Javad Shamaqdari (Persian: جواد شمقدری‎; born January 5,
1960) is an Iranian filmmaker and the former deputy culture minister
of film under President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. He has attacked the film
300 as psychological warfare and accused American 'cultural
authorities' and Hollywood of attacking Iranian culture.He has since
rebuffed American film director Oliver Stone's offer to make a film
about President Ahmadinejad, saying Iran would only allow it if an
Iranian director was allowed to make a film about George W. Bush. Like
300, Stone's 2004 biopic Alexander was controversial in Iran for its
depictions of ancient Persians.In April 2012, he responded to "What
Must Be Said" with a letter to Günter Grass: "I have read your
literary work, highly responsible both from a human and historical
point of view, and I found it extremely timely. Telling the truth in
such a way may truly awaken the west's silent and dormant conscience".
1960) is an Iranian filmmaker and the former deputy culture minister
of film under President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. He has attacked the film
300 as psychological warfare and accused American 'cultural
authorities' and Hollywood of attacking Iranian culture.He has since
rebuffed American film director Oliver Stone's offer to make a film
about President Ahmadinejad, saying Iran would only allow it if an
Iranian director was allowed to make a film about George W. Bush. Like
300, Stone's 2004 biopic Alexander was controversial in Iran for its
depictions of ancient Persians.In April 2012, he responded to "What
Must Be Said" with a letter to Günter Grass: "I have read your
literary work, highly responsible both from a human and historical
point of view, and I found it extremely timely. Telling the truth in
such a way may truly awaken the west's silent and dormant conscience".
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