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ABADI, EBRAHIM
Actor. B. 1934, Tabriz; graduated from FDA in Prague.
Films include: The Station 1987; Apartment No. 13 1990; Summer Holidays 1995; Mummy III 1999; My Favorite Spouse 2000.
ABDI, AKBAR
Actor. B. 1958, Tehran; started acting in TV from 1983, and acting in cinema with the film Commotion (1984). Very soon he became a popular actor  and because of his childish figure and chubby body, played in comedy films. After playing quite different roles in comic and satirical films and showing his talents and capabilities he drew people’s attention to himself and became a popular actor among audiences, especially children.
Films include: The Lodgers 1986; Grand Cinema 1988; The Dolls Thief, The Mother, O Iran 1989; The Extraordinary Journey 1990; The Love-Stricken, Once upon a Time, Cinema 1991; The Actor 1992; The Day of Angel 1993;  The Snowman 1994; The Sunny Man 1995; Victorious Warrior 1998.
ABDI, REZA
Actor. B. 1929, Tehran.
Films include: Sincere Friends 1960; Mirza Nowrouz’s Shoes 1985; The Extraordinary Journey 1990; Behind the Wall of the Night 1998.
ABDOLLAHI, ASGHAR
Screenwriter. B. 1955, Abadan; B.A in Dramatic Literature from Tehran University, started his career as co-screenwriter with the film Sanctuary of Courtship (1985). He has some experiences as a story writer. He’s been invited for writing as co-screenwriter by many directors. He’s been more successful in writing about social problems.
Films include: Dowry for Robab 1987; The Quiet House (co-sc.) 1991; Immigrants 1992; For the Sake of Hanieh (co-sc.) 1994; The Strange Sisters (co-sc.)1995; Mercedes (co-sc.)1997; Taher’s Love (co-sc.) 1999.
ABEDI, AMIR
Still photographer, B. 1962, Tehran; graduated in Electronics from Shiraz University.
Films include: The Common Concern 1994; Red 1998; The Women’s Prison 1991.
ABEDINI, ALI
Art director and costume designer.
Films include: Paisan 1987; Stuntmen 1997; The Girl in the Sneakers, The Changed Man (costume designer) 1998.
ABNAR, PARVIZ
Sound recordist. B. 1958 Ahvaz; graduated from the Academy of Cinema and Television (1978). Sound recordist in cinema with Rapport (1986), started working in television from 1978 as a sound recordist of news, documentary and fiction films and TV series such as Ra’na (1988). He was awarded the Crystal Simorgh for sound recording from FFF for Across the Fire (1986, D. Ayyari), The Last Act (1990, V. Karim-Masihi) and Nargess (1991, R. Bani-Etemad).
Films include: The Little Bird of Happiness 1987; The Girl by the Pond, 1991: The Wild Duck, The Need, 1992: The Satanic Contact, Eclipse, A Man and a Bear 1989; Zinat 1993; Disarmament, The Blue-Veiled 1994; Banichaw, The Poor Lover, Ghazal 1995; The Fifth Season, The Miracle of Laughter 1996; The May Lady, The Day When the Air Stopped, The Lost Love, 1998: The Girl in the Sneakers, Two Women 1997; Smell of Camphor, Fragrance of Jasmin, The Sun Girls 1998; Hidden Half, Thousands of Women Like Me 2000.
ABTAHI, BEHNAM
Film composer. B. 1971, Tehran.
Films include: Leili Is with Me 1995; Love Squadron 1997; Soccer Player 2000.
ADEL, SHAHABODDIN
Still photographer. B. 1954, B.A. in Cinema, M.A. in the Art Studies.
Films include: Comet 1985; Bashu, the Little Stranger 1986; Survivor 1994; The Girl in the Sneakers 1998; The Hemlock 1999.
ADINEH, GOLAB
Actress. B. 1958 Tehran; the wife of actor Mehdi Hashemi. Graduated in Economics; a distinguished actress of minor roles (supporting).
Her most prominent works have been in Rakhshan Bani-Etemad’s films. She was awarded Crystal Simorgh for the best supporting actress from FFF for The Blue-Veiled.
Films include: Shepherds of Desert 1980; Canary Yellow 1988; The Blue-Veiled 1994; The Fifth Season 1996; The May Lady 1997; Under the Skin of the City 1999.
AFKARI, PARDIS
Actress. B. 1964, Tehran.
Films include: The Willow Branches 1988; Remember the Flight 1992; Banichaw 1995.
AFSHAR, MAHNAZ
Actress. B. 1977, Tehran.
Films include: Passion of Love, Friends 1999; Pearl 2001.
AFSHARPANAH, MAHVASH
Actress. B. 1949, Saqqez; graduated from FDA.
Films include: Harbor 1988; Under the Roofs of the City 1989; Ebrahim 1996.
AFSHARZADEH, MAHSHID
Actress. B. 1965, Abadan.
Films include: The Cyclist 1988; Sand Storm 1996; One Step to Death 1998.
AFKHAMI, BEHROUZ
Director, Screenwriter. B.1956, Tehran; graduated from the Academy of Cinema and Television (1978), he started directing with Kuchek of Jungle (historical TV series) and box office hit The Bride (1990) was his debut feature film.
He’s famous as a director of unfinished projects and usually writes the scripts of his succesful films. For the first time after the Revolution, he participated in the elections of Majlis and he’s the only artist and filmmaker in the Parliament right now.
Films include: The Day of Angel 1993; The Day of the Devil 1994; Takhti, the World Champion (second vesion) 1997; The Hemlock 1999.
AFZALI, MAHNAZ
Actress. B. 1963, Qasre Shirin.
Films include: Report on a Murder 1986; Passing Through the Mist 1989; The Last Port 1994; Beyond the Mirror 1997.
AQAI, NASSER
Actor. B. 1946, Qom; B.A. in dramatic arts from FDA, M.A. from the State University of Florida, PhD from England.
Films include: Ghosts 1982; The Last Image 1986; Fifth of June Flight 1989; Half of the World 1991.
AQALOU, AHMAD
Actor. B. 1949, Qazvin; graduated in theater from FFATU.
Films include: Dadshah 1983; All the Temptations of the Earth 1989; Through the Trap 1994; The Rich and the Poor 1999.
AQA-MOHAMMADIAN, SHAFI
Director. B. 1959, Ardabil; graduated in cinema from FCTAU.
Films include: Ambassador’s Driver 1993; Escape from the Hell 1995; Eagle’s Eye 1997.
AHADI, RASOUL
Still photographer. B. 1960, Tehran.
Films include: The Dolls Thief 1989; Attack to H3 1994; The Shrapnels of Peace 2000; Mr. President 2001.
AHANGARANI, JAMSHID
Art director, costume designer, director. B. 1959, Qazvin; B.A in Architecture from Science and Industry University, M.A. from Tehran University. The father of actress Pegah Ahangarani and husband director / producer Manizheh Hekmat.
Films include: (as set and costume designer) The Hidden Heaven 1994; Strange Sisters 1995; The Bat 1997.
AHANGARANI, PEGAH
Actress. B.1984, Tehran; daughter of film directors Jamshid Ahangarani and Manizheh Hekmat. Awarded in Cairo film festival for The Girl in the Sneakers.
Films: The Singer Cat 1990; The Girl in the Sneakers 1998; The Women’s Prison 2000.
AHMADI, AHMAD
Photographer. B. 1973, Sanandaj.
Films include: Shadow to Shadow 1996; To Be or Not to Be 1998; Nights of Tehran 2000.
AHMADI, HAFEZ
Still photographer. B. 1959.
Films include: The Green Ashes 1993; Mummy III 1999; Baran 2000.
AHMADI, MOHAMMAD
Still photographer, cinematographer. B. 1962, Tehran; graduated in photography from FFATU.
Films include: (as still photographer): Prostration on Fire 1993; For the Sake of Hanieh 1995; Gabbe 1995 A Moment of Innocence 1997. (as cinematographer): The Apple 1997; Door (an episode of Tales of Kish) 1998; The Day I Became a Woman (second episode) 1999; Delbaran 2000; The Gypsy 2002.
AHMADI, MORTEZA
Actor. B. 1924, Tehran.
Films include: The Story of Life 1954; Baba Shamal 1971; The Man Who Knew Too Much 1984; Once upon a Time, Cinema 1991; The Red Capped and the Cousin 1994; Mina and Ghoncheh 1997.
AHMADJU, AMROLLAH
Director. B. 1953, Meimeh; graduated in cinematography from IRIB Faculty of Television and Cinema.
Film: The Branches of Willow 1988.
AHMADLU, SHAHED
Actor, director of short films. B. 1974, Tehran.
Films include: Lead 1988; The Snake Fang 1968; The Valley of the Butterflies 1991.
AKBARI, ABDOL-REZA
Actor. B. 1953, Kerman.
Films include: Kani-Manga 1987;  The Fugitive 1993; Speed 1996; The Girl in the Sneakers 1998.
AKHAVAN, MAJID
Art director, costume designer. B. 1956, B.A. in Graphic.
Films include: The Spouse 1993; Lucky Star 1995; The Passion of Love 1999.
A’LAMI, MOHAMMAD-REZA
Director. B. 1956, Tehran.
Films include: The Weak Point 1983; Viper 1992; Saqi 2000.
ALADPOUSH, MOHAMMAD
Cinematographer. B. 1957, Tehran; graduated in cinematography from FCTAU. He started cinematography with the film The Key (1986, E. Foruzesh) and has some distinguished works in his career. He was awarded from FFF for the film Report on a Murder (1986, M. Najafi) and Land of the Sun (1996, A. Darvish).
Films include: Shadow of Imagination 1990; Common Concern 1994; Sheida 1998; Mummy III 1999; Deserted Station 2000; The Last Supper 2001.
ALIQOLI, MOHAMMAD-REZA
Film composer. B. 1950, Tehran; began film composing with Investigation of a Murder (1983, M. Sajjadi). He’s been the film composer of many children and young adult’s films, was nominated for the best music award for nine times from FFF and was awarded this prize for the film Nargess (1991, Bani-Etemad).
Films include: The Finishing Line 1985; Snobs, Off the Limits 1987; Horizon 1988; The Possesed 1990; The Quiet House, The Need 1991; Refugee 1993; The Father 1995; The Red Ribbon 1998; Born under Libra 1999; Nights of Tehran, Memory and Memorial (doc.) 2000.
ALIQOLIZADEH, MOHAMMAD
Still photographer. B. 1965, Tehran. 
Films include: Impact 1991; Birth of a Butterfly 1997; Holy Mary 2000.
ALIMORAD, ABDOLLAH
Animator. B. 1947, Tehran; graduated in animation fr om the Center of Experiments and Education of Animation (1975), his only feature film is The Tales of Bazar (1996) which was made as clay puppet (Clamation) in three episodes. He’s one of the most experienced animators of the country who has made many short puppet films. He has recorded short animation works and titlings of many films in his career.
ALIZADEH, HOSSEIN
Film composer. B. 1951; graduated in music from FFATU, started film composing with the film Shepherd of Desert (1980). He’s acquainted with Iranian traditional music and studied music in Germany.
Films include: The Love-Stricken 1991; Gabbe 1995; Cloud and the Sun 1997; Ugly and Beautiful 1998; The Sun Girls, Taher’s Love 1999.
ALIZADEH, MAHMOUD
Still photographer. B. Tehran.
Films include: From Cry to Assassination 1979; Specter of Scorpion 1986.
ALLAHYARI, ALI
Cinematographer.
Films include: Help Me 1997; The Corrupted Hands, The Afflicted Generation (co-cinematography) 1999; The Intruder 2001.
ALLAHYARI, GHOLAMREZA
Cinematographer.
Films include: Dandelion 1996; Assault 1997.
ALLAHYARI, MASSOUD
Cinematographer.
Films include: Jar 1991; White Mane 1993; The Red Circle 1995; Countdown 1997.
ALMASI, JAHANGIR
Actor. B. 1955, Tehran; B.A in Political Science and M.A in Law and International Relations (1976). He has different roles in his career, but he’s known more as an actor who plays serious and intellectual roles. Started his career with Stemming from Blood (1984), also directed a short film.
Films include: Stemming from Blood 1983; Monster 1985; Spectre of the Scorpion 1986; Nar-o-Ney 1988; Portrait of Love 1990; The Fall, End of Childhood 1993; Banichaw, The Poor Lover 1995; Sohrab 1999.
ALVAND, SIROUS
Director, scriptwriter. B. 1950, Tehran; began his career as film critic and screenwriter, directed his debut Sanjar in 1971. He’s among few filmmakers of pre-Revolution era who is still working. Some of his films were among box office hits.
Films include: Outcry under the Water 1977; Stemming from Blood 1983; Once and for All 1992; The Face 1995; The Corrupted Hands 1999; The Intruder 2001.
ALVANDI, JAMSHID
Cinematographer. B. 1943, Hamedan; started cinematography with the film Dangerous Chase (1964). He has more than 65 films in his career.
Films include: Morning of the Fourth Day 1972; Distress 1973; Ghosts 1981; The Ambassador (co-cinematography) 1982; Kani-Manga 1987; Viper 1992; Die Hard 1997; Paradise for You 2000.
AMINI, AHMAD
Director, screenwriter. B. 1951, Tehran; studied in architecture (1972), graduated in photography from IRIB Faculty (1974), and has B.A in film directing from the FCTAU (1986). The Shadows of Invasion (1992) is his debut, started working as a film critic in 1970, write the scripts of his films. He also makes films and series for IRIB.
Other films: As a Stranger 1997; An Umbrella for Two 2000.
AMIR-HAMZEH, PARI
Actress. B. 1938, Tehran.
Films include: The Cycle (released in 1979) 1975; The Homeless 1986; The Possessed 1990; The City of Women 1998; Protest 1999.
AMIR-SOLEIMANI, KAMAND
Actress. B. 1973, Tehran; graduated in theater from Azad University, daughter of actor Saeed Amir-Soleimani.
Films include: Toranj 1986; The Girl by the Pond 1989; Secret of Dagger 1991; Bibi’s Dowry 1994; Red 1998.
AMIR-SOLEIMANI, SAEED
Actor. B. 1942, Tehran, father of actress Kamand Amir-Soleimani, has also directed one feature.
Films include: Suteh-Delan 1977; The Magnificent Day 1988; Bibi’s Dowry 1994; The Victorious Warrior 1998; The Sound of Love 1999.
ANGAJI, HAMID
Cinematographer.
Films include: The Broken Gun 1985; Manuscripts 1986; The Lonely Traveller 1993.
ANSARI, SAEED
Films composer.
Films include: Valley of Thousand Lanterns, Banichaw 1995; Ranger 1999.
ANSARIAN, MAHNAZ
Actress.
Films include: The Key 1986; The Grey City 1990; I Want to Live 1994.
ARABNIA, FARIBORZ
Actor. B. 1964, Tehran; B.A in Graphic from the Faculty of Visual Arts of Art University. He has begun acting in cinema with a minor role in the film Union of the Good (1991, Hatamikia). After some short roles, gradually became a leading player and could demonstrate himself as a distinguished actor.
Films include: I Love the Earth 1993; The Feast 1995; Sultan 1996; Takhti, the World Champion 1997; The Hemlock, Toutia 1998; Fascinated, Enamoured, The Seven Acts 2000.
ARDALAN, BAHMAN
Soundrecordist. B. 1965, Tuiserkan.
Films include: Right and Wrong 1991; Through the Trap, Zinat (co) 1993; My Mother Gisou 1995; Sultan 1996; Help Me 1997; Hiva 1998, The Afflicted Generation 1999.
AREZOMANIAN, ANDRE
Composer. B. 1954, Tehran.
Films include: Phoenix, Fish 1988; Night Raid 1998.
ARJMAND, PIROUZ
Film composer.
Films include: Journey to Chazzabeh, To the Last Gasp 1996; Son of Maryam 1998; Passion of Love 1999; Iranian Spread 2000.
ARJMAND, DARIUSH
Actor. B.1944, Tehran; B.A. in history and sociology from Mashad University (1972), M.A. in theatre and cinema, and studied theatre in University of Paris (1980). After many years of playing in theatre, started film acting in Captain Khorshid (1986, N. Taqvai) awarded Crystal Simorgh for the best leading role from FFF. He’s played different roles which most of them might be considered as historical ones and the role of serious and stern men who have entered upon old age.
Films include: Captain Khorshid 1986; The Ship Anjelica 1988; The Last Act 1990; The Snowman 1994; Protest 1999; Killing Rabids, Traveler of Rey 2000.
ASA’ADI, AHMAD-REZA
Actor. B. 1954, Gorgan.
Films include: The Leaden Times 1988; The Old Men’s School 1991; The Fifth Season 1996.
ASA’ADIAN, HOMAYOUN
Director. B. 1958, Isfahan.
Films include: Sting 1993; The Sunny Man 1995; End of the Game 2000.
ASADI, AFSAR
Actress. B. 1957, Mianeh; graduated from FDA, the wife of actor / make-up artist Asghar Hemmat.
Films include: Search in the City 1985; Days of Expectation 1986; Passing through the Mist 1989; The Blue-Veiled 1994.
ASADI, SAEED
Director. B. 1953, Tehran, graduated in cinema from US, made a few films in Sweden, returned home in the early ’90s.
Films nclude: The Lost Love 1997; The Song of Swan 2001.
ASADI, SHAHRYAR
Cinematographer.
Films include: Leila 1996; Cloud and the Sun (co), The Pear Tree (co) 1997; Dancing with Dream, Mani and Neda 2000.
ASADI, SHAHRAM
Director, scriptwriter. B. 1954 in Salman; graduated from the Academy of Cinema and Television, M.A in cinema from UCLA, made his first film Avinar in 1991.
Films include: The Fateful Day 1994; A Bird Flew from the Cage 2001.
ASADZADEH, DARIUSH
Actor. B. 1923, Tehran.
Films include: The Troublesome Spouse 1954; Tuberose 1987; Two Halves of an Apple 1991; The Day of Devil 1994; Smell of Camphor, Fragrance of Jasmine 2000.
ASAYESH, VISHKA
Actress. B. 1972, Tehran; graduated in set designing from London University.
Films include: Sorceress 1997; Love + 2 1998; Traveler of Rey 2000.
ASGARI, SHAHAB
Actor. B. 1941.
Films include: Barbed Wire 1981; The Broken Rifle 1985; The Secret Games 1995; The Corrupted Hands 1999; Mr. President 2000.
ASGARI-NASAB, MANOUCHEHR
Director. B. 1936, Kerman; graduated in cinema from FDA, M.A. in television and communications from the State University of Michigan.
Films: Beyond the Mist 1985; Hey Joe! 1988; Long Autumn (TV series) 1998.
ASGARPOUR, MOHAMMAD-MEHDI
Director. B. 1963 Tehran; graduated from IRIB Faculty, Manager of Farabi Cinema Foundation since 2001 and Director of 20th FFF .
Films: Peak Point (TV series) 1999; Flight to Eternity 1991.
ASHTIANI, REZA
Actor, producer. B. 1958, Kerman.
Films include: Explosion 1979; Eagles 1984; Black Pearl 1994.
ASHTIANIPOUR, HAMID-REZA
Director. B. 1963, Tehran; graduated in cinema from FCTAU.
Films include: In Search of Champion 1989; Sharks 1994; A Girl Called Tondar 2000.
ASLANI, FARHAD
Actor. B. 1966, Bijar.
Films include: The Blue-Veiled 1994; Journey to Chazzabeh 1995.
ATLASI, SIAMAK
Actor, director, dubbing artist. B. 1949, Orumieh; has directed two features.
Films include (as actor): The Violent Men 1971; Ballad of Tara 1978; Across the Fire 1986; The Spouse 1993; A Girl Called Tondar 2000.
ATTAR, HASHEM
Still photographer. B. 1970.
Films include: Black Pearl 1994; Leili Is with Me 1995; Children of Heaven 1996; The Color of Paradise 1998; The Unfinished Song 2000.
AZADI, GHOLAM-REZA
Cinematographer, producer. B. 1951, Isfahan; graduated from IRIB Faculty and USC. The husband of director Feryal Behzad.
Films include: Home in the Clouds 1986; Longing for Marriage 1990; The Lazy Champion 2000.
AZARI, MANUCHEHR
Actor. B. 1943, Tehran, graduated from FDA.
Films include: The Branches of Willow 1988; A Man and a Bear 1992.
AZIZI, MAHMOUD
Actor. B. 1944, Tehran, Ph.D in theater.
Films include: Leili Is with Me 1995; The Girl in the Sneakers 1998; A Bird Flew from the Cage 2000.
AYYARI, KIANOUSH
Director, screenwriter, editor, producer. B. 1951, Ahvaz; the brother of cinematographer Dariush Ayyari. Started his career as an amateur filmmaker in the early 1970s, and after making some 8mm. and 16 mm. short and documentary films he made his first feature film The Monster in 1985. He’s paid attention to human problems in connection with social and economical formation in almost all of his films. He’s known among the serious directors of the last two decades. Across the Fire and Abadanis awarded in some international festivals.
Films include: The Monster 1985; Spectre of the Scorpion, Across the Fire 1986; The Magnificent Day 1989; Two Halves of an Apple 1991; Abadanis 1992; The Bull’s Horn 1995; To Be or Not to Be 1998; Iranian Spread 2000.
AYYARI, DARIUSH
Cinematographer. B. 1946, Ahvaz; graduated in journalism. The brother of Kianush Ayyari, started cinematography with The Monster (1985, K. Ayyari).
Films include: Endless Line 1985; Across the Fire 1986; The Magnificent Day 1988; Two Halves of an Apple 1991; Strange Sisters 1995; The Girl in the Sneakers 1998; Iranian Spread 2000; The Women’s Prison, Sweet Jam 2001.

