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Esmail Koushan (Persian: اسماعیل کوشان) (1917-1981) was an Iranian film director who was one of the pioneering figures of Persian cinema. He was one of the first active figures in the Second Filmmaking Period (post 1945) there he has been called "the father of the Iranian film industry" by Georges Sadoul. Koushan, who studied film-making in Germany at Universum Film Aktienge-Sellschafe (UFA), began by dubbing foreign-language films into Persian. He then set up the Mitrafilm company, which produced his first feature film in 1948, The Storm of Life. He directed more than 20 and produced more t…
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- Zendani Amir (1948) Writer
- The Lantern of Imagination (1976) Cast
- The Right Way (1970) Producer
- Ghoroube botparastan (1968) Producer
- Kolah Makhmali (velvet-hatted) (1962) Producer
- Twins (1959) Producer
- Jabbar, Runaway Sergeant (1973) Producer
- Snake Fangs (1961) Director
- Yusuf and Zulaikha (1968) Producer
- Nasim-e ayyar (1967) Director
- The Spirit's Vengeance (1962) Producer
- The Millionaire Beggar (1973) Producer
- Mah Pishooni (1971) Director
- Sheikh Saleh (1973) Producer
- Amir Arsalan-e Namdar (1966) Director
- Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar (1954) Producer
- The Sleeping Lion (1977) Writer
- Drunk on Love (1951) Producer
- Tears and Laughters (1964) Director
- The Naughty Girl (1957) Producer
- The Beautiful Devil (1962) Director
- The Nights of Tehran (1953) Producer
- Bank Robber (1965) Director
- Love in the Port (1967) Producer
- The Invisible Man (1966) Director
- The Beautiful Chauffeur (1970) Producer
- The Milkman (1960) Director
- Son of the Sea (1959) Producer
- You Got Wrong Babies (1974) Writer
- Arshin Mal Alan (1960) Writer
- Morgh-e-Hamsayeh (1974) Producer
- The Bandit (1954) Producer
- Accusation (1956) Producer
- Shahin Toos (1954) Producer
- The Shadow of Fate (1961) Director
- Lollipop (1972) Producer
- The Enchanter (1952) Director
- Love Trap (1961) Producer
- Ebram in Paris (1965) Director
- Mother (1952) Director
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