Bahram Bayzai

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Bahram Beizai (Persian: بهرام بیضایی‎ ), born 26 December 1938 in Tehran, is an Iranian film director, theatre director, screenwriter, playwright, film editor, producer, and researcher. He is the husband of actress and make-up artist Mozhdeh Shamsai.

[edit] Career

He started studying literature in Tehran University. After writing some plays and making two short films in the 1960s he made his debut, Ragbar (Downpour), in 1971. He is known as the most intellectual and conspicuous “author” in Iranian cinema. The main theme of his works is the history and “crisis of identity” which is related to Iranian cultural and mythical symbols and paradigms. He is considered as Iran’s most prominent screenwriter in terms of dramatic integrity of his works, many of which have been made into films.

[edit] Filmography (as a director)

• Amoo Sibilou (1969 - short)
• Safar (1970 - short - aka The Journey)
• Ragbar (1971 - aka Downpour)
• Gharibeh va Meh (1974 - aka The Stranger and the Fog)
• Kalagh (1976 - aka The Crow or The Raven )
• Tcherike-ye Tara (1979 - aka Ballad of Tara)
• Marg Yazdgerd (1982 - aka Death of Yazdgerd)
• Bashu, the Little Stranger (1986 - aka Bashu - released 1989)
• Shayad Vaghti Deegar (1988 - aka Maybe Some Other Time)
• Mosaferan (1992 - aka Travellers)
• Goft-o-goo ba Baad (1998 - short - aka Talking with the Wind)
• Sagkoshi (2001 - aka Killing Mad Dogs)
• Ghali-e Sokhangoo (2006)

[edit] External link(s)

• Bahram Beizai at the Internet Movie Database