HOSSEIN KHANDAN
EXPERIENCE IN FILM :
Feature Films:
2001 Production
Manager and First Assistant Director: 'Dances With
Dreams',--Mar del Plata, Argentina
1998-00
Production Manager and First Assistant Director: 'The
Last Stop'--Los Angeles, CA
1995 Director:
'Rodell'--Chicago, IL
1994
First Assistant Director and Production Designer:
'Sayeh-e Vahshat' / 'Shadow of Fright'--Germany
1993 First
Assistant Director and Production Designer:
'Sara'--Iran
1992 Consultant to Director and
Production Designer: 'Parvaz Ra Be Bespar' / 'Remember
the Flight'--Iran
1990 Production Designer: 'Rooze Bagheh' / 'The Day of
the Big Event'--Iran
1989
First Assistant Director and Production Designer:
'Fil-dar Tariki' / 'Elephant in the Dark'--Iran
1988 First Assistant
Director: 'Grand Cinema'--Iran
1987 First
Assistant
Director and Production Designer: 'Gol-e Maryam'
/'Tuberose'--Iran
1986 Second Assistant Director: 'Tasvir-e Akhar' /
'The Last Picture'--Iran
1985 Second Assistant Director: 'Shabah-e Kadjdom'
/ 'The Shadow of the Scorpion'--Iran
1984
Second Assistant Director: 'Autobus' / 'The
Bus'--Iran
1983 Third Assistant Director: Mardi
Ke Ziad Midanest' / 'The Man Who Knew Too
Much'--Iran
1982 Second Assistant
Director and Stage Manager: 'Dadshah'--Iran
1981
Second Assistant Director and Stage Manager: 'Veresk,
Pol-e Piouzi' / 'Veresh:
The Victory Bridge'--Iran
Documentaries/Docu-Dramas:
2001-02
'American Burqa'--Chicago, IL
2001-02 Community
Art Project/Film Project on Intercultural and
Interreligious Marriage--Chicago, IL
Short
Films:
1991 Director: 'Gol-e Gandom' / 'Wheat
Flower--Iran'
1989 Editor
and Director's Consultant: 'Shab-e Gharibeh' / 'The
Stranger's Night'--Iran
1980 Director: 'Mosht, Nemoneh-e Kharvar' / 'A Bit
Represents All'--Iran
1980
Cinematographer: 'Man Barayeh Jang' / 'I for
War'--Iran
1980
Cinematographer: 'Dars-e Emrooz' / 'Today's
Lesson'--Iran
1980 Writer
and Director: 'Cart-e Tabrik' / 'Greeting
Card'--Iran
Television
Productions:
2000-01 TV Director of
upcoming weekly program for the Iranian Community--
Chicago, IL
1991 First Assistant Director and
Production Designer in a series of 17 episodes: 'Roozi
Roozegari' / 'Once
Upon a Time'--Iran
1990 Director and Production
Designer in a series of 4 episodes: ' Kamand-e
Khaterat' / 'Memory Lane'--Iran
1986 Art
Reporter and Critic: 'Jonge-Honar: Art Collection'
a weekly Arts Program--Iran
1981 First
Assistant
Director: 'Khak-e Shirin' / 'Sweet Dust' directed by
Kianosh Ayari--Iran
Video Productions:
2001-02 Writer,
Director &
Producer 'My Dream Came True', a behind the scenes
look at
'Dances With Dreams' --Mar del Plata, Argentina and
Chicago, IL
1999-00 Writer, Director &
Producer 'Memoirs For Beloved: Sohrab Shahid
Sales'--Chicago, IL
1998 Writer and Director:
'Happy
Birthday'--Chicago,IL
1997 Videographer:
'I Shall Salute The Sun Once Again: Forugh
Farrokhzad'--Chicago, IL
1995 Director and
Editor: 'Iranian
Heritage Day'--Chicago, IL
1994 Behind
the Scenes Cameraman: 'Pari'--Iran
1991 Behind
the
Scenes Cameraman: 'Hamoon'--Iran
1991-94
Advertising
and Commercial Video Production--Iran
Film
Scripts:
2001 'American Burqa'--Chicago,
IL1998 'Happy Birthday ';
A cross-cultural film about loneliness
1994
'Rodell'; A cross-cultural film for children
1994
'File 707'; Drama
1993 'The Savior's Vessel';
A science fiction film for children
1992
'Qizilbash';
Folklore/Mythology
1991 'Hasad' / 'Envy';
Drama
1991 'Raghs-e Atash' / 'Fire Dance'; Drama
1990 'Tavalodi Digar' / 'Another Birth';
Drama 1988 'Mehr Banan' / 'The Sun Guardians';
Animation
1987 'Gol-e Maryam' / 'Tuberose'; Family Drama,
co-writer
1986
'Eastgah' / 'Station'; Psychological Drama, co-writer
Awards/Recognition:
1994 Invitation to
participate in Iranian Film Festival for 'Sara' at the
Art Institute--Chicago, IL
1994 Invitation to
participate in 47th International Cannes Film
Festival--France
1980 Best Title for 'Cart-e
Tabirk' / 'Greeting
Card' at Fajr Film Festival--Iran
Position:
1992-95 President of National Guild of Assistant
Directors and Planners of Iranian Cinema, until I came
to the U.S.A
EXPERIENCE IN JOURNALISM:
1999-02 Founder/Editor in Chief for ' www.CinemaIran.com
'an English magazine online
2000-02 Staff
Writer/Reporter for a weekly radio program about
Iranian Cinema at www.krsi.net
1999-02 Staff Writer for Iranian Cinema
for 'Khaneh', a monthly Iranian paper--Chicago, IL
1995 -97
Staff Writer for 'Cinema T97'--Los Angeles,CA
1992-94 Film and Media Editor of 'Hamshahri,' a major
daily newspaper--Tehran, Iran
1991-92 Editor
for the Cultural Section of 'Sima-ye Javan,' a weekly
magazine--Iran
1989-90 Film Critic for 'Abrar,'
a
major daily paper--Tehran, Iran
1986-89
Freelance Film Critic, Iran
Recognition:
1995-02 Participation in the Chicago International
Film
Festival--Chicago, IL
1995-02 Participation in
Latino Film
Festival--Chicago, IL
1994 Participation in
47th
Cannes International Film Festival--France