Nader Talebzadeh | |
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Born |
Nader Talebzadeh Ordubadi 1953 (age 63–64) Tehran, Iran |
Citizenship | Iranian–American |
Alma mater |
Randolph–Macon College Columbia University School of the Arts |
Occupation | |
Years active | 1979–present |
Employer | CBS (pre 1979) |
Political party | Popular Front of Islamic Revolution Forces |
Nader Talebzadeh Ordubadi (Persian: نادر طالبزاده اردوبادی) is an Iranian film director, film producer and documentary filmmaker known for his TV series entitled The Messiah.
Born in Iran on Christmas Eve 1953, Nader Talebzadeh later traveled to the United States where he completed his undergraduate studies in English and attended Columbia University Film School in New York City. He has directed, written and produced numerous award-winning documentary films about Iraqi weapons of mass destruction. As an independent documentary filmmaker he was witness to the atrocities committed during the eight-year Iran-Iraq war of the mid-1980s. Talebzadeh’s research for the film The Messiah spans an entire decade. It incorporates and blends historical documents from the Bible and the Quran and focuses on the unifying message of the life of Jesus and his teachings. Impassioned by the message of Christ since birth, Talebzadeh presented an Islamic perspective on Jesus and his teachings in The Messiah. It is Talebzadeh's first feature-length dramatic production.