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BABAK, REZA
Actor. B. 1949, Tehran; B.A. in theater from FFATU.
Films include: Ballad of Tara 1978; Reyhaneh 1989; My Eyes for You 1992.
BABAIAN, DARIUSH,
Producer. B. 1953, Isfahan.
Films include: Special Guard 1995; Passion of Love 1999; The Color of the Night 2000; Otanazi 2001.
BADAKHSHANI, BAHRAM
Cinematographer. B. 1958, Tehran.
Films include: Star and Diamond 1988; The Shadows of Invasion 1992; The Circle 1999; Bemani 2002.
BADIEE - ASAL
Actress. the wife of actor Fariborz Arabnia.
Films include: To Be or Not to Be 1997; The Corrupted Hands 1999.
BADRAMPOUR, FARAMARZ
Set designer. B. 1955, B.A. in set designing.
Films include: Mr. Deputy Governor 1991; The Visit 1994; The Actor 1998.
BAQERIAN, ABBAS
Cinematographer.
Films include: Flower 1988; Half the World (co) 1992; Alley and Museum 1994; Flight of Soul 1997.
BAQAI, BEHROUZ
Actor. B. 1953, Tehran; graduated in theater from FDA. The husband of actress Parastu Golestani.
Films include: Identification 1987; Fifth of June Flight 1988.
BAQERPOUR, SASAN
Soundrecordist. B. 1965 in Tehran.
Films include: Longing for Marriage (co); Nights of Zayandehroud (co) 1990; Abadanis (co) 1991; Pari (co) 1993; 1997: The Pear Tree (co).
BAHMANI, HABIBOLLAH
Director. B. 1957, Shiraz; graduated in directing from FCTAU.
Films include: The Ambassador’s Driver 1993; The Invisible Threads 1997; Prisoner 707 2000.
BAHRAMI - MAHMOUD
Actor. B. 1937, Tuiserkan.
Films include: Off the Limits 1987; Renault Tehran 29 1990; School Mayor 1997.
BAHRANI, SHAHRIAR
Director. B. 1951, Tehran; graduated in animation.
Films: Standard Bearer 1984; Attack to H3 1994; Holy Mary 2000.
BAKHSHI, ENAYAT
Actor. B. 1945, Taleghan. With a background in theater and TV.
Films include: Mr. Simpleton 1970; The Deer 1975; Travelers 1991; The Fateful Day 1994; Cry 1998; Traveler of Rey 2000.
BAKIDEH, ABDOLLAH
Director. B. 1950, Tehran; graduated in Cinema from FDA, with a long period background in making short films and worked as assistant director.
Films: The Boots 1991; Golden Cross 1992; I Love You 2000.
BANI-ETEMAD, RAKHSHAN
Director, screenwriter. B. 1954 in Tehran; B.A. in film directing from FDA. The wife of producer Jahangir Kowsari and the mother of actress Baran Kowsari, began his career as documentary filmmaker for IRIB and after some experiences as assistant director she made her first feature film Off the Limits (1987). There is a social attitude in her works and women play leading role in most of her films and she sympathizes for them. 
She’s had a serious presence world-wide with the film The Blue-Veiled which was awarded the Bronze Panther in the 48th Locarno Film Festival (1995) and some other prizes.
She has been the member of jury in several local and international festivals.
Films include: Canary Yellow 1988; Foreign Currency 1989; Nargess 1991; The May Lady 1995; Under the Skin of the City 2000; Our Times 2001.
BANKI, ASGHAR
Producer. B. 1944 in Isfahan.
Films include: Samandar 1984; Attack of Crabs 1992; Golden Eagle 1993; Assault 1996.
 BANKI, NIMA
Still photographer. B. 1973, Tehran; the son of director of photography Reza Banki.
Films include: Children of Divorce 1989; What Else Is New? 1991; The Sunny Man 1995.
BANKI, REZA
Cinematographer, actor. B. in Isfahan. Father of actor and still photographer Nima Banki, and the brother of producers Mohammad and Asghar Banki, started his career as still photographer, an actor in short comedy roles in the mid 1960s and shot his debut as cinematographer in 1975.
Films include: Season of Blood 1981; Senator 1983; Samandar 1985; Children of Divorce 1989; The Legend of Ah 1990; What Else is New? 1991; Dowry for Bibi 1994; As a Stranger 1997; Nights of Tehran 2000.
BARAHIMI, NASER
Still photographer. B. 1955, Khash; graduated from FCTAU.
Films include: Treasure 1984; Kakado 1994; Youth 1998.
BARSUZIAN, MOHAMMAD
Actor. B. 1945, Tehran.
Films include: Migration 1975; The Misty Port 1992; Yahya 1995; Psycho 1997.
BARZIDEH, HASSAN
Director. B. 1960, Abadan; graduated in cinema from FCTAU.
Films: The Rig 1995; The Silent Flight 1998.
BASIM, MOHARRAM
Actor. B. 1920, Ardebil.
Films include: The Brave Die Standing, 1988: Golnar, 1998: The Night Raid.
BASIRI, MAHMOUD
Actor. B. 1947, Anar.
Films include: Fugitive 1968; Tangsir 1973; From Cry to Assassin 1980; The Mother 1989; Bibi’s Dowry 1994; The Fifth Season 1996.
BAYAT, BABAK
Film composer. B. 1946, Tehran; studied a course in music outside Iran. He started film composing with Stranger (1972) after some years working in pop music. He’s been nominated eleven times for receiving the award from FFF and has been awarded for The Bride (1990, B. Afkhami), Land of the Sun (1996, A. Darvish) and A Man Like Rain (1997, S. Soheili).
Films include: The Only Man in the District; Punishment, Sun in the Marsh, the Sunny Night 1973; Idol Breaker, The Only Supporter 1976; Outcry Under the Water 1977; Death of Yazdgerd 1981; The Weak Point 1982; The Second Way, Stemming from Blood, The Screcrow 1984; Fire in Winter, The Bus, Search in the City, The Thunderbolt 1985; Toranj, The Spell 1986; The Station, Maybe Some Other Time, The Hunt, Merceneries, Punishment, Visa 1987; Willow Branches, The Night of Incidence, Marriage of the Blessed, The Ship Anjelica 1988; All the Temptations of the Earth, The Wage, Night of Punishment, Swimming in Winter, Rose 1989; The Last Act, Herald, Like a Cloud in Spring 1990; Mr. Deputy Governor, The Best Daddy of the World, My City My Love, Sacrifice, Snake 1991; Viper, Satanic Connection, 1993: Battle of the Oil Tankers, Day of the Angel 1992; The Visit, Day of the Devil 1994; Typhoon, Professional, Diplomat 1996; Takhti, the World Champion, Mercedes, Sorcerer 1997; Two Women, Sheida, Red, A Crystal Man, Innocent, Cry 1998; The Corrupted Hands 1999.
BAYAT, GHOWGHA
Still photograher. B. 1958, Tehran; graduated in photography and graphic from the US; the wife of art director Iraj Raminfar.
Films include: The Little Bird of Happiness 1986; The Bride 1990; The Hidden Half, Water and Fire 2000; Darling, I’m Not Ok! 2001.
BAYAT, MAHBOUBEH
Actress. B. 1949, Mashhad; graduated from the FDA.
Films include: The Deer 1974; Investigation of a Murder 1983; The Fish 1988; The Mother 1989; Misty Port 1992; Innocent 1998.
BAYGAN, AFSANEH
Actress. B. 1961, Tehran.
Films include: Missing 1985; Two Features with One Ticket 1990; Strange Sisters 1995; The Changed Man 1998.
BAYZAI, BAHRAM
Director, screenwriter, playwriter, researcher, producer. B.1938, Tehran; stopped studying Literature in Tehran University. The husband of actress and make-up artist Mozhdeh Shamsai, after writing some plays and making two short films in 1960s he made his debut, Downpour, in 1971. He’s 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 which many of them have been made into films.
Films: Uncle Mustacho (short) 1969; Journey (short) 1970; Downpour 1971; Stranger and Fog 1975; The Crow 1977; Ballad of Tara 1978; Death of Yazdgerd 1981; Bashu, the Little Stranger 1985; Maybe Some Other Time 1988; Travelers 1991; Talking with the Wind (short) 1998; Killing Rabids 2000.
BEHZAD, FERYAL
Director. B. 1955, Gorgan; graduated from the IRIB Faculty and in film production from Boston University.
Films include: Kakoli 1989; The Valley of Butterflies 1991; Passion of Life 1998.
BEHZADPOUR, BEHZAD
Actor. B. 1961, Tehran.
Films include: Sailing Towards the Shore 1985; The Peddler 1986; The Possessed 1990.
BICHAREH, ASGHAR
Still photographer. B. 1927, Theran; a pioneer in the field, played also minor roles.
Films include: White Gloves 1951; Swallows Return to Their Nests 1963; Escape from Trap 1971; Captain Khorshid 1986.
BOGHUSIAN, BERGROUNI
Cinematographer.
Films include: The Hunt 1987; The Window 1988; Fire under Ashes 1990; The Big Circus 1991; Inventor 2001.
BOROUMAND, MARZIYEH
Director. B. 1951, Tehran; graduated from FFATU, a successful figure in Iranian TV for her popular series.
Films: City of Mice 1984; Hello, Hello, I Am Chick 1994; Sweet Jam 2001.
BORZUYEH, BABAK
Still photographer. B. 1969, Tehran; graduated in photography.
Films include: Shadows of Invasion 1992; Bread and Poem 1993; The Deliverance 1995; Once upon a Time 1999.
BOZORGI, JAFAR
Actor. B. 1917, Tehran.
Films include: Children of Divorce 1989; The Pear Tree 1997; Smell of Camphor, Fragrance of Jasmine 1999.
BOZORGNIA, MOHAMMAD
Director, screenwriter. B. 1944, Tehran; graduated from IRIB Faculty, he was assistant of Dariush Mehrjui in the early 1970s and made his first film 1936 (1980, never released) as co-director. The stories of his three feature films happen on the deck and in the sea.
Films: The Ship Anjelica 1988; Battle of Oil Tankers 1993; Typhoon 1996.

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CHAMANMAH, CHEKAMEH
Actress. B. 1980, Tehran.
Films include: To Be or Not to Be 1997; The Women’s City 1998; Sohrab 1999.
CHESHM-AZAR, NASSER
Film composer. B. 1950, Tehran; studied film composing in Free Art Workshop of Music in the US and, after some years working with pop singers he started film composing with The Plunder (1984).
He has been awarded from FFF and his wordless album, Rain of Love, has been the most popular cassette in the country during last years.
Films include: Hamoon 1989; Banu (released in 98) 1991; Zero Heights, The Devil’s Eye 1993; The Strange Sisters 1995; The Inverted World 1997; The Mix 1999; Saqi 2000.

