GAZELLE

HOUSHANG GOLMAKANI was born in 1954 in Gorgan, Iran. He studied cinema in College of Dramatic Arts in Tehran and began his career as a journalist in 1972. A film critic and translator, he is one of the founders and chief editor of FILM Monthly, the oldest and most prestigious Iranian film magazine (now Film-Today). In a poll organized by Iranian film critics in 1999 he was selected as the most effective, influential film critic of the country during past three decades. He is also writer and translator of some film books. Made “Stardust-Stricken”, a long documentary about internationally well-known Iranian filmmaker Mohsen Makhmalbaf, in 1995. “Gazelle” is his first feature film.