# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/samira-makhmalbaf
# Generated: 2026-08-14T04:00:39.178Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/samira-makhmalbaf"
name: "Samira Makhmalbaf"
slug: "samira-makhmalbaf"
description: "Samira Makhmalbaf is an Iranian filmmaker and screenwriter. She is the daughter of Mohsen Makhmalbaf, the film director and writer. Samira Makhmalbaf is considered to be part of the Iranian New Wave. She has won multiple awards, including two Jury Prizes at the Cannes Film Festival, and has been nominated for numerous awards."
tagline: "Iranian film director and screenwriter"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Samira_Makhmalbaf%2C_BBC_Persian_-_Aug_28%2C_2020.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1980-02-15"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           54.82
  momentum:             11.1188925490985
  historical:           21.296552
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0538533/"
    handle:    "nm0538533"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.makhmalbaf.com/"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump