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Esmail Koushan(1917-1981)

  • Producer
  • Director
  • Writer
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Esmail Koushan or Kooshan (1917-1981) was an Iranian film director who was one of the pioneering figures of Persian cinema. He has been called "the father of the Iranian film industry" by Georges Sadoul. Koushan, studied Economics in Berlin, Germany and Vienna, Austria. He moved to Turkey in 1945 and began dubbing foreign-language films into Farsi. He then set up the Mitrafilm company, which produced the first Iranian "talkie" feature film in 1948, The Storm of Life. He is the brother of Mahmoud Koushan (Director and Cinematoghrapher). He was the founder of Pars Film Studio and published the World and Art magazine in Tehran. He also was the head of Iran national film industry Union in 1969. Esmail Koushan was banned from making movies, by the Iranian government in 1979.

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Known for

Prince Arsalan (1966)
Prince Arsalan
6.1
  • Producer(as Esmail Kushan)
  • 1966
Zendani Amir (1948)
Zendani Amir
  • Producer(as Esmail Kushan)
  • 1948
Iloosh Khoshabe, Hamideh Kheirabadi, Naser Malek Motiee, Soheila, Taghi Zohuri, and Manoochehr Nozari in Hossein Kord Shabestari (1966)
Hossein Kord Shabestari
5.1
  • Producer(as Esmail Kushan)
  • 1966
Ghoroube botparastan (1968)
Ghoroube botparastan
  • Producer(as Esmail Kushan)
  • 1968

Credits

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Producer

  • Reza Beyk Imanverdi and Shahruz Ramtin in Breathtaking (1979)
    Breathtaking
    • (as Esmail Kushan)
  • Hello Tehran
    • (as Esmail Kushan)
  • The Big Silence (1977)
    The Big Silence
    • (as Esmail Kushan)
  • Reza Beyk Imanverdi, Aram, and Homayoon Ashkan in Reed Bed (1976)
    Reed Bed
    • (as Esmail Kushan)
  • Joys of Life (1976)
    Joys of Life
    • (as Esmail Kushan)
  • Together and Yet Alone (1976)
    Together and Yet Alone
    • (as Esmail Kushan)
  • The Sleeping Lion (1976)
    The Sleeping Lion
    • (as Esmail Kushan)
  • Golden Heel (1975)
    Golden Heel
    • (as Esmail Kushan)
  • Mother, I Love You (1975)
    Mother, I Love You
    • (as Esmail Kushan)
  • No One Can Be My Dad (1975)
    No One Can Be My Dad
    • (as Esmail Kushan)
  • Neighbour's Chicken (1974)
    Neighbour's Chicken
    • (as Esmail Kushan)
  • You Confuse me with Somebody else Beautifuls (1974)
    You Confuse me with Somebody else Beautifuls
    • (as Esmail Kushan)
  • I Owe You One Ousa Karim (1974)
    I Owe You One Ousa Karim
    • (as Esmail Kushan)
  • The Little Lier
    • (as Esmail Kushan)
  • Let's Go Steal (1974)
    Let's Go Steal
    • (as Esmail Kushan)

Director

  • The Sleeping Lion (1976)
    The Sleeping Lion
    • (as Esmail Kushan)
  • The Little Warriors (1973)
    The Little Warriors
    • (as Esmail Kushan)
  • Cüneyt Arkin in Mah-pishooni (1971)
    Mah-pishooni
    • (as Esmail Kushan)
  • One Day from the Shah's Life
    • (as Esmail Kushan)
  • Ferhat ile Sirin (1970)
    Ferhat ile Sirin
    • (as Esmail Kushan)
  • Meliksah (1969)
    Meliksah
    • (as Esmail Kushan)
  • Joseph and Zuleika (1968)
    Joseph and Zuleika
    • (as Dr. E. Koushan)
  • Ghoroube botparastan (1968)
    Ghoroube botparastan
    • (as Esmail Kushan)
  • Nasim-e ayyar (1967)
    Nasim-e ayyar
    • (as Esmail Kushan)
  • The Luminescent Jewel (1967)
    The Luminescent Jewel
    • (as Esmail Kushan)
  • Mard-e Namar'ee (1967)
    Mard-e Namar'ee
  • Prince Arsalan (1966)
    Prince Arsalan
    • (as Esmail Kushan)
  • Iloosh Khoshabe, Hamideh Kheirabadi, Naser Malek Motiee, Soheila, Taghi Zohuri, and Manoochehr Nozari in Hossein Kord Shabestari (1966)
    Hossein Kord Shabestari
    • (as Esmail Kushan)
  • The Bank Robber
    • (as Esmail Kushan)
  • Abraham in Paris (1964)
    Abraham in Paris
    • (as Esmail Kushan)

Writer

  • The Sleeping Lion (1976)
    The Sleeping Lion
    • (as Esmail Kushan)
  • No One Can Be My Dad (1975)
    No One Can Be My Dad
    • (as Esmail Kushan)
  • You Confuse me with Somebody else Beautifuls (1974)
    You Confuse me with Somebody else Beautifuls
    • (as Esmail Kushan)
  • Ghorboon-e har chi khoshgele (1973)
    Ghorboon-e har chi khoshgele
    • (as Esmail Kushan)
  • The Little Warriors (1973)
    The Little Warriors
    • (as Esmail Kushan)
  • Abbase and Jafar Barmaki
    • (as Esmail Kushan)
  • Hak Yolu (1971)
    Hak Yolu
  • Ghoroube botparastan (1968)
    Ghoroube botparastan
    • (as Esmail Kushan)
  • Iki esir (1971)
    Asir
    • (as Esmail Kushan)
  • The Luminescent Jewel (1967)
    The Luminescent Jewel
    • (as Esmail Kushan)
  • Mard-e Namar'ee (1967)
    Mard-e Namar'ee
  • Prince Arsalan (1966)
    Prince Arsalan
    • (as Esmail Kushan)
  • Iloosh Khoshabe, Hamideh Kheirabadi, Naser Malek Motiee, Soheila, Taghi Zohuri, and Manoochehr Nozari in Hossein Kord Shabestari (1966)
    Hossein Kord Shabestari
    • (as Esmail Kushan)
  • The Bank Robber
    • (as Esmail Kushan)
  • Aras Khan (1963)
    Aras Khan
    • (as Esmail Kushan)

Personal details

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    • 1917
    • Tehran, Iran
    • 1981
    • Tehran, Iran
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    • 1 Print Biography

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