Massoud Mehrabi

Massoud Mehrabi (1954 – 31 August 2020) was an Iranian journalist, writer and caricaturist. He studied cinema at the Faculty of Dramatic Arts of the University of Art (1977–1982). and later passed a Film Production Management course at the Industrial Management Institute (1983–84). Mehrabi started his professional career as a journalist in 1970, writing articles for several papers.Mehrabi has been the president and publisher of The Film Monthly magazine (since 1981), The Iranian Cinema Yearbook (since 1992) and The English-language Film International quarterly magazine (since1993) From 1982 to 1989, he worked at the economic desk of the Iranian National Television.
and started his professional career in 1970 as a journalist, writing articles for several papers.
Massoud Mehrabi died at age 66 from a heart attack.
Career
Massoud Mehrabi wrote books on cinema; his The History of Iranian Cinema (1983) was a best-selling book about Iranian cinema. His later book, A Hundred Years of Film Adverts and Film Posters in Iran (2012), is a bilingual study of a subject little covered previously.
Massoud Mehrabi's career roles included being the president and publisher of:
1. Film monthly, in Persian, a film magazine in Iran. Founded in 1981, when there was no other serious film journal and all pre-Revolutionary film journals had ceased to publish for several years, it attracted a number of young film devotees to its staff as writers and critics, many of whom went on to publish magazines of their own.
2. Iranian Cinema Yearbook in Persian (published annually since 1992), which covers all the important film events of the year, and reviews every new film released in Iran.
3. Film International] quarterly, in English (founded 1993), which significantly introduced Iranian cinema, past and present, to the Western audience.
Massoud Mehrabi, always interested in caricatures, was a caricaturist and a graphic artist for various Iranian publications since 1970 and participated in several Iranian and international caricature exhibitions.
Bibliography
Books on cinema
One Hundred + Five Years of Film Adverts and Film Posters in Iran, 2014
Beyond the Dreams Wall: Travelogue of International Film Festivals, 2010
; 2nd to 10th editions, 1985–2006
Bibliography of Cinema in Iran, From the Beginning to the Year 2000, 2001
A Guide to Iranian Documentary Films, From the Beginning Till 1997, 1992
Film Posters, 1992
Bibliography of Cinema in Iran, (Vol. II, from 1988 to 1991), 1992
A Guide to Iranian Short Films, 1990
A Guide to Iranian Films for Children & Youth, 1989
Bibliography of Cinema in Iran, (Vol. I, From the Beginning to 1988), 1988
Books on caricatures
Looking between the Shades, 1992
Movie Caricatures (compiled by), 1984
Teeth, 1982
Black Caricatures, 1981
Ladders without Roofs (Roofless Ladders), 1977
Exhibitions
Individual exhibitions
The Classic Gallery, Isfahan, 1993
The Golestan Gallery, Tehran, 1991
The Museum of Ethnology, Ghazvin, 1981
The Khane-ye-Aftab Gallery, Tehran, 1981
The Museum of Contemporary Arts, Tehran, 1980
The Khane-ye-Aftab Gallery, Tehran, 1979
Open Show in Paris, 1979
The Vessal Gallery, Shiraz, 1978
Khane-ye-Aftab Gallery, Tehran, 1977
The Takht-e Jamshid Gallery, Tehran, 1976
The Sheikh Gallery, Tehran, 1976
The Naghsh Gallery, Tehran, 1975
Group exhibitions
Museum of Contemporary Arts, Tehran, 1983
Organizer of the First Group Exhibition of Iranian Caricaturists at Iran-America Society, Tehran, 1978
The Goethe Institute, Tehran, 1978
The Takht-e Jamshid Gallery, Tehran, 1977
The Naghsh Gallery, Tehran, 1977
The Obeid Gallery, Tehran University, 1976
Joint Exhibition with Canadian Caricaturists at 'The House of Iran', Montreal, 1976
Participation in International Exhibitions of Caricature
Japan, Iran, 1995
Turkey, Japan, Italy, 1994
Turkey, France, Italy, Japan, Iran, 1993
Japan, Turkey, 1992
Japan, Turkey, Belgium, 1991
Japan, Turkey, Italy, France, 1990
Japan, Netherlands, Belgium, Italy, 1989
Turkey, Belgium, Japan, 1989
Japan, Canada, Poland, Belgium, Turkey, 1987
Turkey, Poland, Belgium, 1986
Japan, Turkey, Belgium, Canada, 1985
Japan, Turkey, Belgium, 1984
Japan, Belgium, Poland, Netherlands, 1983
Japan, Canada, 1982
Greece, Yugoslavia, 1980
Canada, Greece, 1987
Canada, Yugoslavia, Italy, 1977
Berlin, Poland, Canada, Yugoslavia, 1976
Awards
A recipient of a plaque of Appreciation from the Association of Critics and Writers of Iranian Cinema, 2017
A recipient of a plaque of Appreciation and the Golden Pen Award from the 4th Festival of Film Books
by the House of Cinema (2014) as an outstanding writer and author of Reference Books.
Honorary Award, House of Iranian Cinema Festival, 2007
Many Diplomas from Various International Exhibitions of Caricature / 1975–1992
Silver Medal and 200,000 yen, from Yomiuri Shimbun, Japan / 1983
Bronze Medal, from Yomiuri Shimbun, Japan / 1982
Contributions as a jury
Jury member of the 1st and 4th International Tehran Cartoon Biennial – 1993, 1999.
As a publisher and designer of books
The Duties of Assistant Director – Translated and Adapted by Mohammad Haghighat – 1994
Wind Blows Anywhere it Likes – by Babak Ahmadi – 1992
Conducted by Morteza Hannaneh – by Touraj Zahedi – 1991
Tarkovsky – by Babak Ahmadi – 1990
Understanding Movies – Translated by Iraj Karimi – 1990
Film Appreciation – Translated by Bahman Taheri – 1989
Film as Film – Translated by Abdollah Tarbiat – 1989
Literature and Cinema – a group work – 1989
The Age of Comic Films – a group work – 1988
Paradjanov – a group work – 1988
Yasujiro Ozu – a group work – 1988
François Truffaut – by Hamid Hodania – 1987
Acting for Films – a group work – 1987
The Characteristics and Aims of Film Criticism – 1986
And cover designs for numerous books
Works in other newspapers and periodicals as a writer, caricaturist, and graphist
Soroush Weekly, 1982
Sanat-e Haml-o-Naghl, 1982
Fokahyoun Weekly, 1981
Tebb-o Darou , 1981
Jahangard, 1980
Ferdowsi Weekly, 1980
Zan-e Rooz, 1980
Pirouzi Monthly, 1980
Kayhan, 1987
Ayandegan, 1978
Donya-ye Varzesh, 1977
Javanan, 1977
Talaash, 1977
Rastakhiz, 1975
Mardom, 1975
Caricature'', 1971
Economic Desk of Iranian Television (IRIB)/ 1982–1989
Essays, articles, and art reviews in various papers/ 1970–1995
Gallery
External links
Massoud Mehrabi / website
Books by Massoud Mehrabi, Abebooks
Massoud Mehrabi's List of Published Works
Massoud Mehrabi, WorldCat
Film Magazine / Website
Massoud Mehrabi's Biography
Film International Website
Massoud Mehrabi, IMDb
Notes
20th-century Iranian writers
Iranian editorial cartoonists
Iranian caricaturists
2020 deaths
1954 births
Iranian magazine founders