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DAAD, SEIFOLLAH
Director, screenwriter, editor, executive producer. B. 1955, Shiraz; graduated in Sociology from the University of Shiraz, he worked in IRIB in his city and had a position in Farabi Cinema Foundation. For some years he was the manger of a film school called Islamic Center for Filmmaking. Daad made his debut Kani-Manga in 1987 after a TV feature film , Under the Rain (1985).
Films: In the Rain 1985; Kani-Manga 1987; The Survivor 1994.
DADGOO, MOHAMMAD-MEHDI
Producer. B. 1950, Tehran; graduated in Commercial Management and Systems Analysis. He began film producing since 1988 with The Snake’s Fang (1989, Kimiai). Dadgoo is one of the economic experts of Iranian cinema and has also produced some big productions in Iranian cinema and IRIB.
Films include: The Last Act 1990; Banu (co-prod., released in 98); Dance of Dust (co-prod), Once upon a Time, Cinema (co-prod.) 1991; Grown-Up’s Game (co-prod.) 1992; Minoo Watch Tower (co-prod.) 1995; Love +2 1998; Willow and Wind, Sanam 1999; Thousands Women Like Me 2000.
DALIR, HOSSEIN
Director. B. 1945, Isfahan, graduated in cinema from the State University of New York.
Film: The Shadow of Imagination 1990.
DAMADI, MOHSEN
Screenwriter.
Films include: The Best Daddy of the World (co-sc.) 1991; In Another Land (co-sc.) 1996.
DANAEI, AMIR-HOUSHANG
Still photographer. B. 1963, Tehran.
Films include: Investigation of a Murder 1983; Silk Chains 1985; Hunt 1987.
DARVISH, AHMAD-REZA
Director, screenwriter. B. 1961, Tehran; graduated in Graphic. He made his debut The Last Flight in 1988. Most of his films happen against the background of war, based on his personal experiences in war fronts.
Films include: Lucifer 1990; Lightning 1992; The Land of the Sun 1996; Born under Libra 1999.
DARVISHI, MOHAMMAD-REZA
Music composer.
Films include: The Bag of Rice 1996; The Blackboard 1999; The Unfinished Song 2000.
DASTGIR, KHOSROW
Actor. B. 1943, Uroumia.
Films include: The Bus 1985; Savalan 1989; The Last Harbor 1994.
DAVARFAR, ESMAIL
Actor. B. 1932, Tehran; from the generation of stage actors of 1960s who played many teleplays and started film acting in the early 1970s.
Films include: The Cow 1969; The Monster 1983; Under the Roofs of the City 1989; The Summer Holidays 1995.
DAVOUDI, MOHAMMAD
Cinematographer.
Films include: A House Like a Town (co) 1987; Summer 79 1989; The Derrick 1995; Birth of a Butterfly 1997; The Color of Paradise 1998; Baran 2000.
DAVOUDI, ABOLHASSAN
Director, scriptwriter. B. 1955, Neishabur; graduated in IRIB Faculty, and also in Sociology. He began his career as film critic in the early 1980s and made his first feature film Journey of Love in 1987. The film has a poetic tone but most of his other films are satire and comedy.
Films include: The Extraordinary Journey 1990; Pickpockets Don’t Go to Heaven 1991; Iliya, the Young Painter 1992; I Love the Earth 1993; Scent of Life 1994; Barani 1999; Bread and Love and Motocycle 1000 2001.
DAVOUDNEZHAD, ALI-REZA
Director, scriptwriter, producer. B. 1954, Tehran; brother of actor Mohammad-Reza Davudnezhad and father of actor Reza Davoudnezhad; started his career as screenwriter in 1972, and made his debut Jugular Vein in 1975.
He is interested in social matters and tries to present them without bitterness. In his recent films, he tries to make a sort of low budget family films. He has used his family members in front and behind the camera and has been rather successful because of the audience appreciation. His film The Need (1991) was awarded the special prize of jury in some local and international festivals including Nantes Three Continents Film Festival (France, 1992).
Films include: Nazanin 1976; Inspired by Love (unfinished because of death of his actor in the Caspian Sea during shooting) 1977; The Forbidden 1978; The Prize 1982; The Spider’s House 1983; Bleak 1986; Disarmament 1994; Inspired by Love (title of his unfinished film on a new film) 1995; Sweet Agony 1998; Paradise for You 2000; Bad Kids 2001.
DAVOUDNEZHAD, MOHAMMAD-REZA
Actor. B. 1957; The brother of director Alireza Davudnezhad.
Films include: The Need 1991; The Sweet Agony 1998; Mr. President 2000.
DEHQAN, JAFAR
Actor. B. 1960, Tehran; mostly appears in war movies.
Films include: Justification 1981; The Firing Squad, The Peddler 1986; Scent of Joseph’s Shirt 1995; The Pilot 1997.
DEHQANI, BAHRAM
Film editor. B. Shiraz, 1954; graduated from IRIB Faculty, then studied film editing in USC, started editing with The Treasure (1983, Sajjadi).
Films include: Fish 1988; The Old Men’s School 1991; The Shadows of Invasion 1992; I Love the Earth 1993; The Feast 1995; Saghar 1997; Ugly and Beautiful 1998; Born under Libra 1999; The Hidden Half, The End of the Game, Seven Acts 2000.
DEHQAN-NASAB, HABIB
Actor. B. 1949, Shiraz; graduated in theater from FFATU.
Films include: The Objective Conditions 1987; Journey to Chazzabeh 1995; The Afflicted Generation 1999.
DEHKORDI, ALI
Actor. B. 1965, Shahr-e Kurd; graduated in theater from FFATU.
Films include: From Karkheh to Rhine 1992; The Day of Devil 1994; Prostration on Water 1996; The Pilot 1997.
DERAKHSHANDEH, POURAN
Director, screenwriter. B. 1951, Kermanshah; B.A. in film directing from the IRIB Faculty (1972), started her career as director with Rapport (1986). Her films are melodramas dealt with young adaults’ and women’s problems.
Films include: The Little Bird of Happiness 1987; Passing through the Mist, Lost Time 1989; Love without Frontier 1998.
DORMANESH, MOHAMMAD
Cinematographer. B. 1960, Tehran.
Films include: The Little Soldier 1984; Man and Gun 1988; Baduk 1991; The Epic of Majnun 1993; The Red Circle 1995; Die Hard 1997.
DORRI, SEYYED ZIAODDIN
Director. B. 1953.
Films include: Lightning 1984; Cinema Is Cinema 1996; Wind and Anemone 1998 British Suitcase 2000..
DOUDKAR, AKBAR
Actor. B. 1926, Rasht.
Films include: Kamalolmolk 1988; Bashu, the Little Stranger 1986; The Old Men’s School 1990; The Fifth Season 1996; The Actor 1998.

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EBRAHIMI, NADER
Director, screenwriter, novelist. B. 1936, Tehran; began his career as director with TV series Fire without Smoke and a different version for screen called The Sound of Desert (1975). He’s mostly known as a novelist. He directed his second film, The Day When the Air Stopped, after 22 years.
EBRAHIMIFAR, SAEED
Director, screenwriter. B. 1956, Tehran; stopped studying Engineering and cinema, made his first film Nar-o-Nay in 1988. The film was awarded in local and international festivals but he could’t make another film during next twelve years. His latest film, The Sole Trees, still is not completed because of economic problems.
EQBALPOUR, PARIDOKHT
Actress. B. 1937, Ahvaz.
Films include: The Golden Heel 1975; Silk Chains 1986; The Song of Tehran 1991.
EMAMI, ROUHOLLAH
Editor. B. 1940, Tehran, D. 2001; graduated from FDA (1976) in Tehran, started film editing with A Simple Event (1973, Sohrab Shahid-Saless). He was awarded the prize for Kani-Manga (1987, Daad) and Puberty (2000, Jafari-Jowzani) from FFF.
Films include: Still Life 1975; Far from Home 1975; Kamalolmolk 1984; The Stony Lion 1986; The Love-Stricken 1991; Sultan 1996; Red 1998; The Corrupted Hands 1999.
EMKANIAN, BIJAN
Actor. B. 1953, Abadan, graduated from FFATU.
Films include: Liegemen 1981; The Daisy Flowers 1984; Longing for Marriage 1990.
ENTEZAMI, EZZATOLLAH
Actor. B. 1924, Tehran; graduated from Theatre and Cinema School in Hanover, Germany (1958) and then from FFATU (1972). The father of film composer Majid Entezami, started his career on stage in 1941 and in movies since 1969 with Dariush Mehrjui’s admired classic film, The Cow, which received the Golden Hugo in Chicago Film Festival (1971). He’s known as the most prominent actor in Iranian cinema with his peculiar acting in leading roles. His roles for famous directors such as Dariush Mehrjui (8 films), Nasser Taqvai (1 film), Ali Hatami (4 films), Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Behruz Afkhami and Rakhshan Bani-Etemad has brought some important works for him and Iranian cinema. He’s been awarded Crystal Simorgh twice for Grand Cinema and The Day of Angel from FFF.
Films: The Cow 1969; Mr. Simpleton 1970; The Postman, Bita, Sadeq the Kurd 1972; Sattar Khan, Love’s Tumult 1973; Kingdom of Heaven, Sleeping Lion 1976; The Cycle, The Dust Dwellers, Condemned 1978; The School We Went To 1980; Hadji Washington 1982; The Spider’s House, Kamalolmolk 1983; The Suitcase 1985 (released in 1988); The Lodgers, Stony Lion 1986; Shirak, Jafar Khan Returns from Europe 1987; In the Wind’s Eye, Grand Cinema, The Ship Anjelica 1988; Hamoon 1989; The Shadow of Imagination 1990; Banu (released in 1998), The Quiet Home, Once upon a Time, Cinema 1991; The Toy 1992 (released in 1994); The Battle of Oil Tankers, Day of the Angel (also-sc.) 1993; The Blue-Veiled, The Fateful Day 1994; Typhoon, Takhti, the World Champion (the first version, unfinished) 1996; Wind & Anemone, The Punishment Committee 1998; The Mix (guest star), The Dark Room, The House Built on Water 1999.
ENTEZAMI, MAJID
Film composer. B. 1947, Tehran; graduated from Conservatory of Berlin, the son of well-known actor Ezzatollah Entezami. Started film composing with The Journey of the Stone (1978, M. Kimiai). He’s a prominent film composer who was nominated for receiving award from FFF several times and was awarded three times for The Cyclist (1988, M. Makhmalbaf), The Fateful Day (1994) and The Glass Agency (1997, E. Hatamikia).
Films include: Under the Siege 1981; Red Line 1982; The Case, Lord of the Forest, Senator 1984; The Plaque, The Eagles, The Whirl Wind 1985; The High School, The Thief and the Writer, The Peddler, The Passage 1986; Nest of Love, The Crisis, The Train, Kani-Manga, Fright 1987; Canary Yellow 1988; The Last Flight, The Twenty-Ninth Night, Attack to H3, Heart and Dagger 1989; A Moment of Innocence, Pinnacle of the World, Scent of Joseph’s Shirt 1995; Speed 1996;  The Apple, 1998: Love without Frontier 1997; Protest 1999; A Bird Flew from the Cage, Holy Mary 2000.
ERFANIAN, NASER
Still photographer. B. 1960, Tehran.
Films include: Flagman 1984; Explosion in the Operation Room 1991; Yahya 1995.
ERSHADI, HOMAYOUN
Actor. B. 1947, Isfahan; studied architecture in Italy and worked in the field but Abbas Kiarostami chose him to play the leading role in A Taste of Cherry. As a non-professional actor who started acting in his middle age, he succeded very soon in cinema and TV. His expressionless, relaxed face and monotonous voice have given him to some extent the personality of an intellectual.
Films:  A Taste of Cherry 1997; The Lost Love, The Pear Tree 1998, Classmate (TV series) 1999.
ESBATI, AMIR
Art director. B. 1956, Tehran; B.A. in architecture from Tehran University, started his career with The Treasure (1984, M. Sajjadi). He’s one of the prominent and thoughtful art directors who has been nominated five times for receiving the prize from FFF, and was awarded for the films The Land of the Sun (1996, A. Darvish) and The May Lady (1997, R. Bani-Etemad). He works also as a graphist. He was the Chairman of the Association of Art Directors in Iranian cinema.
Films include: The Spell 1986; Paizan, Off the Limits 1987; The Ship Anjelica 1988; The Extraordinary Journey 1989; Two Features with One Ticket 1990; Narges 1991; I Love the Earth 1993; Summer Holidays, The Sunny Man 1995; Traveller of Rey (co) 2000.
ESFAHANI, AKBAR
Still photographer. B. 1950. Plays also action minor roles.
Films include: Morning of Ashes 1977; The Weak Point 1983; The Peddler 1986; Maral 2000.
ESKANDARI, ABDOLLAH
Make-up artist & designer. B. 1945, started his career in 1975. He’s one of the best in his field in Iranian TV and cinema who has a special dominance and proficiency in make-up for historical roles. He has more than 150 feature films in his career which most of them are among the best examples in make-up in Iranian cinema. He’s been awarded Crystal Simorgh four times from FFF for The Mother (1989, A. Hatami), Once upon a Time, Cinema (1991, M. Makhmalbaf), The Zero Heights (1993, H. Layalestani) and The Fateful Day (1994, Sh. Asadi).
Films include: The Mysteries of Treasures of Jinni Valley 1974; Beehive 1975; Along the Night 1977; Tall Shadows of the Wind 1978; Death of Yazdgerd, Fleeing from Evil to Good 1982; Fishery, 1984: Escape, The Daisies 1983; Frosty Roads, Boycott 1985; Blade and Silk, The Firing Squad, The Peddler (second episode), Report on a Murder, Captain Khorshid 1986; The Train, Footsteps on Sand 1987; Canary Yellow, Marriage of the Blessed, The Cyclist, Horizon 1988; All the Temptotions of the Earth, Reyhaneh, The Last Flight, The Dolls Thief, Savalan 1989; Apartment No. 13, The Extraordinary Journey, The Bride 1990;  The Love-Stricken, The Old Men’s School, The Quiet House, Banu (screening in ’91) Attorney General, Narges, Hoor on Fire 1991; The Actor, A Man and a Bear, The Secret of Dagger 1992; Day of the Angel 1993; Pari, The Snowman (screening in 97), Kimia, The Blue-Veiled 1994; The Survivor, To the Last Gasp, Journey to Chazzabeh, The Sunny Man, 1996: Sand Typhoon, The Fifth Season 1995; The Pear Tree, Sorceress 1997; The Victorious Warrior, The Tales of Island (episode The Cousin Is Missing), The Girl in the Sneakers, The Punishment Committee, Hiva 1998; Puberty, Taher’s Love 1999; Fire and Water, Traveller of Rey 2000.
ESMAILI, HABIB
Actor. producer. B. 1950, Tehran.
Films include: (as actor) Investigation of a Murder 1983; Cargo 1987; A Remarkable Day 1994; The Player 1998.
ESMAIL-KHANI, JAMSHID
Actor. B. 1950, Shiraz; The husband of actress Gohar Kheir-Andish,.
Films include: Under the Roofs of the City 1989; Apartment No. 13 1990; The Blue- Veiled 1994; Barani 1999.

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FAQIH, MAHDI
Actor. B. 1945, Shiraz; graduated from the FDA.
Films include: Dash Akol 1971; Hoor on Fire 1991; Leili Is with Me 1995; Birth of a Butterfly 1997; Iran Is My Land 1998.
FAQIH-NASIRI, ATENEH
Actress. B. 1968, Tehran; graduated in Spanish Language from Azad University.
Films include: Pickpockets Don’t Go to Heaven 1991; Bluff 1993; In Cold Blood 1994; Bead 1997.
FAKHIMI, MEHRDAD
Cinematographer. B. 1939, Tehran; graduated in cinematography from Germany, started his career with shooting some short films since 1970 including the early films of Abbas Kiarostami and Bahram Bayzai. Stranger and Fog (1975) was his first feature film. He is among the most prominent and experienced of Iranian cinematographers, has worked on some of the best Iranian movis. His skill in lighting interior scenes and use of natural light in exterior scenes are among his qualifications. Fakhimi was awarded Crystal Simorgh for Travelers (1991, Bayzai) from FFF.
Films include: The Crow 1977; Ballad of Tara 1978; Death of Yazdgerd 1981; Hadji Washington 1982; Kamalolmolk, The Thunderbolt 1984; Toranj, Blade and Silk (co), The Peddler (second episode), Captain Khorshid, The First Deputy 1986; Little Bird of Happiness, Jafar-Khan Returns from Europe 1987; Till Evening 1988; Pickpockets Don’t Go to Heaven, Travelers 1991; Legend of Mahpalang, Domrol 1992; The Visit 1994; Banichaw 1995; Psycho, The Lost Love 1997; Eve’s Red Apple, The Punishment Committee, Legion (co), The Changed Man 1998; A Girl Called Tondar 2000.
FAKHIMZADEH, MEHDI
Director. actor. B. 1942 Tehran.
Films include (as director): Courtship 1989; The Spouse 1993.
FAKHREDDINI, FARHAD
Film composer. B. 1937, Tabriz; graduated from the Academy of Music. He began film composing with the film Mrs. Ahoo’s Husband (1968, Mollapour). He’s one of the most conspicuous composers in Iranian traditional music. He’s been the conductor of the Iranian TV Symphonic Orchestra from 1973 to 1979. He’s professor of the music academies in Iran and has published many music cassettes. He has scored for some of the most important historical TV series such as Sarbedaran (1983), Avecina (1986) and Imam Ali (1996) which have been distributed in cassettes and CDs. He’s been nominated several times at FFF and received the prize twice for Report on a Murder (1986, M. Najafi) and Night Nurse (1987, M. Najafi).
Films include: Kamalolmolk 1984; Days of Expectation 1986; The Magnificent Day 1988; The Searcher, Savalan 1989; Apartment No. 13, Malek Khatoun 1990; The Preserve 1991;  The Snowman 1994; Traveller of Rey 2000.
FALLAH-LAYALESTANI,HOSEIN-ALI
Director. B. 1961, Layalestan (Gilan); graduated in cinema from FCTAU.
Films:  Zero Heights 1993; The Poor Lover 1995.
FALLAHPOUR, ESMAIL
Director. B. 1965, Rasht; graduated from FCTAU.
Films: Professional 1996; Tick 2002.
FARJAD, JALIL
Actor. B. 1951, Marand; graduated in theater from the FDA.
Films include: Stalag 1982; Up to the Visit 1989; On the Wings of Angles 1992; Die Hard 1997.
FARAHANI, BEHZAD
Actor, screenwriter. B. 1944, Farahan; passed a course in theater in France; The father of actresses Shaqayeq and Golshifteh Farahani, started stage acting in 1959, and film acting with The Tryst of Rage (Motallebi) in 1971. He began his career as screenwriter with the same film, has many years experiences in playwriting and has worked as performer in radio plays for three decades. He generally plays the role of experienced and well-matured men. He has also a remarkable career in TV series and teleplays.
Films include: (as an actor) Violent Punishment 1971; Journey of the Stone 1978; Wage 1989; Zero Heights 1993; Years of Restlessness 1994; The Kind Moon 1995; Sheida 1998; Killing Rabids 2000.
FARAHANI, GOLSHIFTEH
Actress. B. 1983, Tehran; daughter of actor Behzad Farahani.
Films: The Pear Tree 1997; Times, Seven Acts 2000.
FARAHANI, SHAQAYEQ
Actress. B. 1972, Tehran; graduated in painting from Azad University, daughter of actor Behzad Farahani.
Films include: Leila 1996; Toutia, Love Isn’t Enough 1998; Nights of Tehran, An Umbrella for Two 2001;
FARAHBAKHSH, HOSSEIN
Producer, production manager, screenwriter, still photographer. B. 1959, Tehran; started his career with The Sun’s Rays (1990, M. Javanmard) as co-producer. He generally produces action films.
Films include: (as producer) Life Chance (co-prod.) 1991; Caravan (co-prod.), Two Sides of a Coin 1992; Fang (co-prod.) 1993; Hostage (co-prod.) 1995; Scorpion 1996; Wounded 1998; The Song of Swan (co-prod.) 2000.
FARAZMAND, FARAMARZ
Producer.
Films include: Leila (co-prod.) 1996; The Pear Tree (co-prod.) 1997.
FARHANG, DARIUSH
Director, actor. B. 1947, Kerman; graduated in theater from FFATU.
Films include: (as director) The Spell 1986; Psycho 1997; Leaning on the Wind 2000; Nights of Tehran 2001, The Yellow Rose 2002.
FARHOUDI, FEREIDUN
Scriptwriter.
Films include: Sorceress (co-sc.) 1997; The Girl in the Sneakers (co-sc.) 1998.
FARJAMI, FARIMAH
Actress. B. 1952, Tehran; graduated in Dramatic Literature from FDA (1977), worked stage acting since 1976, began acting for films in 1980. Her performances in the roles of wandering and wavering young or middle age women who struggle with psychological and personal problems were admired by film critis, won prizes for The Lead (1988, Kimiai) and The Last Act (1990, Karim-Masihi) from FFF.
Films include: The Red Line 1982; Blade and Silk, The Lodgers 1986; The Mother 1989; Narges 1991; Saghar 1997; Fire and Water 2000.
FARMANARA, BAHMAN
Director, screenwriter, producer. B. 1942, Tehran, graduated from USC in film directing, started filmmaking with Ghamar Khanum’s House (1972). He was the Head Production of “Film Development Company of Iran” (1974-77), produced Abbas Kiarostami’s first feature The Report (1977), Bahram Bayzai’s The Crow (1977), Khosrow Haritash’s Divine One (1976), Mohammad-Reza Aslani’s Wind and Chess (1976) and Valerio Zurlini’s Desert of the Tartars (1977 co-prod. with Italy and France). He went to France and then to Canada in 1980 establishing a distribution company and a film festival for children and young adaults in Vancouver. Farmanara came back home in the early 1990s but could make Smell of Camphor, Fragrance of Jasmine in 2000 which won several prizes from the FFF, including The Best Film and The Best Director prizes.
Films include: Prince Ehtejab 1974; The Tall Shadows of the Wind 1978; The House Built on Water 2001.
FARRAHI, BITA
Actress. B. 1958, Tehran; studied at John Powers’ School, US (1980), started film acting with Hamoon (1989, D. Mehrjui). She had no background in acting but critics and festivals admire her because of her performances in the roles of intellectual, independent women who are struggling with family and psychological problems.
Films include: Banu (released in 1999) 1991; Kimia 1994; Hotel Carton 1996; Life 1997; Protest 1999; The House Built on Water 2001.
FARROKHI, HOSSEIN
Director. B. 1959, Arak; B.A. in acting and directing from FFATU; M.A. from Tarbiyat Modarress University.
Film: Yahya 1995.
FARSI, FARHAD
Art director, costume designer. B. 1960 in Isfahan; graduated from FDA and the Academy of Fine Arts in Rome.
Films include: Ballad of Tara 1979; Once upon a Time, Cinema 1991; The Starry Sky 1999.
FAT’HI, MAHDI
Actor. B. 1939, Tehran; graduated in acting from FDA, started stage acting since 1963 and film acting with Snobs (1987, E.Vahidzadeh). After so many years of experience on the stage, he started his career in cinema too late but his extensive experiences on the stage caused him to be nominated for the prizes from FFF.
Films include: The Ship Anjelica 1988; Wage 1989; Longing for Marriage, The Old Men’s School 1990; Zinat 1993; The Snowman 1994; Protest 1999.
FAYYAZI, REZA
Actor. B. 1953, Ahvaz; graduated in theater from FFATU.
Films include: Ballad of Tara 1978; Statue 1992; The Blue-Veiled 1994; Chariot of Death 1996; Starry Sky 1999.
FEIZ-NOWROUZI, REZA
Actor. B. 1951, Kermanshah; graduated in acting from FFATU with a reputable stage career.
Films include: The Changed Man 1998; The Mummy III 1999; Tar Player and Tarzan 2001.
FOWQANI, MOHAMMAD
Still photographer. B.1965,Tehran.
Films include: Golden Cross 1992; The End of Childhood 1993; The Corrupted Hands 1999; The Blank Page 2002.
FOROUTAN, MOHAMMAD-REZA
Actor. B. 1968, Tehran; graduated in Clinical Psychology from Azad University. He’s passed some free courses in acting. His first film was Goal (1994, Kazemi). After some minor roles his performance in an episode of TV series The Clue (1996) revealed his capabilities and Massoud Kimiai chose him for the leading role of Mercedes. His successful performance as a disappointed and isolated youth in the film brought him about such a role in other films. His stern, sullen and cold face led him to play the role of a quarrelsome and nervous man. The inner and natural performance is part of his characteristic features. As one of the young and popular figures in Iranian cinema, Foroutan was awarded Crystal Simorgh for Red (1998, Jeirani).
Films: Goal, The Last Port 1994; Winner, The Moon and the Sun 1995; Mercedes 1997; Two Women, Red, Cry 1998; Protest, Born under Libra 1999; The Yalda Night, Dance with Dream 2001.
FOROUZESH, EBRAHIM
Director, screenwriter. B. 1939, Tehran; graduated from FDA, he was the manager of Filmmaking Department of Institute for Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults in which he made several short films and his feature debut The Key (1986). His films received various international awards.
Films include: The Jar 1991, Little Man 1997; Children of Petroleum 2000.

