Mohammad Reza Delpak

Mohammad Reza Delpak
Mohammad Reza Delpak
Born	Tehran, Iran
Nationality	Iranian
Occupation(s)	Sound post production,Department–(Sound designer)-(sound mixing)-(sound editing)
Years active	1966–present
Known for	Taste of Cherry; The Salesman (2016 film); A Separation; Children of Heaven;

Mohammad Reza Delpak(Persian: محمدرضا دلپاک (born in Tehran) is a sound Department Cinema of Iran. He is the first sound designer of Iranian cinema.

Biography edit

Mohammad Reza Delpak was born in Tehran in 1955. He holds a master's degree and an honorary doctorate both in arts. He started his career as a sound designer and sound re-recording mixer in 1974. He initiated the term “Sound Designing” in Iran film industry in 1994 for the first time in “the fateful day” fiction feature film. He has collaborated on over 100 feature fiction films and 45 documentary as a supervisor of sound design and mix. Most of these films have been selected by many international film festivals and received prestigious awards. This includes Cannes film festival, BAFTA, BFI, Berlin international film festival, Venice international film festival, Golden Globe, and Locarno international film festival. He honored by working with world-known Iranian filmmakers, including Abbas Kiarostami, Asghar Farhadi, Majid Majidi, Jafar Panahi, Dariush Mehrjui, and Reza Dormishian. Two of the films he has contributed as supervisor of Sound Designer & mix, the Sales Man, 2016 and A Separation, 2011 both directed by Asghar Farhadi, have been awarded in Oscar Academy as the best foreign language films. The Children of Heaven by Majid Majidi also was nominated in Oscar Academy 1998. He is privileged by receiving several precious national awards namely, the Crystal Simorgh, the Statue of the Cinema House, and a Memorial Statue. Since 2016, he has been a member and jury of the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

Filmography edit

A Hero 2021
Sun Children 2020
Sun (supervising sound editor) 2019
Hava, Maryam, Ayesha (supervising sound editor) 2019
A man without shadow 2019
Living 2018
About The Salesman 2018
Beyond the Clouds (2017 film) (supervising sound editor) 2017
Under the Smoky Roof (2017)
The End Of Dreams (2017)
Lögndagen (supervising sound editor) 2017
The Salesman (2016 film) Sound department (Sound Designer) and Mixing 2016
Lantouri (supervising sound editor) 2016
Muhammad: The Messenger of God (film) (supervising sound editor) 2015
Berlin -7º (sound editor)
Hush! Girls Don't Scream (supervising sound editor) 2013
I'm Not Angry! (2012)
Orange Suit (sound mixer) 2012
Hatred (2012 film)
Like Someone in Love (film) (Sound Designer) 2012
The Bear (2012 film) (sound editor) 2012
Wind and Fog (supervising sound editor) 2011
A Separation sound designer and sound mixer 2011
Life with Closed Eyes (supervising sound editor) (2010)
40 Years Old (supervising sound editor) (2010)
Whisper with the Wind (sound mixing) 2009
About Elly (sound mixing) and (Sound Designer) 2009
Shirin (film) (supervising sound editor) 2008
Khak Ashena (supervising sound editor) 2008
The Song of Sparrows (supervising sound editor) 2008
Offside (2006 Iranian film) (sound designer) 2006
Mainline (Khun bazi), 2006
Pars Sea (supervising sound editor) (2006)
Zaman mi-istad (sound designer) 2006
One Night (2005 film) (supervising sound editor) 2005
Khab-e talkh (sound designer) 2005
The Willow Tree (sound designer and mixer) 2005
Tradition of Lover Killing (sound designer) 2004
Bitter Dream (sound designer and mixer) 2004
Gilaneh (sound designer and mixer) 2004
Navel (sound mixer) 2004
White Nights (sound mixer) 2003
Letters in the Wind (film) (Production designer) 2002
Along the wind in the desert alone (2002)
Zagros (supervising sound editor)
Baran (Sound Department) 2001
ABC Africa (Sound Department) 2001
Sanam (sound designer) 2000
Birth of a Butterfly (sound designer) 2000
The Wind Will Carry Us (sound designer) / (sound mixer) 1999
The Triumphant Warrior (sound mixer) 1999
A Mother's Love (sound designer) 1999
The Color of Paradise (sound designer) 1999
Children of Heaven (supervising sound editor) 1998
Taste of Cherry (sound designer) 1997
The Mirror (1997 film) (sound mixing) 1997
The Father (1996 film) (supervising sound editor) 1996
Bolandiha-ye sefr (sound) 1993
Se mard-e aami (sound) 1993
The Grey City (sound) 1991
Water, Wind, Dust 1989
Ma istadeim (sound) 1984
Kilometr-e 5 (sound) 1982
Ballad of Tara (sound) 1979
Prophet Joseph (TV series) (sound designer)
Qaleh 1966 (Documentary short) (sound mixer)
Teheran, payetakht-e Iran ast 1966 (Documentary short) (sound mixer)

Awards edit

(10 Celorian Fajr 5 Statues of Hafiz and 5 Statues of the Cinema House and 1 Award of the Writers and Critics Association)
The 14th Cinema House Celebration-
Fourth Cinema House Celebration; Statue; Best Sounding and Mix; The Long Films Competition; 2000 Under the City
Crystal Simorgh Best Sound and Wax
Winner of the 32st Fajr Film Festival Lantouri
Winner of the 31st Fajr Film Festival - Berlin 7
Winner of the 16th Fajr Film Festival - Birth of a Butterfly
Winner of the 20th Fajr Film Festival - Travel to Tomorrow
Winner of the 17th Fajr Film Festival - The Color of Paradise
Seventh Winner of Fajr Film Festival - Bear
Winner of the 27th Fajr International Film Festival - About Elly
Winner of the 24th Fajr Film Festival - Time is up
Winner of the 19th Fajr Film Festival - Rain
I'm not angry at the thirty-second winner of the Fajr Film Festival
Hafiz Statue; Best Sound; Mohammad Reza Delapak; The 10th Celebration of the World of Pictures; The Cinematic Part of the Game (2007)

References edit

External links edit

Mohammad Reza Delpak at IMDb
Mohammad Reza Delpak on Instagram