TEHRAN, Aug 24, 2023 (BSS/AFP) - Prominent Iranian filmmaker and writer 
Ebrahim Golestan has died in Britain, his family said. He was 100.

Golestan was an influential figure in Iran during the 20th century who was 
widely celebrated as a pioneer of modern Iranian cinema.

"Father, you're gone. Goodbye!" his daughter Lily said in an Instagram post 
late Wednesday.

Golestan was born in October 1922 in the southern city of Shiraz.

He set up Iran's first film studio in 1957 where he shot his first feature 
film "Brick and Mirror", an epic indictment of Iranian society.

In 1974, he presented his movie "The Ghost Valley's Treasure Mysteries" based 
on a novel he wrote criticising rapid modernisation under the shah's rule.

Throughout his career, he published several novels and short stories which 
were often influenced by the works of US writers including Ernest Hemingway 
and William Faulkner.

Golestan moved to England shortly after the 1979 Islamic Revolution in which 
Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi was overthrown.

He appeared in a 2022 documentary "See you Friday, Robinson" with French 
movie director Jean-Luc Godard discussing their views on the filmmaking 
industry.

His son Kaveh was a prominent photojournalist who was killed in landmine 
explosion in northern Iraq in 2003.