- His sister is Arezou Beik.
- Alfred Hitchcock is his favorite Director.
- Contributed his all woman film Breathful to freedom of women in Iran in 2007.
- Has been an active voice against the Islamic Republic of Iran for many years.
- Went on a hunger strike for 7 days in Berlin for freedom of women, and respecting human rights in Islamic Republic government ruling his home land, Iran today.
- He boxed almost professionally in the USA, and has candidly helped training many young troubled youth in Cologne,Germany during 1987-1989.
- He speaks, English, German, Persian, fluently, and writes all his works only in English.
- Wrote a film-script (Vegatarian Draqula) based on a painting by himself in 1989. the work is in the art-collection of Bahman Maghsoudlou to whom he often codes as his mentor in Cinema education. He has repeatedly mentioned to want to make this picture with Maghsoudlou in 2009.
- His mother is Shahla Sahraie. she and his sister Arezou Beick live in Vancouver, Canada.
- His father was Mohammad Ali Shokoufandeh.
- Made an installation exhibition with two scales hanging from a scale at Bess Cutler gallery n New York in 1992. he suggested that the word Manhattan is not an American Indian word but a German word (Man Hat Getan) meaning man has made it. the other side of the installation was called Godhattan which is the script of another film by Shokof meaning God has made it (God Hat Getan)in German.
- Rode a Bicycle in spot (Bicycle act) as a protest against Iranian Islamic Republic society that has caused the addiction of many youth in Iran today, He rode the bike in a gesture of positive and constructive energy for the youth of Iran to move towards life and away from the drugs for 5 days in 2005.
- He sat on a huge man-made scale in front of the Dome Cathedral in Cologne for peace and against the first war in Iraq for a whole week.
- Believes in reincaranation based on his own manifest called Maximalism which he writes; we all keep coming back until we all unite on Earth.
- Coined and designed the world,s first (Boat -In) Cinema system where people would see films while sitting in boats. the first such theaters is supposed to be made in the Emirates in 2009.
- Founded the art movement "Maximalism" in 1990 in Germany with his one man show called "Maximalist" at Gallery Schulze, in Cologne, Germany in 1990.
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