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GANJAVI, ABBAS
Editor. B. 1941, Tehran; strated editing with Tranquility in the Presence of Others (1970,N. Taqvai). He’s been nominated seven times for receiving the prize from FFF and received the prize twice for Tatoureh (1984, K. Pourahmad) and The Daisies (1984, R. Sadr-Ameli).
Films include: Sadegh the Kurd 1972; Curse 1973; Prince Ehtejab 1974; The Tall Shadows of the Wind 1978; 1936 1981; The Ship Anjelica 1988; Reyhaneh 1989; The Blue-Veiled, Kimia 1994; Land of the Sun 1996; Smell of Camphor, Fragrance of Jasmine 2000.
GARMSIRI, ALI-ASGHAR,
Actor. B. 1911, Tehran.
Films include: Captain Khorshid 1986; The Old Men’s School 1991; Restitution of Security 1996.
GARSHASBI, AHMAD-REZA
Director. B. 1957, Dezful; graduated in cinema from FCTAU.
Films include: Objective Conditions 1987; The Valley of Thousand Lanterns 1993; Banichaw 1995.
GERAMI, YUSSEF
Still photographer. B. 1960, Isfahan; graduated in photography from FCTAU.
Films include: Flames of Fury 1992; Sharks 1994; Speed 1996; Invisible Threads 1997; A Girl Called Tondar 2000.
GHOLAMREZAI, NASSER
Director. B. 1955, Khorramabad; started his career as an amateur filmmaker in early 1970s., made a number of admired short 8mm. films.
Films include: Cease -Feud 1992, Roumeshkan 2001.
GIL, HOSSEIN
Actor. B. 1940, Tehran. One of the character actors of Iranian cinema till 1979; he played a few leading roles.
Films include: The Drivers of the Hell 1965; Towqi 1970; Journey of the Stone 1978; The Plaque 1985; The Big Escape 1997.
GITI-JAH, NASER
Actor. B. 1935, Tehran.
Films include: Happy Birthday 1970; Monster 1985; Courtship 1989; Caravan 1991.
GOLCHIN, MARJANEH
Actress. B. 1968, Tehran.
Films include: Life Story 1986; My Eyes for You 1992; The Accused 1996.
GOLESTANI, PARASTOU
Actress. B. 1990; graduated in theatre from Azad University; the wife of actor Behruz Baqai.
Films include: The Possessed 1990; Secret Relationship 1992; The Spouse 1993; Speed 1996.
GOUDARZI, FATEMEH
Actress. B. 1963, Tehran; The wife of Abdolreza Ganji, director.
Films include: For Everything 1990; The Quiet Home 1991; I Want to Live 1994; Ghazal 1995; The Victorious Warrior 1998; Soccer Players 2001.
GORGIA, NERSI
Actor. B. 1938, Tehran.
Films include: The Bitter Earth 1959; Diamond 33 1967; Lead 1987; The Snake Fang 1989; The Enemy 1995.
GORJESTANI, SIRUS
Actor. B. 1944, Rasht.
Films include: Demon’s Thirst 1985; Apartment No. 13 1990; The Snowman 1997; Traveler of Rey 2000.

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HAQIQI, MOHAMMAD-HOSSEIN
Director. B. 1960, Birjand; graduated in petrochemical engineering, made some short films for TV.
Films include: The Secret of Dagger 1992; Journey to Tomorrow 2000.
HAQIQI, NEMAT
Cinematographer. B. 1939, Tehran; started cinematography with The House of God (1966, J. Moqaddam) and worked in TV. He has worked in Iranian cinema as a director of photography since 1971.
His skill and experiences in black and white cinematography is quite conspicuous. He’s been nominated twice for receiving Crystal Simorgh for The Bride (1990, B. Afkhami) and Immigrants (1992, M. Sabbaghzadeh) from FFF.
Films include: Infamous, Dash Akol 1971; Baluch, Spring, Dagger, 1972; Tangsir, Soil, Curse 1973; Reconciliation, Prince Ehtejab 1974; Ruined State, The Deer, The Spouse 1975; Ghazal 1976; The Condemned 1980; The Ambassador (co) 1983; Dadshah 1983; Footsteps on Sand 1987; The Dolls Thief 1989; You Who I Didn’t Know (second episode) 1990; Once upon a Time, Cinema (co) 1991; Day of the Angel (co) 1993; Day of the Devil (co) 1994; The Fifth Season, Miracle of Laughter 1996; Takhti, the World Champion 1997; The Hemlock 1999; Maral 2000.
HAJIAN, AZITA
Actress. B. 1957, Tehran; graduated in theatre acting and directing from FDA. The wife of actor Mohammad-Reza Sharifinia, started stage acting in 1975 and film acting in 1989 with The Dolls Thief (M. Honarmand). Due to her theatrical background in the field of children and teenagers, her first films were also in the field. She has also played in some TV series.
Films iclude: The Extraordinary Journey 1990; Avinar 1991; Dayanbakh 1992; The Path to Glory, The Snowman (released in ’97) 1994; The Red Ribbon 1998; The Dead Wave 2000.
HAZHIR-AZAD, KAZEM
Actor. B. 1950, Tehran.
Films include: Cargo 1987; Statue 1992; Leaning on the Wind 2000.
HAJJAR, MITRA
Actress. B. 1976, Tehran; after some minor roles, her first important role was in The Cry (1998, M. Kimiai).
Films: Born under Libra, Protest 1999; Killing Rabids, Visage, Nights of Tehran 2000; The Intruder, The Poisonous Mushroom 2001.
HAJI-MIRI, SAEED
Director. screenwriter, editor, producer. B. 1962, Qazvin; B.A in cinema from FCTAU, started film directing with Cry of the Divine (1987). He writes screenplay, edits and produces other people’s films.
Films include: (as director) Illusion 1985; Fire on Crop 1992; Love Squadron 1997.
HAKIMI, DANIAL
Actor. B. 1963, Shahroud.
Films include: Inventor of 2001, What Else Is New? 1971; Secret Games 1995; The Tempest 1996.
HAMIDI, ZOHREH
Actress. B. 1357, Arak.
Films include: Smell of Camphor, Fragrance of Jasmine 1999; Leaning on the Wind 2000.
HAMIDNEZHAD, AZIZOLLAH
Director, screenwriter. B. 1959, Garmsar; made his feature debut Hoor on Fire (1991) after directing some short documentaries. His first feature film attracted attentions, and was awarded from the FFF, but in his later films he didn’t return to the peak of that success.
Films include: Stars of the Earth 1994; Pinnacle of the World 1995.
HANNANEH, MORTEZA
Film composer. B. 1922, Tehran, D. 1989; graduated from the Faculty of Music, started film composing with Bride of Dejleh (1954, N. Mohtasham).
He went to Italy to study music and stayed there (1955-58), conducted Vatican Orchestra. As a pioneer in Iranian contemporary music, researched about the lost Iranian melodies. Music of TV series of Hezar-Dastan (1988, A. Hatami) is one of the most remarkable scores in his career based on traditional Iranian music.
Films include: Bohloul 1957; Coast of Waiting 1963; Pleasure of Sin 1964; Bride of Sea 1965; Diamond 33 (co) 1967; Bridge, Mofrad the Hero, Kako, Three Knucklebones, Baba Shamal, Escape from Trap, Revenge, The Secret of the Service Tree 1971; Hell Plus Me, Dervish 1972; Tale of Mahan, Wolf of Reedy, 1973; Tonight Someone Will Shed Tears, 1978; Rain of Blood, The Live Document (doc.) 1980; The Ceremonies, The Man Who Became Mouse, 1985; The Firing Squad 1986; Jafar-Khan Returns from Europe, Hello My Homeland, 1988; Negligence 1989.
HASHEMI, ASGHAR
Director. B. 1953, Kashan.
Films include: The Days of Expectation 1986; Longing for Marriage 1990; Negin 2002.
HASHEMI, MAHDI
Actor. B. 1946, Langaroud; graduated in theatre from FFATU (1973), husband of actress Golab Adineh and brother of actor Naser Hashemi. He started a reputable stage acting career in 1969, and film acting with Viva... (Kh. Sinai) in 1979. In spite of having serious roles in his career, he is mostly acting in satirical and comedy films. He was awarded Crystal Simorgh for Two Features with One Ticket (1990, D. Farhang) from FFF.
Films include: Death of Yazdgerd 1982; Off the Limits 1987; Canary Yellow 1988; Once upon a Time, Cinema 1991; The Spouse 1993; Hello, Hello, I’m Chicken 1994; Wonder of Laughter 1996.
HASHEMI, NASER
Actor, director. B. 1956, Langroud; graduated in theater from FFATU. The brother of actor Mehdi Hashemi and the husband of actress Sima Tirandaz. He has also directed one film.
Films include: Report on a Murder 1986; Clash 1991.
HASHEMI, SEYYED ZIA
Producer. B. 1958, Tehran; started his career in cinema with The Dolls Thief (1989, M.-R. Honarmand). He also worked as executive producer (1983-89) and organized the film production company, Mahab Film, with three directors.
Films include: The Bride (co) 1990; The Day of the Angel (co), The Visit (co) 1993; The Day of the Devil (co) 1994; Protest, The Hemlock 1999.
HASHEMPOUR, JAMSHID
Actor. B. 1944, Tehran; started his career with The White Hell (1968, S. Khachikian), worked many years with his nick-name Jamshid Aria and was known with this name over many years. He’s actor of best seller action films, but as a talented actor he has some different roles in his career. He was awarded prize for Hiva (1998, R. Mollaqolipour) from FFF.
Films include: The Red Line 1982; The Weak Point 1983; The Mother 1989; The Last Act 1990; The Love-Stricken 1991; Traveler of Rey 2000.
HASSANDOUST, HASSAN
Editor. B.1958, Tehran; B.A in editing from IRIB Faculty (1979), started his career in cinema with The City of Mice (1984, M. Boroumand, M.-A. Talebi) after a period of woking in IRIB. He has worked with different directors: Mehrjui, Majidi and Talebi; he has been nominated for the prize from FFF and was awarded twice for Hamoon (D. Mehrjui; as co-ed. with the director, 1989) and Children of the Heaven (Majidi, 1996).
Films include: The Lodgers 1986; Shirak 1987; Wilderness, Journey of Love 1988; My Daughter Sahar, The Mother 1989; Galan, The Extraordinary Journey 1990; The Valley of Butterflies, Pickpockets Don’t Go to Heaven, Banu (released in 98) 1991; Sara, The Misty Harbor, The Boots, Statue 1992; Tick Tack 1993; Path of Glory, Pari 1994; The Father, Ghazal 1995; The Fifth Season, The Bag of Rice 1996; The Birth of a Butterfly, Takhti, the World Champion, Maternal Love 1997; Son of Maryam, The Color of Paradise 1998; The Mix, Sanam, The Afflicted Generation, The Hidden Half 1999; You’re Free 2000.
HASSANPOUR, FEREIDOUN
Director. B. 1961, Ramsar; graduated in theater fromFFATU.
Films: The Summer Holidays 1995; The Rich and the Poor 2000.
HATAMI, ALI
Director, screenwriter, art director and costume designer. B.1944, Tehran, D. 1996; graduated in cinema from FDA. His debut was Hasan the Bald (1969), the first Iranian musical film. Since then, he paid attention to unusual rhytmic dialogs and also use of traditional settings and architecture in his films that became the characteristics of his works. Although his works did not attract international attention, but the Iranian audience praised him. His mind was occupied with making films on the basis of historical and folkloric figures. He was the art director of his films. His last film remained incomplete because of his death by cancer. Hatami made three great historical TV series which all of them are considered as eternal works in the history of Iranian TV. Meanwhile, he established a small town as historical site in which he made Hezar-Dastan. It is used as location of many films and TV series. Films include: Towqi 1970; Baba Shamal, Dervish 1971; Sattar Khan 1972; Sute-Delan 1977; Hadji Washington 1982; Kamalolmolk 1984; Jafar-Khan Returns from Europe (co-dir.) 1984-87; The Mother 1989; The Love-Stricken 1991; Takhti, the World Champion (unfinished) 1996.
HATAMI, LEILA
Actress. B. 1972, Tehran; stopped studies in Electrical Engineering and Modern French Literature in Switzerland. The daughter of the late director Ali Hatami and wife of actor Ali Mosaffa. She started her career with Kamalolmolk (1983, A. Hatami), played her first serious role in The Love-Striken (1991, A. Hatami). She was awarded from FFF.
Films include: Leila 1996; Sheida 1998; The Mix 1999; Fire and Water 2000; The Abandoned Station 2001.
HATAMIKIA, EBRAHIM
Director, screenwriter. B. 1961, Tehran; graduated in screenplay writing from FCTAU. After making some short films he directed his feature debut The Scout (1988). Hatamikia is one of the directors of the Revolution generation, and was entangled in the midst of Iran-Iraq war for a long time. His films consider not just the physical aspect of the war but men’s positions and their reactions in finding their identities. His recent works have been criticizing social problems to some extent and have incited an extensive reactions in the society.
Films: Identity (TV) 1986; The Scout 1988; The Emigrant 1989; Union of the Good 1991; From Karkheh to Rhine 1992; The Green Ashes 1993; Scent of Joseph’s Shirt, Minoo Watch Tower 1995; The Glass Agency 1997; The Red Ribbon 1998; The Dead Wave 2000; The Low Heights 2001.
HAYAI, AMIN
Actor. B. 1970, Tehran. One of  young stars of the past decade.
Films include: Eve’s Red Apple 1998; Leaning on the Wind 2000; The Intruder 2002.
HAYATI, ATAOLLAH
Director, cinematographer. B. 1948, Kermanshah.
Films include: (as cinematographer): Scabies 1986; For Everything 1990; Dance of Dust 1991.
HAYERI, HAYEDEH
Actress. B. 1954, Tehran.
Films include: Fifth of June Flight 1989; Impact 1991; Psycho 1997.
HEDAYAT, HASSAN
Director, set and costume designer. 1955, Tehran. Most of his works (films and TV series) are about Iranian history during 1900 to 1950.
Films include: (as director) Messenger of Jungle 1983; The Last Harbor 1994; Dark House 2001.
HEIDARI, FARAJ
Cinematographer. B. 1956, Tehran.
Films include: Back and Dagger 1977; The Purgatory 1981; Once upon a Time, Cinema 1991; Passion of Love 1999.
HEIDARI, JAMSHID
Director. B. 1951, Shiraz.
Films include: Vultures Die 1980; The Border 1981; The First Deputy 1986; Epic of Heroes 1997.
HEIDARI, BAHMAN
Sound recordist. B. 1952.
Films include: Death of Yazdgerd (co) 1982; The Magnificent Day (co) 1988; The Game Is Over (co) 1989; Like a Cloud in Spring, Search in the City 1990; Nargess (co) 1991; Cloud and  the Sun 1997; Siavash 1998; Water and Fire 2000.
HEIDARNEZHAD, GHOLAM-REZA
Director. B. 1955, Tabriz.
Films include: The Story of the Happy Man 1990; Glass Love 1999.
HEKMAT, MANIZHEH
Director, producer, executive producer. the wife of Jamshid Ahangarani, director and art director and the mother of actress Pegah Ahangarani. After some experiences as script girl, she worked as executive producer and production designer. Her first film as director is The Women’s Prison (2001).
HEKMAT, SORAYYA
Actress. B. 1953, Khoy.
Films include: The Purgatory 1980; O Iran 1989.
HEMMAT, ASGHAR
Actor, make-up artist. B. 1952, Shiraz; graduated in theater from FFATU, the husband of actress Afsar Asadi.
Films include: (as actor) Indians 1977; In the Wind’s Eye 1988; The Moon and the Sun 1996; Ugly and Beautiful 1998.
HOMAYUNFAR, KAREN
Film composer.
Films include: Tears and Smiles 1995; Sultan 1996; The Party, Blue 2000.
HONARMAND, MOHAMMAD-REZA
Director. B. 1933, Tehran
Films include: The Changed Man 1998; Mummy III 2000; Darling, I’m not OK! 2002.
HOUSHMAND, FARROKH-LAQA
Actress. B. 1931, Rasht.
Films include: Hunchback’s Night 1964; Bashu, the Little Stranger 1986; The Journey 1994.
HOR, AKBAR
Director. B. 1958, Isfahan.
Films: We Are Standing 1984; Countdown 1997.
HOSSEINI, MIR-SALAH
Actor. B. 1948, Tehran; graduated in acting from FFATU.
Films include: The Monster 1984; The Stony Lion 1986; Banu 1991; The Summer Holidays 1995.

