kamal Haj Seyed Javadi He was in charge of the artistic department and for a few months he was also in charge of the cinema department.

Fakhreddin Anwar With a decade of deputy, he has had the most presence at the head of the country’s cinema and from 1962 to 1972, he was the deputy director of the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance during Khatami and Larijani’s administration.

Mehdi Faridzadeh From 1372 to 1374, he was the deputy director of cinema, Mustafa Mirsalim.

Ezatullah Zarghami The new government has recently become the Minister of Cultural Heritage and Tourism.

Saif Allah gave life In the reform government, Ataullah Mohajerani became the deputy director of cinema, and this director, who also made Khatami’s election film, was in this position from 1976 to 1980.

Mohammad Hassan Pezeshk He was the director of the Farabi Cinema Foundation and the director of the Cinema Museum. In 1980 and 1981, he became the helmsman of Iranian cinema along with Ahmad Masjed Jamei. Due to illness, he was replaced by the next deputy.

Mohammad Mehdi Heydarian From 1981 to 1984, the director of Sima Film was the Deputy Minister of Cinema of Ahmad Masjed Jamei.

Mohammad Reza Jafari Jelveh With the inauguration of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s government, the director of the One Sima network became the deputy director of cinema, Mohammad Hossein Saffarhandi, and held this position from 1984 to 1988.

جواد شمقدری In the tenth government, he was present as the deputy director of cinema, who during this period became the deputy director of the cinema organization. The director, who made Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s election film in two terms, acted as the president’s artistic advisor. He was in charge of this management.

Hujjatullah Ayoubi From 1392, with the coming to power of Hassan Rouhani’s government, he took over the presidency of the Cinema Organization, which he managed until March 7, 1995.

After him Mohammad Mehdi Heydarian He was again appointed director of cinema, and he remained the director of cinema until November 1997.

Hossein EntezamiFrom November 17, 2016, he received the title of supervisor and in May of the following year, he received the title of director of the Cinema Organization, and finally Mohammad Khazaei went to the building of the Cinema Organization in Baharestan Square in his place.