Mahdi Bagheri

Editor, Documentary film maker & Photographer was born in 1981.He was educated in Tehran Film School ( Dr. Ahmad Alasti) 200 and is a member of IRIDFA ( Iranian Documentary film makers Association)
Filmography:
1- Naagahaan To Goom Shodi (And Suddenly, You Went Missing) (Documentary,2012) The tale of Khoramshahr, the first city of Iran that was attacked by Iraqi forces in 1979. In the absence of the Iranian army, its inhabitants defended the city for 35 days. Edited by Farahnaaz Shariifi, Camera: Mohamad Reza Jahaan Panaah, Sound: Mehrshaad Malakooti, Producer: Hozeye Honari
2- Va Kiid Kokaabi ast motevahem (Hidden) (Documentary,2012) The story of the life and death of Abdol Ali Birjandi, an unknown Iranian astronomer and scientist. This film searches the reasons why the people of his hometown , Birjand, don’t know him very well. Edited by Mahdi Bagheri, Camera: Shahrouz Tavakoul, Sound: Mehrshaad Malakooti, Executive producer: Reza Noori, Composer: Masoud Sekhavatdoost, Producer:Mohamad Sadegh Dehghaani
3- Tehran Neshinan ( Inhabitants of Tehran) (Documentary series,2011) Co-directing with : Shahrouz Tavakol & Behzad Nalbandi 24 hours with 13 Tehraners. Written and edited by: Mehdi Bagheri, Shahrouz Tavakol- Behzad Nalbandi ,Camera: Mohamad Hadadi, Sound: Saeed Goudarzi , Executive producer: Morteza Ebrahimi, Producer: Mohamad-reza Shahidifar
4-Pir Pesar ( Reluctant Bachelor) 2011 This film is about the director himself who at the age of 30 because of financial issues still lives with his parents and blames his father for his failure and problems in his life. Camera: Mohamad Haddadi ,Edit: Amir Adib-parvar, Sound: Hadi Saed Mohkam, Composer:Afshin Azizi, Sound editing: Amir-Hosein Ghasemi, Producer: katayun Shahabi
5-The Importance of Being a Poet (ahamiyat e aref boodan) 2011, Portrait of “ Aref Ghazvini”, an Iranian poet through the letters he wrote to his friends in his last years, Camera: Mohamad Hadadi , Sound: Rashid Daneshmand, Edit: Mehdi Bagheri, Music: Mehdi Mobtagha & Aiydin Oliya Nasab, Producer: Saeed Rashtian, IRIB1
6-Song of Freedom( Morgh e Sahar) 2009, portrait of late Iranian poet, Mohamad Taghi Bahar, Camera: Mohamad Hadadi,Sound: Rashid Daneshmand, Edit: Mehdi Bagheri, Music: Reza Tajbakhsh, Producer: Saeed Rashtian, RIB1
Awards:
Best Documentary Award in national competition of 26th edition of Tehran Short Film Festival 2009
Best research award in national competition of 26th edition of Tehran Short Film Festival 2009
Candidate of Crystal Simorgh in documentary section of 28th edition of Fajr Film Festival
Diploma of Honor for the best directing of feature documentary in 4thinternational Urban Film Festival( Tehran, 2011)
7-Banoo Lives in Mehr Alley (2008) ( poetic documentary) About an old Zoroastrian women who lives in an old neighborhood in Yazd.
Co-directing with Maryam Sepehri Camera: Mehdi Bagheri / Maryam Sepehri, Music: Bach, Edit and music selection: Mehdi Bagheri, Producer: Mehdi Bagheri/ Maryam Sepehri, Screening: Yari Festival- Sweden 2009
8-Pileh( 2007) ( poetic documentary) About a tree in a village which villagers believe that is sacred.
9-Sassanid Enchanter( Afsoungare Sasani) ( 2006) This documentary is about history of Iranian harp and its evolution into the European harp.
Awarded in Angizesh Film Festival 2007 Candidate of the best research in 23th edition of Tehran Short Film Festival