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IPAKCHI, ZHILA
Editor. B. 1954, Tehran; graduated in editing from the IRIB Faculty. She started his career with Nar-o-Ney (1988, S. Ebrahimifar) and was awarded Crystal Simorgh for the film from FFF..
Films include: The Last Act (co-ed.) 1990; Dayan Bakh 1992; The Common Concern 1994; Dandelion 1996; The Cloud and the Wind 1997; Siavash 1998.
IRAN-MANESH, REZA
Actor. B. 1967, Kerman; graduated from FFATU.
Films include: The Altar of Fire, The Last Reconnaissance 1993; The Rig 1995.

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JAFARI, BEHNAZ
Actress. B. 1974; graduated in dramatic literature from Azad University.
Films include: The Blue-Veiled 1994; The Blackboard 1999; Traveler of Rey 2000.
JAFARI, MAHMOUD
Actor. B. 1953, Tehran; graduated in theater from FFATU.
Films include: Canary Yellow 1988; The Face 1995; A Girl in the Sneakers 1998.
JAFARI, MOHAMMAD
Director. B. 1953, Tehran; started his career as film critic in the mid 1970s and made short films and documentaries during past decade.
Films include: Atal Matal Tootooleh (fiction) 1992; Cloudy Sky of Rostamabad 1990-2001; The Village Disappeared 1999; Christine, Laleh & Ladan, 2000; Green Card 2001.
JAFARIAN, HOSSEIN
Cinematographer. B. 1944, Hamedan; graduated in cinematography from IRIB Faculty, B.A. in cinema from FDA. Started cinematography with Tatureh (1983, K. Pourahmad), he’s one of Iran’s most prominent directors of photography who has worked with Rakhshan Bani-Etemad, Kiarostami and some renowned directors. He’s been nominated for the prizes from FFF for Narges (1991, Bani-Etemad).
Films include: Tatureh 1988; Grandfather 1985; The Portrait of Love 1990; Nargess 1991; Through the Olive Trees (co) 1993; The May Lady 1997; Two Women 1998; The Afflicted Generation, Under the Skin of the City 1999; The Yalda Night 2000.
JAFARI-JOWZANI, MASSOUD
Director, screenwriter, producer. B. 1948, Malayer; M.A. in cinema from the State University of San Fransisco (1977); the brother of producer Fathollah Jafari-Jowzani, made his debut, Frosty Roads (1985) after making some short films in America. In his feature films, he generally deals with heroic subjects in the natural environment with a historical and epic tone. Some of his films were awarded local prizes.
Films include: The Stony Lion 1986; In the Wind’s Eye 1988; A Man and a Bear 1992; Heart and Dagger 1994; Puberty 1999.
JAHANSHAHI, KEIVAN
Film composer. B. 1968, Tehran; graduated in music from Canada; B.A. in film directing from FCTAU. He started film composing with The Shadows of Invasion (1992, A. Amini), was awarded from FFF.
Films include: Pari 1994; Leila, Children of the Heaven 1996; Maternal Love 1997; Once upon a Time 1999.
JALALI, BAHRAM
Still photographer. B. 1950, Isfahan; graduated in photography from IRIB Faculty and in cinema from FDA.
Films include: Toranj 1986; Marriage of the Blessed 1988; A Time for Love 1990.
JALILI, ABOLFAZL
Director, screenwriter. editor. B. 1957, Saveh; studied directing and acting in FDA. He made his feature debut, Spring (1987), after some short films and a feature for TV. His later films are combined with a kind of social realism, and all of them deal with children’s and young adults’ problems and poverty. In his interviews he has pointed that he does not regard himself a director but a supporter and defendant of them.
His films have participated in major festivals and received various prizes.
Films include: Birth (for TV) 1983, Scabies 1988; Crane Fly (unfinished) 1990; Dance of Dust 1991; Det Means Girl 1993; A True Story 1995; Dan 1997; Tales of Kish (“Order” episode) 1998; Sweethearts 2000.
JAM, FARHAD
Actor. B. 1966, Tehran, graduated in theater.
Films include: The Path of Glory, Pari 1994; Innocent 1997.
JAVAHERIAN, FARYAR
Art director.
Films include: The Lodgers (co) 1986; Hamoon (co-art director) 1989; Banu (released in ’98) 1991; Sara 1992; Pari 1994; Leila 1996;  The Pear Tree
JAVAN, RAMBOD
Actor. B. 1971, Tehran.
Films include: Help Me 1997; Behind the Wall of the Night, The Mummy 1998.
JAVANMARD, MAJID
Director. B. 1954.
Films include: The Hunt 187; Convoy 1992; In Another Land 1996.
JAVANROUH, AZIM
Cinematographer. B. 1945, Ardebil.
Films include: Waiting for Devil 1987; The Day of Angel 1993; Tales of Island (“Greek Ship” episode) 1998; Seven Songs 2002.
JAVDAN, NEGAR
Art director, costume designer. B. 1943; B.A. in Internal Architecture.
Films include: Dadshah 1983; Shadow to Shadow 1995; The Glass Love 1999.
JEBELLI, HAMID
Actor, director. B. 1958, Tehran; started film acting with Frosty Roads (1985, M. Jafari Jowzani), after working some TV series for children and young adults (1983). He made some short films in the early 1991, and made his first feature film, Son of Maryam in 1998. As a TV actor, he has many puppet shows in his career..
Films include: (as actor) The Finishing Line 1985; The Stony Lion 1986; The Mother 1989; The Love-Stricken 1991; The Red Capped and the Cousin 1994. White Dream (+ dir.) 2002.
JEIRANI, FEREIDOUN
Director, screenwriter. B. 1951, Kashmar; started his career as journalist, wrote many screenplays and made his debut, The Ascent, in 1987 which was a complete failure.
After ten years he directed his second feature which went on the top of the box office of the year.
Films include: (as director) Red 1998; Fire and Water 2000; The Last Supper 2002.
JENABI, MEHRDAD
Film composer. B. 1956, Tehran; graduated in Music from UCLA.
Films include: The Grown-Up’s Game 1992; The Punishment Committee 1998; Willow and Wind 1999.
JOWHARCHI, HASSAN
Actor. B. 1968, Tehran; graduated in photography from AU.
Films include: Impact 1991; Zinat 1993; The Feast 1995; Two Women 1998; Mr. President 2000.
JOWHARI, TANIA
Actress. B. 1950, Tehran; graduated in theater from FFATU.
Films include: Investigation of a Murder 1983; Fifth of June Flight 1989.
JOWDAT, FARZAD
Cinematographer. B. 1955, Tehran.
Films include: White Balloon 1995; Traveller of the South, The Mirror 1996; Dan 1997; Whisper 1999.

