From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Mohsen Makhmalbaf Mohsen Mäxmälbaf born May 29 1957 is an Iranian film director writer editor and producer During 2007 he was the president of Asian Film Academy Makhmalbafs films have been widely presented in international film festivals in the past ten years The multiawardwinning director belongs to the new wave movement of Iranian cinema Time magazine selected Makhmalbafs 2001 film Kandahar as one of top 100 films of all time In 2006 he was a member of the Jury at the Venice film festival Makhmalbaf left Iran in 2005 shortly after the election of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and now lives in Paris As of June 12 2009 and following the events of the 2009 Iranian presidential election Mohsen Makhmalbaf has claimed that he has been appointed the official spokesman of MirHossein Moussavis campaign abroad Description above from the Wikipedia article Mohsen Makhmalbaf licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia