Mahmoud Kushan
Biography
Mahmoud Kushan was a pioneering Iranian cinematographer, born in Tehran in 1933. He began his career as a Lab Technician and Sound Recordist, eventually shooting his first film, Amir Arsalan, in 1955. Kushan went on to direct his own film, Nouveau Riche, in 1961 and broke ground by shooting Iran's first CinemaScope & color feature films. He won Best Cinematography at the Sepas Film Festival in 1968.