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KABOLI, FARZANEH
Actress, coreographer. B. 1949, Tehran.
Films include (as actress): Lightning 1984; Specter of Scorpion 1986; Shirak 1987; Lucky Star 1995.
KALARI, MAHMOUD
Cinematographer, director. B. 1951, Tehran; started his career as photographer, shot his first fiilm as cinematographer, Frosty Roads, in 1985 and became a prominent figure in the field.
Most of his films in terms of light and color have eye catching and excellent qualitiy. Kalari directed and shot his feature debut as director, Cloud and the Sun, in 1997, which received a prize from Mardel Plata Festival. The cash prize enabled him to make his second film as a co-production. Kalari received also pizes from FFF for The Lead (1988, M. Kimiai), Gabbe (1996, M. Makhmalbaf) and The Pear Tree (1997, D. Mehrjui).
Films include: Beyond the Mist 1985; Days of Expection, The Stony Lion 1986; Visa 1987; O Iran, Reyhaneh, The Mother 1989; The Sergeant 1990; The Love-Stricken, Two and a Half Persons, The Wild Duck 1991; From Karkheh to Rhine, Wolf’s Trail, Sara 1992; The Spouse 1993; Trade, Day of the Devil, Salaam Cinema, Kimia 1994; Ghazal, A Moment of Innocence 1995; Leila, Courtship 1996; Tales of the Island (“Cousin is Missing” episode), Siavash, Red 1998; Smell of Camphor, Fragrance of Jasmine, The Wind Will Carry Us, The Mix 1999; Water and Fire, The Hidden Half 2000; The House Built on Water 2002.
KARAMATI, MASSOUD
Actor, director. B. 1956, Tehran; graduated in theater from FFATU. He has also directed two features.
Films include (as actor): The Possessed 1990; Fugitive 1993; Journey to Chazzabeh 1995.
KARAM-REZAI, REZA
Actor. B. 1937, Kermanshah; graduated in theater, television and cinema from Germany.
Films include: Narges 1991; In Cold Blood 1994; The Fifth Season 1996; Traveler of Rey 2001.
KARBAKHSH, HASSAN
Director. B. 1954, Kerman.
Films include: The Domain of Lovers 1983; Flight from the Camp 1994; Assassination 1997.
KARIMI, MEHDI
Producer. Founded the production company “Vara Honar” in 1997, he’s put much effort to produce distinguished films with prominent directors.
Films include: The Glass Agency (co-prod.), Maternal Love 1997; The Color of Paradise, The Red Ribbon 1998; The Afflicted Generation 1999; Seven Acts, Sweet Jam 2001.
KARIMI, NIKI
Actress. B. 1971, Tehran; one of the most popular Iranian actresses and the first star of Iranian cinema in post-Revolotion era. Started acting in 1989 with a short role, but The Bride (B. Afkhami) in the next year was a great success. Karimi changed the figure of leading female characters in Iranian films but gradually established her position as a young talented, serious actress. She works with reputable directors such as Kimiai, Mehrjui and Hatamikia, and was nominated at FFF, but never received a prize, althogh was awarded International prizes from San Sebastian, Three Continents (Nantes) and Taormina Festivals for Sara (D. Mehrjui) and Two Women (T. Milani).
Films: Temptation 1989; The Bride 1990; Wolf’s Trail 1992; Pari 1994; Scent of Joseph’s Shirt, Minoo Watch Tower 1995; Shadow to Shadow 1996; Takhti, the World Champion, Psycho 1997; The Player, Two Women, Eve’s Red Apple 1998; The Mix, Awaiting Girls, The Afflicted Generation 1999; The Hidden Half, Thousands Women Like Me 2000.
KARIMI, IRAJ
Director, screenwriter, film critic. B. 1953, Tehran; graduated in mechanical engineering; one of the leading critics of the past two decades. He made some short films since 1981, and his feature debut, Going By, in 2001. He has written a book titled Abbas Kiarostami, the Realist Filmmaker (1986) and also translated the books, Miklos Jancso’s Cinema (1986), Understanding Movies (1990) and screenplay of Rocco and His Brothers (1998).
KARIM-MASIHI, VAROUZH
Director, editor. B. 1952, Arak; after making shorts and working as assistant director, directed his only feature film The Last Act (1990) which was nominated for receiving the prizes in fifteen categories from FFF and awarded nine.
KARKHANI, MEHRSHAD
Still photographer. B. 1964, Garmsar.
Films include: Hoor on Fire 1991; Feast 1995; Under the Moonlight 2001.
KASBIAN, HOSSEIN
Actor. B. 1933, Tehran.
Films include: Downpour  1972; The Prince Ehtejab 1974; The Tall Shadows of the Wind 1978; The Mother 1989;  A Midsummer Night’s Dream 1994; Smell of Camphor, Fragrance of Jasmine 1999.
KASEBI, MOHAMMAD
Actor, director. B. 1951, Tehran; graduated in theater from FDA (1981), started stage acting since 1961 and film acting with Nasouh Repentance (1982, M. Makhmalbaf). Kasebi was one of the founders of Art Bureau of Islamic Propagation Organization in 1979, in which he acted in many films and plays. After a few short films he made his first feature film Swimming in Winter (1989) as writer and director. He was awarded for his performance in The  Father (1995, M. Majidi) from FFF.
Films include: Boycott 1985; Refugee 1993; Attack to H3 1994; The Red Circle 1995; The Spouse, The Inverted World 1997; Holy Mary 2000.
KASHFI, MOSTAFA
Cinematographer. born in 1955.
Films include: The Last Stroke 1993; Mahboubeh 1997; One Step to Death 1998.
KAVIANI, FERDOWS
Actor. B. 1941, Kerman; graduated in theater form FFATU.
Films include: Rasoul, the Son of Abolqasem 1980; The Lodgers 1986; Banu (screened in 1998) 1991; All My Daughters 1993; The Victorious Warrior 1998.
KAVOSH, HABIB
Director. B. 1944, Tehran.
Films include: Water 1974; Dadshah 1983; Hope 1992; The Hidden Fire 1995.
KESHAVARZ, MOHAMMAD-ALI
Actor. B. 1930, Isfahan; graduated from Art School for Acting, started stage acting in 1960 and began film acting with Night of Hunchback (1964, F. Ghaffari). He is one of the most experienced and prominent actors of Iranian cinema who is still active. He is also a successful TV actor.
Films include: Brick and Mirror 1965; Mr. Simpleton 1970; Downpour 1973; Desert of Tartars 1977; Caravans 1978; The Hand of the Devil 1981; Kamalolmolk 1983; The Mother 1989; Once upon a Time, Cinema 1991; Through the Olive Trees 1993; The Ghazal 1995.
KHACHIKIAN, SAMUEL
Director, screenwriter, editor. B. 1923, Tabriz, D. 2001, Tehran; graduated in history and journalism, started his career as a stage director for a short period and made his first film,  Return, in 1953. As a pioneer, he was the first director of Iranian cinema who showed the importance of film directing to the public and was the most popular  and influential director. He made forty films, mostly horror and thriller, including some box office hits, which brought him the ironic title of “Iranian Hitchcock”.
Films include: The Crossroad of Events 1954; A Step to Death 1957; Midnight’s Cry 1961; Hit 1963; Suspense 1962; Stroke 1964; Explosion 1979; The Eagles 1984; A Man in the Mirror 1992; Bluff 1993.
KHAKDAN, VALIYOLLAH
Art director. B. 1923 in Baku (now in Republic of Azerbaijan), D. 1996, Tehran; graduated in painting from the Art School in Baku; started his career as an art director with Prince’s Prisoner (1998, E. Koushan). He immigrated to Iran in 1938. Due to his background in painting he became a set designer in theaters of Tabriz. He is known as a pioneer of set designing in Iranian cinema. He moved to Tehran in 1946 and worked in the bigger theaters. Although he had a limited experience and background in Iranian cinema, made some decorations for historical films which are among the memorable and outstanding examples. He was one of the supervisors for building a small town for IRIB as the location of historical films and TV series.
Films include: Golden Dreams 1951; Mother 1952; Shepherd’s Daughter, Intrigue, Nights of Tehran, Negligence, Missing, Mashdi Ebad 1953; Eagle of Tous, The Bride of Dejle 1954; Fabulous Amir Arsalan (first version) 1955; Yousef and Zoleikha (first version) 1956; Ladder of Progress, Yaqoub Leyss 1957; Bizhan & Manizheh, Ray of Hope, The Broken Spell 1958; Spring of Life Water 1959; Arshin Malalan 1960; You Have Mistken Me Madam!, Bitter Honey, Midnight’s Cry 1961; Aras Khan 1963; Fabulous Amir Arsalan (second version), Hossein Kurd Shabestary 1966; Diamond 33, Nasim Ayyar 1987; Dragon Cape, Yousef and Zoleikha (second version) 1968; Breed of Braves 1969; Leili & Majnoun 1970; Abbaseh and Jafar Barmaki 1972; The Sleeping Lion 1977; Kamalolmolk 1984; Mirza Nowrouz’s Shoes 1985; The First Deputy 1986; The Magnificent Day (co) 1988; Great Expectation, Kakado (co) 1994.
KHAJOUI, AKBAR
Director. B. 1947, Isfahan.
Films: A Home in the Cloud 1986; The Big Circus 1991.
KHALILI, SOROUSH
Actor. B. 1936, Astara.
Films include: Once upon a Time 1958; Kamalolmolk 1983; The Old Men’s School 1990; The Fateful Day 1994; As a Stranger 1997.
KHAMSEH, ALI-REZA
Actor. B. 1952, Tehran; graduated in psychology, has studied acting and pantomime in France. He started his career as comedian and performer in TV and was successful in cinema in similar roles until early 1990s.
Films include: Death of Yazdgerd 1982; The Magnificent Day 1988; Apartment No. 13 1990; I Love the Earth 1993; Mina and Ghoncheh 1996.
KHAMSEH, MAJID
Still photographer. B. 1964, Tehran, graduated in photography from TU. The brother of comedian Ali-Reza Khamseh
Films include: The Beloved Wednesday 1992; Courtship 1996; Smoked Glasses 2000.
KHANDAN, REZA
Actor. B. 1953, Shushtar; graduated in theater from FFATU.
Films include: The Lost Group 1987; The Possessed 1990; Journey to Chazzabeh 1995; Two Women 1998; Traveler of Rey 2001.
KHANI, NOSRATOLLAH
Cinematographer, actor. B. 1930;  began his career as cinematographer with The Tale of Village (1964, H. Madani) after working in some films as actor and assistant director. He’s photographed some remarkable films before the Revolution
Films include: Tiger of Mazandaran 1968; The Window, Hassan the Bald, Reza the Motocyclist 1970; Sadeq the Kurd 1972; Out Cry of a Fighter 1979; Soldier of Islam 1980; Sunray 1990; Exiles 1991; The Secret Relationship 1992.
KHANI-BEIG, HOSSEIN
Actor. B. 1941, Tehran.
Films include: Reyhaneh 1989; Diplomat 1996.
KHAN-MOHAMMADI, FARHAD
Actor. B. 1946 in Tehran.
Films include: The Golden Waterfall 1972; Senator 1984; Reyhaneh 1989; The Miracle of Laughter 1996.
KHAN-SHAHRI, AMIR-HOSSEIN
Actor. B. 1938, Tabriz.
Films include: Season of Blood 1981; Love and Death 1990; Wolf ‘s Trail 1992; Saboteur 1998.
KHANZADI, ES’HAQ
Sound recordist, sound recorder. B. 1950, Damavand; have a background of working in laboratory (1964) and sound recording (1965). He’s more active as a sound recorder in more than one hundred films.
Films include: (as sound recordist) Tavarish 1993; Strange Sisters 1995; The Inverted World, Mercedes 1997; Love without Frontier, Outcry the Sweet Calamities 1998; Protest 1999; Party, Holy Mary 2000.
KHAZAI, MALEK-JAHAN
Costume designer and art director. B. 1949, Torbat Heydaryyeh; graduated in painting and statuary from FFATU, and art directing from London. The mother of director Rafi Pitts, started her career with Prince Ehtejab (1974, B. Farmanara). She was the permanent art director of Royal Court in London. After returning home she designed many stages, films and TV series. Then she went to France and settled there for many years, returned again in early 90s, worked on The Zero Heights (1993, H.-A. Fallah Layalestani), which was awarded Crystal Simorgh from FFF.
Films include: Kingdom of Heaven, Meeting with Remarkable Men (UK) 1976; Desert of Tartars 1977; Tall Shadows of the Wind 1978; Sacred Dances (Fr,) 1980; In the Foreign Land (UK) 1990; Heart and Dagger 1994; The Feast, Poor Lover, Ghazal 1995; The Fifth Season 1996; Two Women 1998; Daughter of the Sun, Sanam, The Afflicted Generation 1999; A Girl Called Tondar 2000.
KHEIR-ABADI, HAMIDEH
Actress. B. 1924, Rasht; the mother of  actress Sorayya Qasemi.
Films include: Patriot 1953; The Bride of Village 1962; Hassan the Bald 1970; The Lodgers 1986; Banu 1990; The Fateful Day 1994; The Actor 1998.
KHEIR-ANDISH, GOWHAR
Actress. B. 1954, Shiraz; graduated in theater, the wife of the late actor Jamshid Esmail-Khani,
Films include: Days of Expectation 1986; Under the Roofs of the City 1989; Banu (released in ’98) 1991; Scent of Life 1994; Victorious Warrior 1998.
KHEIRODDIN, HAMID
Director. B. 1958, Garmsar.
Films include: The Wild Gazelle 1991; Rebellion 1994; Prostration on Water 1996.
KHERADMAND, NIKU
Actress. B. 1937, Tehran.
Films include: The Last Act 1990; Travelers, The Quiet Home 1991; Psycho 1997; A Girl Called Tondar 2000.
KHERQEHPOUSH, MOSTAFA
Editor. He started film editing with Transit (co-editor, A, Sajjadi-Hosseini 1993)
Films include: Leila 1996; The Pear Tree, The May Lady (co) 1997; The Girl in the Sneakers, Two Women 1998; Heaven for You 2000.
KHODAVEISI, BEHZAD
Actror, director. B. 1965, Tehran; graduated in theater from FFATU.
Films include (as actor): The Jar 1991; I Love the Earth 1994; Dandelion 1996; Iran Is My Land 1998.
KHORSHIDI, KHOSROW
Art director. B. 1932; graduated in art directing from Italy, started his film career with Statue (1992, E. Vahidzadeh). He has worked as set designer in Iranian theater, Scala Opera in Milan and Cine Citta (1963-68) and in Opera of Metropolitean in NY (1979-91).
Films include: The Fall 1993; Legion (co) 1994-98; A Tableau for Love 1998.
KHORVASH, FAKHRI
Actress. B. 1930, Kermanshah. Started his film and stage career in 1950s.
Films include: For You 1955; Mr. Simpleton 1970; The Prince Ehtejab 1974; Suteh-Delan 1977; The Plunder 1984; Shirin and Farhad 1992; Crystal Man 1998.
KHOZOUI-ABIANEH, HAMID
Cinematographer.
Films include: The Child and the Soldier 1999; Under the Moonlight 2000.
KIAEI, NEZAMODDIN
Sound recordist. graduated in cinema and television from Austria; He began his career as a sound recordist with The Runner (1984, A. Naderi). He has also worked as director, producer, and sound recordist in TV, and has been awarded Crystal Simorgh from FFF for  A Moment of Innocence (1995, M. Makhmalbaf).
Films include: Water, Wind, Dust 1985; The Key (co) 1986; The Beloved Is at Home 1987; The Grown-Up’s Game 1992; Salaam Cinema 1994; Tales of Kish (“Door” episode) 1998.
KIANIAN, REZA
Actor. B. 1951, Tehran; graduated in theater from FFATU, worked as stage actor since 1966 and as film actor since 1989 with All the Temptations of the Earth (H. Samandarian). He can utilize the tone, sound, pauses and stresses on dialogs very well. His capabilities in different, even minor roles, have made him a prominent actor; caused working with some reputable directors. He has also experiences  as assistant director, screenwriter, set designer and casting director.
Films include: Small Wishes 1989; Incomplete Man, Ilia, the Young Painter 1992;  Common Concern, Kimia 1994; Gisou, My Mother 1995; Cinema Is Cinema, Sultan 1996; The Glass Agency 1997; The Red Ribbon 1998; Smell of Camphor, Fragrance of Jasmine 1999; Killing Rabids, An Umbrella for Two 2000; Roumeshkan, Issa Comes 2001.
KIAROSTAMI, ABBAS
Director, screenwriter, editor, producer. B. 1940, Tehran; graduated in painting from FFATU; started his career as a graphist and made some advertising teasers and title of the films in 1960s. He was one of the founders of Filmmaking Department in the Institute for Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults, in which he made his short films, most of them with an educational approach. His first feature film was The Traveler (1974). Although his first feature films had no commercial aspects but was considered different from the mainstream. His great internationl success with Where Is My Friend’s House? (1986), was awarded five prizes in the 48th Locarno Festival and paved the way for his other films. Abbas Kiarostami is the most prominent director who has got the most prizes in the history of Iranin cinema and has been as a member of jury in many festivals. His innovative and modern poetic narrative style has been admired by well-known world critics. He received Palme d’Or of Cannes for A Taste of Cherry (1997) and Special Jury Prize of Venice for the The Wind Will Carry Us (2000). Among the characteristics of Kiarostami’s works is paying attention to creating a calm and peaceful atmosphere and reaching a quite simple structure, as if they are documentaries and at the same time seem to be modern.
Films include (features): Report 1977; First Graders (doc) 1985; Homework (doc) 1988; Close-Up 1989; And Life Goes On... 1991; Through the Olive Trees 1993; A Taste of Cherry 1996; The Wind Will Carry Us 1998; ABC Africa 2001.
KIMIAI, MASSOUD
Director, screenwriter, producer. B. 1941, Tehran; started his career as assistant director and made his debut, Come Stranger, in 1968. He is the most popular director of the history of Iranian cinema among public audience. With his second film, Qaysar (1969), he caused a historical change in Iranian film industry. The film became a great success in box office and opened the way for many young, talented filmmakers who never had a chance in the industry before. His films deal with the people in the margin of the society and his anti-hero characters die at the end.  Many directors of commercial films imitated his Qaysar during about 6 years, but in the last decade he focuses on young antagonists. He usually writes his screenplays, uses slang dialogs based on ordinary traditional people’s dialect. Awarded a prize in Berlin festival for his Snake Fang as his sole international prize, but received many prizes in domestic festivals.
Films Include: Reza, the Motorcyclist 1970; Dash Akol 1971; Baluch 1972; Soil 1973; The Deer 1974; The Horse (short), The Oriental Boy (short) 1974; Ghazal 1976; The Journey of the Stone 1978; The Red Line 1982; Blade and Silk 1986; The Lead 1988; The Sergeant 1990; The Wolf’s Trail 1992; Trade 1993; The Feast 1995; The Snake Fang 1989; Sultan 1996; Mercedes 1997; Cry 1998; Protest 1999.
KIMIAVI, PARVIZ
Director, scriptwriter. B. 1939, Tehran; graduated from the IDHEC (1966), began directing with some short documentaries and poetic films in Iran and France (some of which are the best ones in the history of Iranian cinema), made his feature debut, Moguls in 1973. He worked in France after graduation as assistant director in TV (1966-68). He opened a new season in modern Iranian cinema with his works. He emigrated to France in 1980 and returned in early ’90s. He made Iran Is My Land (1998) which has not been released yet. His films were awarded some international prizes.
Films include: P for Pelican (short) 1971; Stony Garden 1975; OK Mister 1978; Location Scouting (Fr.) 1993.
KORANI, MASSOUD
Cinematographer.
Films include: Domrol (co) 1993; A True Story 1995; Tales of Kish (“Order” episode); Siavash (co) 1998; The Afflicted Generation (co) 1999.
KOUSHAN, MAHMOUD
Cinematographer. B. 1932, Tehran.
Films include: Fabulous Amir Arsalan 1955; The Sleeping Lion 1976; Hasanak 1992; Assault 1996.
KOWSARI, BARAN
Actress. B. 1985; the daughter of director Rakhshan Bani-Etemad and producer Jahangir Kowsari.
Films include: Best Daddy in the World 1991; The Blue-Veiled 1994; Tales of Island (“Rain and Native” episode) 1998; Under the Skin of the City 1999.
KOWSARI, FARIBA
Actress. B. 1966, Zahedan.
Films include: In the Wind’s Eye 1988; The Snake Fang 1989; Eclipse 1992; The Brave Boy 1993.
KOWSARI, JAHANGIR
Producer, executive producer. B. 1951, Tehran; graduated in cinema from FDA, the husband of director Rakhshan Bani-Etemad. He was a professional soccer player in leading Tehran’s teams from 1968 to 1978 and started his career as a sport journalist; meanwhile made some short films and worked for sport TV programs as a football commentator and reporter. Started his film career as production manager in the mid ’80s and as producer with The May Lady (1997, R. Bani-Etemad).
Films include: Two Women 1998; The Sun Girls 1999.

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LACHINI, AZITA
Actress. B.1937, Tehran.
Films include: A Passenger from Paradise 1962; The Little Bird of Happiness 1987; The Adventurous Journey 1996; Blue 2000.
LACHINI, FARIBORZ
Film composer. B. 1949, Tehran; graduated in music from Sorbonne of Paris, started his career with Baba Khaldar (1975, M. Asadollahi) after making children and young adults’ songs.
Films include: Maryam and Mani 1980; The Snake’s Fang 1989; The Song of Tehran 1991; The Wolf’s Trail 1992; Bluff 1993; Speed 1996; As a Stranger 1997; Friends 1999.
LAKANI, MINA
Actress. B. 1972, Tehran; graduated in Cinema.
Films include: Remember the Flight 1992; The Day of Angel 1993; Visit 1994; The Eastern Woman 1997.
LATIFI, MOHAMMAD-HOSSEIN
Director, art director, costume designer and make-up artist. B. 1962, Tehran.
Films: (as director) Speed 1996; The Bride on the Run 2000.
LOQMANI, ALI
Cinematographer. B. 1962, Mashhad
Films include:  In the Alleys of Love 1990; The Purple Plain 1994; The Kind Moon 1995; Autumn Alley (doc) 1997; Bride of Fire 2000.
LORESTANI, SHOHREH
Actress. B. 1966, Tehran; graduated in theater from the Faculty of Fine Arts of Tehran University.
Films include: The Need 1991; Fugitive 1993; Leili Is with Me 1995; Mahbubeh 1993.
LOTFI, GHOLAM-HOSSEIN
Actor, director. B. 1949, Qazvin; graduated in theater from the Faculty of Fine Arts of Tehran University. He has directed one feature.
Films include: (as actor) Lead 1988; The Last Act 1990; Sting 1993; The Sunny Man 1993; Shifteh 1999.

