Mohammad Reza Delpak


Mohammad Reza Delpak is a sound Department Cinema of Iran.
He is the first sound designer of Iranian cinema.

Biography

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

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