About
Mohsen Mahmoodzadeh, born 1979, is an Iranian cinematographer, documentary filmmaker, and photographer currently based in Italy. He began his professional career in 1999 with photography, filmmaking, and cinematography, and has spent over two decades as a visual storyteller. Beyond directing short films and documentaries, he has worked as a cinematographer on numerous feature and documentary productions.
Mahmoodzadeh holds a Bachelor's degree in Cinema from Tehran University of Art and a Master's degree in Information, Cultures, and Media Organization from the University of Bologna, Italy. From 2013 to 2020, he taught cinematography and photography at the University of Applied Sciences in Tehran and Karaj, the Iranian Youth Cinema Society (Tehran and Shiraz), and the Iranian National School of Cinema.
Since 2010, he has been a member of the International Federation of Photographic Arts (FIAP). Since 2022, he is a member of the Association of Independent Filmmakers of Iran (IFMA), and since 2024, a member of the Italian Association of Professional Photographers. As a director, he has created notable short films including "Jack," "Three Cups of Tea for Table 8," and the documentary "Kalantar: Life and Experience." As a cinematographer, he has collaborated on numerous projects including "Photography in Iranian Style" directed by Somayeh Haghnaghdar, "Nilofar Khavari" directed by Yalda Javadi, "The Return" directed by Ghazaleh Soltani, and "Fifty Years of Cinema and Theater School" directed by Homan Rabiei.