● Birthplace: Mashhad
Biography
At age of 12, his first graphic work was published on the cover of a story book, and at 16, he caricatures political world of press. This illustrator books children and teenagers, first published their effectiveness in the second year of high school and since then began his professional career. The professional illustration of Zarrinkelk, with painting for the Comic Tales of Iraj Pezeshkzad, named: Mashallah Khan in the court of Haaron al-Rashid began. Illustration in the Kayhan Journal of Kids and Youth Information and collaboration with Franklin Publishing Institute, illustration of textbooks of first classes to fourth elementary school and commissioning of the first animation schools in Iran in two levels of graduate and Master degree is a part of Zarrinkelk’s work. He finished high school in Tehran and entered the University of Tehran in 1955. In 1961, he received his pharmaceutical doctor and worked with a degree in the Army clinic. Calligraphy and paintings were initiated by father and in parallel with the formal studies in Kamal-ol-Molk School of Education and the presence of professed such as Mahmood Olia, Mohammad Ali Zavieh and Mohammad Mehrdan. In 1956, he was accepted at the University of Fine Arts, but the system rules prevented him from entering. Master Zarrinkelk, from 1961 to 1971, went to the illustrated textbooks and pocket books, and then invited the intellectual development of children and teenagers to Belgium to learn animation filmmaking. In 1974, the first school of animation was established in Iran, and three years later opened a field of animation at Farabi University (Art University of Today). This artist is from the courses of Farshid Mesghali, Ali Akbar Sadeghi, Morteza Momayez and Arapik Baghdasarian, which revolutionized the intellectual development of children and adolescents in the light and hampered of making animated films. He was invited to the Kanun, proposes Firuz Shiravanloo from the colleagues of Franklin Institute, to the Center for the visualization of child and adolescent books. The Crows were the first book to be ordered for illustration.
Holding the Festival of children and adolescents in the late 1961, it was effective in organizing the cinematic affairs section, and after holding the first Festival in 1969, Zarrinkelk was dispatched to Belgium in the Academy of Fine Arts in the town of the city, in the field of learning animation. In Belgium, he made two films of the first Task in 1971 and the playground with the Bush (1971), and after returning to Iran in 1972, he worked at the center of the cinema. Both films won foreign festivals. He was a film club: the Al-Mohamque (1974), the Association of 1974, The Crazy Mad World (1975), Amirhamzeh Deldar, and Gur Delgir (1977), A Tight Eye of Denyadar (1982) and Superpower (1988). Many of these films took a major prize from domestic and foreign festivals. Sinbad, one of the last works of Zarrinkelk is the thing that was left in Hollywood, and it was the art director. After that 17-minute animation: Was to build and illustration for The Molla Nasreddin Stories book.
Since 1871, he was the center of the intellectual development of children and teenagers to make animated films that their first: Tadai and the next: Atal Matal Tootoole. Then It’s a Mad, Mad World and Feature film called: Amirhamzeh. Zal and Simorgh, The Story of a Fairy Tale, The story of Silk Worms, Nodays and Kites, Cyrus the King, when I was a Kid, Zal and Ruqah, the Alfbast legends, If I Could, the first of the work, a versatile home, the Elephant and cup theorem, and the water, including the works of the Zarrinkelk’s Bookgraphy for children’s books and Teen.
Education
1962 – PhD of Pharmacy-Tehran University
1972 – Directing animation-Belgian Royal Academy
1975 – Puppet movie studio – Yeezy Trenka
Movies
1970 – The first task-Belgium
1971 – Babush Playground-Belgium
1972 – Philpo captures Hong Kong-Belgium
1973 – Associated
1973 -Atalmatal
1974 – A way to the neighbor
1975 – Crazy Mad World
1976 – Amir Hamzeh Deldar and gore Delgir
1982 – A tight eye of Donyadar
1986 – Superpowers
1987 – 1991 – Sinbad-(Hollywood, unfinished)
1999 – Moscow
1999 – Identity
1999 – Weft
2007 – Little Prince
2007 – In the United Nations
Books and Cartoons
1951 – 1961 – Cartoons and illustration for newspapers and magazines
1961 – 1969 – Basic textbooks-first to fourth
1963 – Four ways of civilizations – Iranian division
1965 – Simorgh Story
1967 – Amir Hamzeh Sahib Gharan and Mehtar Nsim Ayar
1968 – Crows
1972 – Zal and Simorgh
1973 – Tales of flower Rug
1973 – The Silk worm tales
1974 – Nodays and kites
1974 – Kourosh Shah
1974 – When I was a kid
1975 – Zal and Roodabeh
1976 – Asian Legends
1982 – If I could
1986 – A is First Alfbast
1989 – Versatile Home work
1995 – From the water
2007 – Elephant and cup theorem
2006 – High School Asadabadi- H & S Media Publishing, London
2006 – Home Photography- H & S Media Publishing, London
Other Activities
From 1970 – Member of the World Association Animation Filmmakers (ASIFA)
From 1972 – Member of the jury, national and international Festival of animation and illustration
1974 – Founder and lecturer of Iran’s first animation school
1977 – Faculty of Animation and lecturer (Farabi University)
1977 – Founder of Iranian Animation Filmmakers Association (Asiiran)
1991 – 2000 -member of the Board of Directors of World Filmmakers Association of Animation (ASIFA)
2003 – 2006 -Chairman of the World Filmmakers Association (Asifi International)
Awards
1969 – Selected Book of the year of the Iranian Child Book Council for the Myth of Simorgh
1970 – The best book of UNESCO in Iran to book the Crows
1970 – Show Best Book of the year UNESCO (Tokyo/Japan) for the Book of Crows
1971 – Golden Apple Bi biennial Bratislava (Czech Slovak) for the Book of Crows
1971 – Award for Animation Schools International Film Festival (France) for the first task film
1971 – Klotid Copy Award/Belgian National Film Festival for first duty film
1975 – The book logo of the Year (Iran Children’s Book Council)-for the book when I was a kid
1975 – Honor Diploma of San Francisco International Film Festival-for film
1976 – Best International Film Festival of Salniki (Greece) award for the Crazy Mad World movie
1976 – The Proud Tablet of the Chicago International Film Festival (USA)-For the crazy Mad World movie
1976 – International Animated Film Festival Portugal-Silver Award for Crazy crazy World movie
1976 – Cairo International Film Festival (Egypt) – for Crazy crazy world movies.
1976 – Award for Best International Festival of Oberhausen (Germany)-for crazy Mad World movie Crazy.
1976 – Honor Diploma of the Paris International Film Festival (France)-for the crazy Mad World movie.
1978 – Honor Diploma of Giffoni Film Festival (Italy)-for Amir Hamzeh Deldar and gore Delgir
1987 – Appreciation Plaque of the Bologna Book Fair (Italy)-for the first book Alfbast
1989 – Special Jury award, Tehran festival-for superpower films
1999 – Special Jury award, Biennial international book in Tehran-book for Mulla Nasreddin
2000 – Tokyo – The Museum Award (Japan)-for the book of Mulla Nasreddin,
2000 – As the Jewel of the Century (20th) of the France International Film Festival-for the crazy Mad World movie
– Honored Diploma of Hans Kristin Anderson-for the operation of illustration of children’s books
