● Birthday: 23 March 1954
● Birthplace: Gorgan

Biography
He is a critic, journalist and cinema translator. He is one of the three founders and current secretary of the Film Writers’ Council, the oldest film magazine after the Islamic Revolution. He graduated from the Faculty of Dramatic Arts in Tehran with a degree in Cinema and Television. He has also appeared on several prestigious festivals as a member of the jury. Gang’s famous documentary is one of his compositions. Master Houshang Golmakani, in the workshop: Pathology of Criticism in Iranian Cinema, which was held in 2018; He pointed to the harms of cyberspace in the field of critique and said: “In the writings that are seen as criticism in cyberspace, there is a point to consider, that is,” I am a person “in the first sense of the singular person is often seen in writings. This “personal self” is more colorful in writing than film criticism. In fact, they still don’t know the difference between public and private media. Of course, in my opinion, there is nothing wrong with having personal feelings in writing, but in many cases we see that these personal feelings are obvious at the outset; However, the actor or “I am a person” has to write in the press for many years in order to know his audience and his pen and gain credibility, and finally be recognized as a pen critic.

Screenplay Translation
Golmkani has translated more than 12 screenplays, including Cinema Paradiso and Paris, Texas.

Bibliography
– From Sam Alley
– Tangna (Narrow) book
– The Sound of Music

Jury
1998 – Member of the jury for the Leipzig Documentary Film Festival
1998 – 2002 – Member of the Selection Committee for Foreign Films, Fajr International Film Festival
2007 – Member of the jury of the Tbilisi Film Festival
2007 – Member of the jury of the Antalya Film Festival
2008 – Member of the jury for the Tajikistan Film Festival
2010 – Member of the Asian Cinema Network Development Network
2013 – Member of the jury of the 32nd Fajr Film Festival
2017 – Member of the jury for a foreign film, Fajr International Festival
2017 – Member of the jury of the second American Sheid Film Festival

Awards
2007 – Honorary Award, Cinema House Celebration
2008 – Best Art Critics Award, Journalists Foundation
2008 – Award for the most influential critic of the last thirty years in Iran by the Art Critics Association