Reza Allamehzadeh (Persian: رضا علامه‌زاده‎) is an
Iranian-born Dutch filmmaker, film critic and writer who lives in the
Netherlands. He is primarily known for his films about refugees, such
as The Guests of Hotel Astoria (1988), and the documentary Holy Crime
(1994), about the murder of opposition figures in Europe by the
Islamic regime in Iran.Allamehzadeh was born in 1943 in Sari,
Mazandaran province, Iran. He studied film directing at “Tehran
Academy of Film and Television†in 1966â€"1969. Along with
filmmaking, he writes and publishes children's books, novels and short
stories. He teaches film and TV courses in various universities
including Hollins University in Virginia (US), Leeds Metropolitan
University (UK) and International R/TV Training Center in the
Netherlands, where he has been living since 1983.Allamehzadeh has been
one of the advocates of Kurdish cinema. He is native in Persian and
fluent in English and to some extent Dutch and Spanish.Some of his
films are:
Iranian-born Dutch filmmaker, film critic and writer who lives in the
Netherlands. He is primarily known for his films about refugees, such
as The Guests of Hotel Astoria (1988), and the documentary Holy Crime
(1994), about the murder of opposition figures in Europe by the
Islamic regime in Iran.Allamehzadeh was born in 1943 in Sari,
Mazandaran province, Iran. He studied film directing at “Tehran
Academy of Film and Television†in 1966â€"1969. Along with
filmmaking, he writes and publishes children's books, novels and short
stories. He teaches film and TV courses in various universities
including Hollins University in Virginia (US), Leeds Metropolitan
University (UK) and International R/TV Training Center in the
Netherlands, where he has been living since 1983.Allamehzadeh has been
one of the advocates of Kurdish cinema. He is native in Persian and
fluent in English and to some extent Dutch and Spanish.Some of his
films are:
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