Ebrahim Golestan

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

Birthday 1922-10-19

Deathday 2023-08-22 (100 years old)

Place of Birth Shiraz, Iran

Also Known As Ebrahim Taghavi Shirazi, Ebrahim Gulistan, ابراهیم گلستان

Ebrahim Golestan

Biography

Ebrahim Golestan (Taghavi Shirazi) (also spelt Ibrahim Golestan, Persian: ابراهیم گلستان‎‎), (born October 19, 1922 in Shiraz, Iran) is an Iranian filmmaker and literary figure with a career spanning half a century. He has lived in Sussex, United Kingdom, since 1975. He was closely associated with the controversial and eminent Iranian poet Forough Farrokhzad until her death, whom he met at his studio in 1958. He is said to have inspired her to live more independently.

Known For

Director

1966
1966
Kharab-abad

as Director

1965
1965
Harvest and Seed

as Director

1964
1962
1962
Water and Fire

as Director

1961
A Fire

as Director

1961
Courtship

as Director

Actor

1966
The Brick and the Mirror

as Voice on the radio (uncredited)

1965
Harvest and Seed

as Director

1965
The Crown Jewels of Iran

as Narrator (voice)

1964
The Hills of Marlik

as Narrator (voice)

1963
The House Is Black

as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

1962
Wave, Coral and Rock

as Voice (Persian Version)

Writer

1966
1965
1964
1962
1961
A Fire

as Writer

Producer

1966
1963
The House Is Black

as Producer

1961
A Fire

as Producer

Crew