Bozorgmehr Hosseinpour
Bozorgmehr Hosseinpour (Persian: بزرگمهر حسینپور; born in 1976) is an Iranian cartoonist and art director. He holds a bachelor of painting from the Azad University of Tehran. He has been a cartoonist and caricaturist of the press since 1990, including publications such as Golagha magazines, Kyhan caricature monthly, Zan news paper, Sorush e Nojavan magazine, Roshd e Nojavan magazine, Norouz newspaper, Aftabgardan newspaper, Eghbal newspaper, and Chelcheragh weekly magazine.
Career
Hosseinpour is art director of the magazines Zanan e Farda, Arous e Honar, and Danesh e Yoga. He also directed and produced a number of animated advertising films, short films for Saba and Hoze Honari centers, a three-hour documentary film about the ancient monuments of Iran.
Books
Hosseinpour wrote the following books:
- 1999 - Dolmeh: Golagha pub.
- 2004 - Sandevich: Aftabgardan pub.
- 2005 - Ghero Ghambil: Rozaneh pub.
- 2006 - Tales of island: Rozaneh pub.
Awards
- Winner of water international exhibition of Tehran.
- Winner of national cartoon exhibition of council of Tehran in subject of : *“The Blue sky of Tehran”.
- 1996-1st prize of the urban press exhibition.
- 2003-3rd prize of “Dialogue of civilizations international cartoon exhibition,Iran”.
- 2006-2nd prize of the urban press exhibition.
- 2006-The best animated short film in the urban satirical exhibition.
- 2007-Golden medal of Persian cartoon special site as the best cartoonist of the year.
- 2007-Selected prize of The great visual art festival of China.
- 2007-1st prize of international cartoon biennial of Tehran in the portrait section.