Emud Mokhberi
Emud Mokhberi (born February 9, 1978 in Michigan ) is an Iranian - American film director.
Life
Emud Mokhberi was born in Michigan to two Iranians. His father studied in America and moved back to Iran after completing his studies. Shortly afterwards there was the Islamic Revolution . Six years later the family moved to Stockholm, Sweden. In 1993 they again moved to Southern California. Mokhberi attended high school there and studied computer science at the University of California, Los Angeles .
His wife, a French history student, lived in Paris for a year in 2007 and Mokhberi, who was about to graduate, only had to complete one film for his thesis. With an exchange program at UCLA, he was also able to move to France, where, however, he worked for Gobelin on the film Oktapodi . Several directors were involved in the making of the film, besides Mokhberi Julien Bocabeille , François-Xavier Chanioux , Olivier Delabarre , Thierry Marchand and Quentin Marmier . The film was nominated for an Oscar for Best Animated Short Film in 2009. This made Mokhberi the ninth Iranian to be nominated for an Oscar.
In 2009 he was also responsible as a character animator in the animated film G-Force - Agents with Bite .
Web links
- Emud Mokhberi in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Official website
Individual evidence
- ↑ Oscar nomination goes to Iranian for ninth time. In: Iran Times International . The Free Library, January 30, 2009; accessed February 4, 2014 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mokhberi, Emud |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Iranian-American film director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 9, 1978 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Michigan |