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MAQSOUDI, REZA
Screenwriter.
Films include: Alley and the Museum (co-sc.) 1994; Leili Is with Me 1995; Maternal Love 1997; Sheida 1998.
MAHASENI, MITRA
Still photographer. B. 1954, Tehran; B.A. in visual design, graduated in photo journalism from England, the wife of director of photography Aziz Sa’ati. She is one of the few women who are involved in still photography in Iran and is known one of the most distinguished still photographers among her colleagues.
Films include: The Lodgers 1986; Canary Yellow 1988; The Last Act 1970; Narges, Once upon a Time, Cinema 1991; The Actor 1992; The Blue-Veiled 1994; Minoo Watch Tower 1993; The Glass Agency 1997; Under the Skin of the City 1999; Traveler of Rey 2000; A House Built on Water 2001.
MAHIN-TORABI, MEHRANEH
Actress. B. 1957, Karaj; graduated in theater from FFATU.
Films include: Attorney General 1991; Passion of Life 1998.
MAHJUB, HOSSEIN
Actor. B. 1948, Rasht.
Films include: The Mare 1985; Reyhaneh 1989; The Last Act 1990; The Color of Paradise 1998.
MAJIDI, MAJID
Director, screenwriter, actor. B. 1959, Tehran; started his career as an actor in Mohsen Makhmalbaf’s early films. He made some short films in the late 1980s and directed his first feature film, Baduk in 1991. Majidi’s later works are also on the basis of subjects clearly related to children and young adults. He became an international figure of Iranian cinema with his first film and received various prizes from major international festivals, such as San Sebastian, Sao Polo and Montreal. His Children of Heaven was an Oscar nominee and his latest two films, which were very successful abroad among public, also represented Iranian cinema for the same competition.
Films include: The Father 1995; The Color of Paradise  1998; Baran 2000, Color of Hope 2002.
MAKHMALBAF, MEYSAM
Still photographer, editor. B.1981, Tehran; the son of director Mohsen Makhmalbaf and brother of Samira Makhmalbaf, started with The Apple (1997, S. Makhmalbaf).
Films include: Silence 1998; The Blackboard 1999; How Samira Made The Blackboard (dir. Doc.) 2000.
MAKHMALBAF, SAMIRA
Director. B. 1979, Tehran; the daughter of Mohsen Makhmalbaf, the prominent Iranian film director. As the youngest Iranian director started filmmaking with The Apple (1997), attracted international attention, and with his second film, The Blackboard (1999) received prizes from the festivals of Sao Polo (1998), Salonika (1998) London (1998) and Cannes (1999) and more. She has been a jury member in some major film festivals.
MAKHMALBAF, MOHSEN
Director, screenwriter, editor, producer. B. 1957 ,Tehran. The father of director Samira Makhmalbaf and husband of director Marzieh Meshkini; he was in prison during 1974-79 because of political activities against the Shah regime. Began his art career as writing for radio and stage, and published many short stories and plays in the early 1980s, most of which were represented on radio and stage.  He made his first feature, Nasouh Repentance in 1982. After early films which he entitled them as “illustrated stories” he astounded everybody with his fifth film, The Peddler. Since then, he became one of the most outstanding and the most controversial directors in Iranian cinema. He depicts political and social themes in almost all his works, but one can observe the traces of artistic or philosophical aspects with a poetic tone. Makhmalbaf’s films were also among the most praised works of Iranian cinema in international scale and have received various prizes from different festivals. He writes the scripts of his films, edits them and has been the producer of his recent films.
Films include: Feeling from Evil to Good 1982; Boycott 1985; Marriage of the Blessed, The Cyclist 1988; Time of Love, The Nights of Zayandeh-Roud 1990; Once upon a Time, Cinema 1991; The Actor 1992; Salaam Cinema 1994; A Moment of Innocence 1995; Gabbe 1996; Silence 1997; Tales of Kish (Door episode) 1998; Kandahar 2000; The Afghan Alphabet (short) 2002..
MALEKI, KEYHAN
Actor. B. 1968, Tehran; graduated in theater from Azad University.
Films include: The Miracle of Laughter 1996; Barani 1999.
MALEKI, HOSSEIN
Cinematographer. B. 1941, Tehran.
Films include: The Need 1991; Grown-up’s Games 1992; Fire Line 1994; The Color of the Night 2000.
MALEK-NASR, YASAMAN
Actress, director. B. 1955, Tehran; graduated in cinema and television from the USC.
Films include: Sara 1992; The Common Concern (+dir.) 1994; Cinema Is Cinema 1996; The Sound of Love 2000.
MALEKZADEH, FIROUZ
Cinematographer. B. 1942, Tehran; started cinematography with The Traveler (1974, A. Kiarostami). He emigrated to Australia in 1986, but between his trips to Iran he photographed other films.
Films include: The Runner 1984; The Mare 1985; Bashu, the Little Stranger 1986; Cease - Feud 1992.
MANSOURI, TOURAJ
Cinematographer, director. B. 1954, Tehran; began cinematography with Frosty Roads (1987, M. Jafari-Jowzani), received the prize for the film and then for  Hamoon (1989, D. Mehrjui) from FFF. He directed short films, and worked as assistant director in some films.
Films include: Beyond the Mist 1985; Banu (released in ’98) 1991; Zero Heights 1992; Battle of Oil Tankers (co) 1993; The Face 1995; Saghar 1997; Bread and Love... and Motocycle 1000  2000.
MASHAYEKHI, JAMSHID
Actor. B. 1934, Tehran; started stage acting in the late 1940s and film acting with Brick and Mirror (1965, E. Golestan). Subsequently after a four-year delay, he acted in The Cow (1969, D. Mehrjui) and Qaysar (1969, M. Kimiai). In most of his films, he appeared as the elders of family and grandfathers with his white hair and charismatic face and figure. He received the prize for The Grandfather (1985, M. Qarizadeh) from the First Festival of Non-aligned Countries in North Korea.
Films include: Curse 1973; Prince Ehtejab 1974; Brefts of Hope 1977; Kamalolmolk 1983; The Lead 1988; Honeymoon 1992.
MASSOUMI, KAZEM
Director. B. 1961, Tehran.
Films include: The Thief and the Writer 1985; Suspicion 1992.
MASSOUMI, KHOSROW
Director. B. 1955, Behshahr; graduated in cinema and theater from FDA.
Films include: Visit 1986; The Night Journey 1997, A Wing to Fly 2001.
MASSOUMI, PARVANEH
Actress. B. 1944, Tehran.
Films include: Downpour1972; Stranger and Fog 1975; Tatoureh  1983; Captain Khorshid 1986; Once upon a Time, Cinema 1991; Traveler of Rey 2000.
MAZINANI, ALI-AKBAR
Cinematographer, producer. B. 1946, Mazinan.
Films include: Death in the Rain 1974; The Rain of Blood 1980; Eagles 1984; Scent of Rose 2000.
MEHRABI, ESMAIL
Actor. B. 1944, Tehran; graduated in theater from FFATU.
Films include: Vultures Die 1980; The First Deputy 1986; Courtship 1989.
MEHRANFAR, FARHAD
Director, screenwriter. B. 1959, Bandar Anzali; graduated in cinema from FCTAU. He made his first feature, Paper Missile (1976), after nearly thirty documentaries.
Other feature films: The Tree of Life 1987; The Winter Song 2000.
MEHRJUI, ZHILA
Costume designer and art director. B. 1945; graduated in cinema from the IRIB Faculty (1970) and studied sociology of cinmea in France (1978). The sister of director Dariush Mehrjui, began working with him in Hamoon (1989).
Films include: Banu (costume designer) 1991; Love+2 (co) 1998; Smell of Camphor, Fragrance of Jasmine 1999; Maral 2000.
MEHRJUI, DARIUSH
Director, scriptwriter. B. 1940, Tehran; graduated in philosophy from UCLA. After his debu, Diamond 33 (1967), made The Cow (1969) which is an outstanding work in his career and history of Iranian cinema. He is regarded as one of the intellectual directors of Iranian cinema and most of his films  are inspired by literature and adopted based on Iranian and foreign novels and plays.
Films include: Mr. Simpleton 1971; The Postman 1972; The Cycle (released in 1978) 1975; The School We Went To (released in ’86) 1980; Journey to the Land of Rambo (doc. in France) 1984; The Lodgers 1986; Hamoon 1989; Banu (released in ’98) 1991; Pari 1994; Leila 1996; The Pear Tree 1998; Bemani 2002.
MEHRNIA, MEHRI
Actress. B. 1928, Tehran.
Films include: The Foreign Bride 1964; Monster 1985; Off the Limits 1987; The Blue- Veiled 1994; Beyond the Mirror 1997.
MEHRZAD, TURAN
Actress. B. 1930 Tehran.
Films include: The Window 1979; Hamoon 1989; Pari 1994; Red 1998.
MESHKINI, MARZIEH
Director. The wife of director Mohsen Makhmalbaf; after working with him as assistant director, she made her debut, The Day I Became a Woman in 2000. The film gained the attention of international festivals and received a number of prizes at international festivals.
MIAMI, MAHDI
Actor. B. 1953, Tehran; graduated in theater from FFATU.
Films include: The Road 1981; Like Wind 1988; Yahya 1995; The Victorious Warrior 1998.
MILANI, TAHMINEH
Director, screenwriter. B. 1960, Tabriz; graduated in architecture from the University of Science and Industry (1986); started directing with Children of Divorce (1989) after some experience as assistant director. She deals with women’s problems and sufferings in her recent films with a political background; received admiration and prizes especially for Two Women.
Films include: Legend of Ah 1990; What Else Is New? 1991; Kakado 1994; Two Women 1998; The Hidden Half 2000.
MINOUI, MEHRZAD
Editor, director. B. 1951, Qazvin; graduated in editing from the IRIB Faculty (1979), started editing with Under the Rain (1985, S. Daad). He’s directed a feature called Manuscripts (1986) and received the prize for the Best Editor from FFF.
Films include: The Mare 1985; Under the Roofs of the City 1989; The Girl by the Pond (co-ed.) 1990; The Boots 1991; The Altar of Fire 1993; Mercedes 1997; The Hemlock (co-ed.) 1999; Traveler of Rey 2001.
MIRBAGHERI, DAVOUD
Director, screenwriter. B. 1958, Tehran; graduated in mine engineering. He is also working as director of popular plays and TV series. He is interested in historical subjects and humorous approach to social themes. His strong treatment, especially in working with dialogs shows him as a serious filmmaker and screenwriter.
Films: The Snowman (released in ’97) 1994;  The Sorceress 1997; Traveler of Rey 2001.
MIRFAKHRAI, MAJID
Costume designer, art director. B. 1950, Tehran; graduated in art directing from FDA and Royal Academy of London. He started his career with Crisis (1987, A. Shadervan) and is one of the best in the field in Iranian cinema. He received the prize for The Last Flight (1989, A. Darvish) and The Fateful Day (1994, Sh. Asadi) from FFF.
Films include: Footsteps on the Sand 1987; Horizon, Death of Tiger 1988; Malek Khatoon, Lucifer 1990; Explosion in the Operation Room 1991; Secret of the Dagger 1992; The Epic of Majnoon 1993; Takhti, the World Champion (unfinished) 1996; The Pilot 1997; Takhti, the World Champion (second version); The Victorious Warrior,  Eve’s Red Apple 1998.
MIRKARIMI, REZA
Director. B. 1966 in Tehran; after making some short films and two TV series directed his debut, The Child and the Soldier, in 1999. His second film, Under the Moonlight (2001), was awarded at Cannes.
MIRZADEH, MOJTABA
Film composer, B. 1945, Kermanshah; graduated in Music from Tehran University.
Films include: Carriage Driver 1971; Sentenced to Death 1981; Travelers to the Moon 1987; Flowers and Bullets 1992.
MIRKIANI, MEHRDAD
Make-up artist. B. 1963, Tehran.
Films include: The First Deputy 1987; The Ship Anjelica 1988; Battle of Oil Tankers 1993; Scent of Joseph’s Shirt 1995; The Glass Agency 1997; The Hemlock, Mummy III 1999.
MIRSEPASI, SOHRAB
Editor. B. 1956, Semnan.
Films include: The Ditch  1986; For Everything 1989; Mr. Deputy Governor 1991; The Alley and the Museum 1994; Innocent, Bitter Almonds 1997.
MIRSHEKARI, JAHANGIR
Sound recordist. B. 1947, Abadan; graduated from IRIB Faculty (1972), began working in cinema with Bashu, the Little Stranger (1986, B. Bayzai). He worked in TV as assistant sound recordist (1970-72), and, as a prominent sound recordist in Iranian cinema, received the prizes from FFF for Where Is My Friend’s Home? (1986, A. Kiarostami), The Lodgers (1986, D. Mehrjui), Under the Roofs of the City (1989, A. Hashemi), The Actor (1992, M. Makhmalbaf), Land of the Sun (1996, A. Darvish) and Born under Libra (1998, A. Darvish).
Films include: The Leaden Period 1988; Close-Up 1989; Nights of Zayandehroud, Time of Love, Longing for Marriage, Two Features with One Ticket 1990; Valley of Butterflies 1991; Abadanis 1992; The Common Concern, Heart and Dagger, Salaam Cinema (co) 1994; Dandelion, Hotel Carton 1996; A Taste of Cherry, Psycho, The Pear Tree 1997; The Wind Will Carry Us, The Corrupted Hands 1999; Maral, Killing Rabids 2000.
MOADDABIAN, DARIUSH
Actor, director. B. 1950, Tehran; graduated in theatre from FFATU. With a theartrical Background he has also directed two feature films.
Films include: (as actor) Dossier 1983; A Man and a Bear 1992; A Midsummer Night’s Dream (+dir.) 1994; A Girl in the Sneakers 1998.
MOAYYERI, FARHANG
Make-up designer. B. 1943, Tehran; began working in cinema with The Brick and the Mirror (1965, E. Golestan). As a veteran make-up designer of cinema and TV, has trained many students.
Films include: Topoli 1972; The Crow 1977; Journey of Stone, Ballad of Tara 1978; The Red Line 1982; The Weak Point 1983; Bashu, the Little Stragner, The Spell 1986; Travelers 1991; Shadow to Shadow 1996; Psycho 1997;  Killing Rabids 2000.
MOAYYERIYAN, JALAL
Make-up designer. B. 1941, Tehran; graduated in acting, started working in cinema with Tranquility in the Presence of Others (1973, N. Taqvai). A prominent make-up artist who has more than 80 feature films and 30 TV series in his career. He received the prizes for The Lead (1988, M. Kimiai) and Ghazal (1995, M. Ra’ee)
Films include: Viva... 1979; The School We Went To 1980; Death of Yazdgerd 1981; Kamalolmolk 1983; The First Deputy 1986; Branches of Willow, In the Wind’s Eye, The Ship Anjelica 1988; Gozal, The Tale of That Happy Man 1990; Shaqayeq, Avinar, Two and a Half Persons, Pickpockets Don’t Go to Heaven 1991; The Misty Harbour, Sara, Wolf’s Trail 1992; The Fall, Antidote 1993; Kakado, The Heavenly Earth 1994; The Tempest 1996; Die Hard 1997; The Punishment Committee 1998; The Unfinished Song, Holy Mary 2000.
MOAZZEZI, AKBAR
Actor. B. 1943, Tehran.
Films include: Come Stranger 1967; The Journey of Stone 1977; Blade and Silk 1985; The Bride 1990; The Day of Devil 1994; Takhti, the World Champion 1997; Protest 1999; The Blank Page 2002..
MOFIDI, ROUHOLLAH
Actor, make-up artist. B. 1929, Yazd.
Films include: (as actor) Parichehr 1951; Investigation on a Murder 1983; Pickpockets Don’t Go to Heaven 1991; The Night of Fox 1996.
MOHAJER, REZA
Cinematographer, still photographer. B. 1948, Hamedan; before starting cinematography, he worked as still photographer.
Films include: Chariot of Death, The Deadly Escape 1996; Love without Frontier (co) 1998.
MOHAMMADI, AKRAM
Actress. B. 1961, Tehran.
Films include: The Mother 1989; Sorceress 1997; Sheida 1998.
MOHAMMADI, MANOUCHEHR
Producer. B. 1956, Abadan; graduated in sociology from Tehran University; began film producing with Hey, Joe! (1988, M. Asgari-Nasab). Founded a production company, Sina Film, along with Seifollah Daad and Manoochehr Asgari-Nasab. He was the Director of Supervision on Filmmaking in Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance (1997-2000).
Films include: The Singer Cat (co) 1990; I Love the Earth (co), The Spouse (co) 1993; The Survivor (co) 1995; Traveler of Rey, Under the Moonlight 2000; The Low Heights 2002.
MOHAMMADZADEH, HASSAN
Director, B. 1937, Uroumia; graduated in cinema from US.
Films include: The Scarecrow 1984; Demon’s Prison 1992.
MOHEBB-E-AHARI, HOSSEIN
Actor. B. 1951, Tehran; graduated in Persian literature.
Films include: Rapport 1986; Two Features with One Ticket 1990; The Spouse 1993; The Paper Bride 1995.
MOHTADI, ROOHANGIZ
Actress. B. 1945, Tehran.
Films include: The Scarecrow 1983; Under the Roofs of the City 1989; Great Expectation 1993; Speed 1996.
MOHSENINASAB, MOHSEN
Director. B. 1959, Tehran; graduated from IRIB Faculty.
Films include: Rain Again 1992; The Last Stage 1995; Assault 1998.
MOHIMAN, PARVANEH
Cinematographer. B.  1951, Shiraz; the wife of cinematographer Mohammad Zarfam. She’s the only female cinematographer in Iranian cinema, but she has not been active since ten years ago.
Films: The City of Mice 1984; The Highschool 1986; Kowkab’s Secret 1989; Alma 1992.
MOJABI, ZOHREH
Actress, B. 1959, Qazvin; graduated in theater.
Films include: Ilia, the Young Painter 1992; To Be or Not to Be 1997; Barani 1999.
MOKHTARI, EBRAHIM
Director, screenwriter. B. 1947, Babol; graduated in cinema from IRIB Faculty (1973); made his debut, Zinat in 1993. He has a background as a documentarist with 20 films in his career.
MOLLAQOLIPOUR, RASOUL
Director, writer, B. 1955 Tehran; started film directing with Neynava (1983). His films tend either to war or social problems as subject matters and critisize the current situation; he has constantly provoked reactions from audiences and film critics.
Films include: Nocturnal Flight 1986; Horizon 1988; The Possessed 1990; Journey to Chazzabeh 1995; Hiva 1998; The Afflicted Generation 1999; The Poisonous Mushroom 2002.
MOQADDAM, SAAMAAN
Director. B. 1968, Tehran.
Films: Siavash 1998; Party 2000.
MOQADDAM, JALAL
Director, screenwriter, actor. B. 1929, Neyshaboor; D. 1996; made his debut Three Mad Men in 1968. He turned to cinema by writing screenplay of South of the City (1958, F. Ghaffari) and other scripts. Moqaddam has a number of distinguished films in his career, but he could not pursue his work successfully during the last decade of his career.
Films include: The Window 1970; Escape from the Trap, The Secret of the Service Tree 1971; The Nest of Love 1984; The Suitcase 1986.
MOQADDAS, NADER
Director. B. 1958, Amol.
Films: Purple Plain 1994; The Passion of Love 1999.
MOQANLOU, NASRIN
Actress. B. 1962, Uroumia.
Films include: Hope 1991; The Spouse 1993; The Unforgiven 1996.
MORADPOUR, AHMAD
Director, B. 1960, Tehran.
Films: The Altar of Fire 1993; Ranger 1999.
MORADI KERMANI, HOUSHANG
Screenwriter, B. 1944 , Sirch (Kerman); graduated from FDA, began screenwriting with Kakoli (1989); writer of novels and short stories since 1968; the most reputed writer for children and young adults whose main books have been adopted by prominent Iranian directors. A collection of his famous stories, The Adventures of Majid, were made into TV series (K. Pourahmad, 1990-92) which led to his popularity and fame in Iran. He received the prize for Tick Tack (M.-A. Talebi) from FFF and has also won the prize of Hans Christian Andersen. His books have been translated into many foreign languages.
Films include: The Jar 1992;  The Bag of Rice (co) 1996; Sweet Jam 2001.
MORADIYAN, YOUSEF
Actor. B. 1970, Tehran.
Films include: Friends 1998; The Legend of Love 1999; Mr. President 2000.
MORTAZAVI, KEYHAN
Art director and costume designer. B. 1956, Tehran; studied art directing from FDA (1979). Started his work in cinema with The Daisies (1984, R. Sadr-Ameli).
Films include: The Last Image 1986; Nar-o-Ney 1988; Portrait of Love 1990; The Abyss 1993.
MOSAFFA, ALI
Actor. B. 1966, Tehran; graduated in civil engineering from Tehran University (1995). The husband of actress Leila Hatami, started film acting with Hope (1991, H. Kavosh). After appearing in some unimportant films, he managed to work with prominent directors. Mosaffa is a popular young actor and received the prize from FFF for Pari (1994, D. Mehrjui). He has recently started filmmaking with short films.
Films include: All My Daughters 1993; Minoo Watch Tower 1995; Leila 1997; The Mix, The Party 1999.
MOSTAFAVI, FARID
Screenwriter. B. 1954, Tehran; B.A. in economics, started his career as a screenwriter with Paizan (1987, R.  Sadr-Ameli).
Films include: Off the Limits 1987; Hope 1992
MOTAMED-ARIA, FATEMEH
Actress. B. 1961, Tehran; graduated in acting, began her work in puppet shows since 1975; started his career in cinema with The Strife (1986, M. A. Sajjadi). As a prominent and popular actress, she has shown her talent and versality in different roles.
Films include: Dowry for Robab 1987; Wilderness 1988; Reyhaneh 1989; Once upon a Time, Cinema, Travelers 1991; The Actor, Once and for All 1992; The Spouse 1993; The Blue- Veiled 1994; The Changed Man 1998; Smoked Glasses 1999.
MOTAMEDI, AHMAD-REZA
Director. B.1956, Tehran.
Films: The Fall 1993; Ugly and Beautiful 1998.
MO’TAREF, MARYAM
Actress, B. 1945; graduated in theater from FFATU. M.A. in theater from Paris.
Films include: Beyond the Mist 1985; Apartment No. 13 1990; The Moon and the Sun 1996.
MOTEVASSELANI, MOHAMMAD
Actor, director, B. 1935, graduated in cinema from UCLA. He was a comedian with his two partners as a comedy team since the late 1950s and appeared in more than 20 films. He has directed nine features during that period and three features after the Revolution.
Films include: (as actor) Tempest in Our City 1958; Three Riflemen 1964; Heart and Dagger 1994; Banichaw 1995; The Night of Fox 1996. (as director): Fear and Darkness 1963; Mirza Nowrouz’s Shoes 1985; The Searcher 1990; Two Sids of  a Coin 1993.
MOUINI, MOHAMMAD-REZA
Editor, B. 1957, Hamedan; graduated in editing from IRIB Faculty. He won the Crystal Simorgh from FFF for The Bride (1990, B. Afkhami) and The Party (2000, S. Moqaddam).
Films include: The Dolls Thief 1990; Baduk, The Need 1991; The Day of Angel 1993; Protest, The Hemlock 1994; Blue 2000.
MOUSAVI, SEYYED GHOLAM-
REZA
Producer, B.1951, Torbat-e-Jam; began his career as journalist and film critic in 1973, started producing films with The Liegemen (1981, M. Sabbaghzadeh). He was the chief editor of Cinema weekly (1991-2001).
Films include: Senator (co) 1984; The Finishing Line (co) 1987; Red 1998; Tick 2002.
MOZAFFARI, MAJID
Actor, B. 1951, Tehran; started his career as a stage actor and has played also in films and TV series.
Films include: Fairy Land 1973; The Monster 1985, The Ship Anjelica 1988; Travelers 1991; The Shadows of Invasion 1992; Typhoon 1996; Killing Rabids 2000.

