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Mohammad Rasoulof

1972 - Today

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Mohammad Rasoulof (Persian: محمد رسول‌اف; born 16 November 1972) is an Iranian independent filmmaker who lives in exile in Europe. He is known for several award-winning films, including The Twilight (2002), Iron Island (2005), Goodbye (2011), Manuscripts Don't Burn (2013), A Man of Integrity (2017) and There Is No Evil (2020). For the latter, he won the Golden Bear at the 2020 Berlin Film Festival. In 2025, Rasoulof was named one of the 100 Most Influential People by Time. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2024). Mohammad Rasoulof is the 825th most popular film director (up from 1,718th in 2024), the 342nd most popular biography from Iran (up from 467th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Iranian Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Mohammad Rasoulof ranks 825 out of 2,041. Before him are Michael Verhoeven, Jack Clayton, Herbert Brenon, Johan Renck, Goran Paskaljević, and Gérard Pirès. After him are Harun Farocki, Stephen Daldry, Yevgeni Bauer, Edgar G. Ulmer, Luis Trenker, and Arturo Ripstein.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1972, Mohammad Rasoulof ranks 130. Before him are Brian Molko, Yuji Nakayoshi, Esther Duflo, Gulnara Karimova, Matt Schulze, and Christophe Dugarry. After him are Eric Dane, Kevin MacLeod, Selma Blair, Wil Wheaton, Goran Višnjić, and Joe Wright.

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Mohammad Rasoulof ranks 342 out of 631. Before him are Ali-Morad Khan Zand (1779), Jalal Al-e-Ahmad (1923), Simin Behbahani (1927), Ibn Bibi (1250), Ismail III (1733), and Abu'l-Fadl Bayhaqi (995). After him are Haj Ali Razmara (1901), Nasrin Sotoudeh (1963), Abu Said Gorgani (850), Mohammad Ali Fardin (1930), Massoud Rajavi (1948), and Ali-Akbar Dehkhoda (1879).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Iran

Among film directors born in Iran, Mohammad Rasoulof ranks 9. Before him are Barbet Schroeder (1941), Shirin Neshat (1957), Asghar Farhadi (1972), Majid Majidi (1959), Dariush Mehrjui (1939), and Mohsen Makhmalbaf (1957). After him are Masoud Kimiai (1941), Ali Abbasi (1981), Ali Hatami (1944), Bahman Ghobadi (1969), Hossein Shahabi (1967), and Rakhshān Banietemad (1954).

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