Daryush Shokof
Introduction
Daryush Shokof (Persian: داریوش شکوف, born 1954) is an Iranian artist, film director, writer, and film producer based in Germany.
Biography
He was born as Ali Reza Shokoufandeh on June 25, 1954 in Tehran, Iran. Shokof graduated from Eastern New Mexico University with a degree in Physics and Mathematics. Shokof received an MBA from University of Dallas in Texas. He also studied art and film at New York University.
Visual art
Shokof first exhibited his artwork in gallery Maerz in Germany in 1984 and has exhibited in Germany, Italy and USA.
Films
Shokof made his first movie, a short experimental film called Angels are Wired, in 1991. Since then he has made over 25 short and feature-length films and has written over 50 film scripts, some of which he made into movies himself.
Alleged kidnapping
Shokof claimed that he was kidnapped by four terrorists in the city of Cologne, Germany, in late May 2010, and was kept for over twelve days in the hands of four Arabic-speaking men. German police denied his statement and told the press that this story was not verifiable, and might have been staged to attract attention.
Filmography
This filmography includes only films listed in IMDB.
| Year | Film |
|---|---|
| 1990 | Angels are Wired |
| 1991 | Dogs are not allowed |
| 1996 | Seven Servants |
| 1997 | Magass |
| 2000 | Tenussian Vaccuvasco |
| 2003 | She Would... |
| 2003 | Kiss, Long and Close |
| 2004 | Venussian Tabutasco |
| 2005 | A2Z |
| 2006 | Asudem |
| 2007 | Breathful |
| 2007 | Smoqing |
| 2008 | Epicalypse Now |
| 2010 | Iran Zendan |
| 2011 | Hitler's Grave |
| 2012 | Strange Stranger |
| 2012 | wordlessness |
| 2012 | Flushers |
| 2012 | Flushers 2 |
| 2012 | Suicidal Girl |
| 2015 | poison works |
| 2015 | Directed by God |
| 2015 | para heaven and hell interview |
Awards
- New York International Independent Film and Video Festival (NYIIFVF) Los Angeles, July 2011
- Best Director of a Feature Film – for Hitler’s Grave
- New York International Independent Film and Video Festival, Los Angeles, March 2007
- Award for Best International Director - category feature for: Breathful (2007)
- New York International Independent Film and Video Festival, Winter 2000
- Feature Film Award for Best Experimental Film - Tenussian Vacuvasco (2000)
- Locarno International Film Festival 1996
- Nominated for Golden Leopard for: Seven Servants (1996)