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NADERI, AMIR
Director, screenwriter, B. 1945, Abadan; made his debut, Adieu Friend in 1971. He began his career with still photography for some notable Iranian features. Thus, he developed his knowledge of cinema through watching films and making relationship with leading film critics and turned to directing. In 1970s, Naderi made some of the most important features of the New Iranian Cinema. In these films, he depicts the miseries of people in the margin of society.  The Runner, paved a new way in his career. This film is among the first Iranian features released internationally and won the major prize of the Three Continents Festival of Nantes (France, 1986). His Water, Wind, Dust picked some international prizes, too. Naderi immigrated to the US in 1986 and is still living there. He has succeeded in making three features in the US. In some of his films, Naderi concerns himself with the character and individuality of children and young adults who appear as protagonists.
Films include: Deadlock, Tangsir, Harmonica 1973; Elegy 1975; Made in Iran 1978; The Search (doc) 1980; The Search II 1981; The Runner 1984; Water, Wind, Dust 1985; Manhattan by Numbers 1993; A.B.C. Manhattan 1997.
NAJAFI, AHMAD
Actor, producer, B. 1948, Khorramshahr; B.A. in Economics from the University of Woodberry (Los Angeles).
Films include (as actor): The Snake Fang 1989; The Fugitive 1993; The Sand Storm 1995; Help Me 1997; The Sound of Love 1999.
NAJAFI, MOHAMMAD-ALI
Director, screenwriter, art director, B. 1945, Isfahan; M.A in architecture from Melli University; started directing in cinema with Athar's Syllabus (1978).
Films include: Report on a Murder 1986; The Night Nurse 1987; The Heavenly Earth 1994; Taher's Love 1999.
NAJAFI, YADOLLAH
Sound recordist; began working in cinema with The Legend of Ah (1990, T. Milani); received the prize Crystal Simorgh from FFF for Travelers (1991, B. Bayzai) and Baran (2000, M. Majidi).
Films include: For Everything 1990; The Need, Pickpockets Don't Go to Heaven 1991; The Legend of Mahpalang, From Karkheh to Rhine, My Eyes for You 1992; Through the Olive Trees, The Fugitive 1993; The Purple Plain 1994; To the Last Gasp (screening in 98), The Father 1995; The Mirror, Children of Heaven 1996; Birth of a Butterfly, Maternal Love 1997; The Victorious Warrior, The Color of Paradise 1998; The Strangers, The Whisper 1999; Going by, Baran, You're Free 2000.
NAJAFIAN, RASOUL
Actor, B. 1951, Tehran; graduated in psychology and made 8 mm. amateurish films in 1970s.
Films include: Nar-o-Ney 1988; The Portrait of Love 1990; The Sorceress 1997; Traveler of Rey 2000.
NAJAFZADEH, FOAD
Still photographer, B. 1952, Tehran; graduated from FCTAU.
Films include: Like a Cloud in the Spring 1988; Kimia 1994; Land of the Sun 1996.
NAKHA’EE, SASAN
Sound recordist; began working in cinema with The Best Daddy of the World (1991, D. Farhang).
Films include (co): Banu, The Love Stricken 1991; The Glory of Return, Sara 1992; I Love the Earth 1993; To Be or Not to Be, The Little Man 1997; The City of Women 1998.
NAQAVI, FATEMEH
Actress, B. 1954, Tehran; graduated in children's psychology. The wife of actor Atila Pesiani.
Films include: Scabies 1986; Two Features with One Ticket 1369; Travelers 1991; The Afflicted Generation 1999.
NAQIZADEH, ASGHAR
Actor, B. 1962, Tehran.
Films include: Nassouh`s Repentance 1982;The Immigrant 1989; From Karkheh to Rhine 1992; The Glass Agency 1997; The Crystal Man 1993.
NAQSHBANDI, AS'AD
Still photographer, B. 1957; studied photography at FCT.
Films include: The Rapport 1986; Savalan 1989; The May Lady 1997.
NASSERI, FEREYDOUN
Film composer, B. 1930, Tehran; graduated from Academy of Music, and Royal Conservatory of Brussels (Belgium). He started film composing with Sattar Khan (1972, A. Hatami) and served as conductor of Barbad Orchestra in radio and conductor of Tehran Symphonic Orchestra.
Films include: The Season of Blood 1981; Captain Khorshid 1986; Hey, Joe! 1988; O Iran 1990; The Attorney General 1991.
NASIRIAN, ALI
Actor, B. 1934, Tehran; started stage acting in 1952, began his career in cinema with The Cow (1969, D. Mehrjui). He made a remarkable career through appearing in distinguished films and memorable performances as TV actor.
Films include: Mr. Simpleton 1970; The Postman, Sattar Khan 1972; The Cycle 1978; The School We Went to 1970; Scent of Joseph's Shirt 1995.
NASIRPOUR, MAHTAB
Actress, B. 1965, Kazeroun; graduated in acting from FFATU.
Films include: Travelers 1991; Hello, Hello, I'm a Chick 1993; The Converted World 1997.
NAZARIYEH, PARIVASH
Actress, B. 1969, Gachsaran; studied theater at FCTAU.
Films include: The Bride of Halabcheh 1990; The Father 1995; Prostration on Water 1996; Smell of Camphor, Fragrance of Jasmine 1999; You're Free 2000.
NICKRAFTAR, ALI
Still photographer, B. 1959; graduated in photography from FFATU.
Films include: Smell of Camphor, Fragrance of Jasmine 1999; Party 2000.
NIKKHAH-AZAD, VAHID
Producer, director, screenwriter, B. 1956, Tehran; started producing films with The Fish (1988, K. Partovi). He has also written stories for children and has founded "House of Art and Literature for Children and Young Adults". Some of his sketches and stories have been made into films. He's recently directed two features.
Films include (as producer): The Silence 1990; The Old Men's School 1991; Bread and Poem 1994; The Mirror 1996; The Child and The Soldier 1999.
NOJOUMI, MAHTAJ
Actress, B. 1949, Tehran; graduated from FCT.
Films include: The Cow 1969; The Spring 1972; Foreign Currency 1989; In Cold Blood 1994; Smell of Camphor, Fragrance of Jasmine 1999.
NOUR, FOAD
Producer, B. 1947, Tehran; started his career as a movie theater owner and his first film as producer was Visa (1987, B. Reypour).
Films include: The Harbour 1988; The Abyss 1993; The Conqueror, The Face (co) 1995; Prostration on Water (co) 1996; Wild Jasmines (co) 1997.
NOUROLLAHI, HOUSHANG
Producer.
Films include: Mirza Nowrooz's Shoes (co) 1985; Maybe Some Other Time (co) 1987; The Lost Time (co) 1989; Longing for Marriage 2000; Shaqayeq (co) 1991.
NOWNAHALI, ROYA
Actress, B. 1964, Tehran; studied painting; worked in theater since 1984 and started film acting with The Beloved Is at Home (1987, K. Sinai). Then she was selected by Mohsen Makhmalbaf for Marriage of the Blessed and received the prize from FFF. Her performance in Smell of Camphor, Fragrance of Jasmine was awarded with the prize of Best Supporting Actress at the festival.
Films include: The Imperfect Man 1992; The Fifth Season 1996; The Women's Prison 2001; The  House Built on Water 2002.

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OLOV, ZHALEH
Actress, dubbing artist, B. 1927, Tehran; started working in theater in 1949, made her screen debut in The Tempest of Life (1948, A. Daryabeigi).
Films include: The Spring Variety 1949; The Window, Towqi 1970; Dash Akol 1971; The Lost Time 1989; The Fateful Day 1994; Sultan 1996.
OVEISI, FATH'ALI
Actor, director, B. 1945, Qom; graduated from State University of Texas. He has also directed two features.
Films include (as actor):  Lord of the Forest 1984; Captain Khorshid 1986; The Lead 1987; Hamoon 1989; Banu 1996; Takhti, the World Champion 1997; One Step to Death 1998.

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PAYVAR, AMIR
Actor, B. 1914, Qazvin.
Films include: The Journey 1994; Leila 1996; Cloud and the Sun 1997.
PAYVAR, HOMAYOUN
Cinematographer, B. 1945, Tehran; graduated in cinema from FDA and School of Cinema in Austria. Started his career with The Liegemen (1981, M. Sabbaghzadeh). A veteran cinematographer, he has worked with Kiarostami in two of his films.
Films include: The Peddler (first episode) 1986; Nar-o-Ney 1991; And Life Goes On... 1991; Zinat 1997; A Taste of Cherry 1999; The Daughters of Sun, The Seven Acts 2000.
PAKNIYAT, MAHMOUD
Actor, B. 1952, Kazeroun.
Films include: The Branches of Willow 1988; Ghazal 1994; Land of the Sun 1996; The Secret Club 1998.
PAKSIMA, MOHAMMAD-TAQI
Cinematographer, B. 1959, Mashhad.
Films include: The Fright 1987; The Immigrant 1989; The Altar of Fire 1993; The Ranger 1999.
PAKZAD, REZA
Cinematographer.
Films include: Whirlpool 1982; Doleto 1984; Water, Wind, Dust 1985; The Encounter 1986.
PANAHI, HOSSEIN
Actor, B. 1956, Kohkilouyeh.
Films include: In the Wind's Eye 1988; The Shadow of Imagination 1990; The Imperfect Man 1991; The Fateful Day 1994; The Tales of Kish ("The Greek Ship" episode) 1998.
PANAHI, JAFAR
Director, screenwriter, editor, B. 1960, Maragheh. B.A in directing from IRIB Faculty (1988); turned out his first feature, The White Balloon in 1994. Before that, he had made short documentaries and short fiction films and worked as assistant director, most notably for Abbas Kiarostami in Through the Olive Trees (1993) which consequently boosted his career. Panahi made his first feature based on a script by Kiarostami. The White Balloon received the coveted prize, Camera d’Or from Cannes as well as other prizes from various festivals. The protagonists of his debut and second film are children. But in The Circle, through a social perspective, he is concerned with women. The Circle also won the Golden Lion at Venice.
Films: The White Balloon 1994; The Mirror 1996; The Circle 1999; Gold 2003.
PARASTOUI, PARVIZ
Actor. B. 1955, Hamedan; started his acting career in 1969 in theatrical performances initiated by Institute of Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults and other institutes. He made his acting debut in cinema with The Land of Lovers (1983). But in 1990s demonstrated his talent and established his career as one of the prominent actors in contemporary Iranian cinema. His performance in The Glass Agency (Ebrahim Hatamikia, 1997) was awarded with The Crystal Symorgh for the Best Actor from FFF.   
Films include: The Hunt 1987; The Snowman 1994; Leili Is with Me 1995; The Glass Agency 1997; The Changed Man 1998; The Red Ribbon 1998; Mummy 3 1999; Water and Fire 2001; The Dead Wave 2001; Dear, I Am not OK 2001.
PARSIPOUR, SHAHRIAR
Director, B. 1951, Tehran.
Films: The Portrait of Love 1990; Chance of Life 1991.
PARTO, MAZIAR
Cinematographer, director, B. 1933, Tehran; began working in cinema with Whisper of Love (1964). .He is a veteran DP in Iran who has more than fifty films in his career
Films include: Vampire Woman 1965; Hashem Khan 1966; Destiny 1967; A Thief, Three Mad Men 1968; Golden Hearts, Men of the Time, Qaysar 1969; The Stranger 1973; The Rebellion, Mirza Nowrooz's Shoes 1985; The Game Is Over 1989; Return of Champion, The Extraordinary Journey 1990; Avinar 1991; The Snowman 1994.
PARTOVI, KAMBOUZIA
Director, screenwriter, B. 1955, Gilan, his debut The Fish (1988) received many prizes from world festivals. A concern for children's lives is notable at the center of his films. But in screenplays he has written for other directors, including The Circle (Jafar Panahi) and I, Taraneh, Am 15 (Rasoul Sadr-Ameli) he has focused on poor women.
Films include: The Singer Cat 1990; The Grown-Ups' Game 1992; Two Sisters 1994; Naneh Lala and Her Children 1996.
PETROSIAN, MAHAYA
Actress, B. 1969, Tehran; studied theater at FFATU. She started her career in cinema with a minor role in Love and Death (M.-R. A'lami) but, her major appearance was in The Last Act (V. Karim-Masihi). Petrosian was nominated for the prize of Best Supporting Actress for The Last Act, but was awarded later for her performance in The Seven Acts. She has frequently played cheerful and lively young girls.
Films include: What Else Is New?, Once upon a Time, Cinema 1991; The Actor 1992; Help Me 1997; The Seven Acts  2000.
PEZHMAN, AHMAD
Film composer, B. 1935, Lar; graduated in music from Vienna Conservatory, began film scoring with Prince Ehtejab (1974, B. Farmanara). He's a distinguished composer who created the first Iranian opera, Samandar. In the early 1980s he went to the US but returned to the country in the early 90s. He has received the prize from FFF, for Smell of Camphor, Fragrance of Jasmine (1999, B. Farmanara) and Baran (2000, M. Majidi).
Films include: Made in Iran, The Tall Shadows of the Wind 1978; The Actor 1992; Zinat 1993; Kimia, The Blue-Veiled 1994; The Lost Love 1997; The House Built on Water 2001.
PIRDOUST, SAEED
Actor, B. 1940, Tehran.
Films include: The Red Line 1982; The Snake Fang 1989; The Cardboard Hotel 1996; The Corrupted Hands 1999.
PIROUZFAR, PARSA
Actor, B. 1972, Tehran; studied Painting at FFATU.
Films include: Pari 1994; The Feast 1995; Mercedes 1997; Protest 1999.
PISHVAEEYAN, JALAL
Actor, B. 1930, Tehran. He was one of the most famous character actors in late 1960s and 1970s but in 1980s he moved to Germany and when he returned home in 1990s couldn't repeat his success with his new films.
Films include: The Stroke 1964; Qaysar 1969; Dash Akol 1971; The Ambassador 1982; Blade and Silk 1986; Trade 1994.
PITZ, RAFI’
Director, B. 1966, Mashad; studied cinema in London. The son of Malek-Jahan Khazai, art director and costume designer; with his debut The Fifth Season (1996) received the Special Jury Prize from 48th Mannheim/Heidelberg Festival (Germany, 1997).
Other film: Sanam 1999.
POUYA, HASSAN
Cinematographer, B. 1958, Tehran.
Films include: The Gray City 1990; The Red Ribbon 1998; Born under Libra 1999; The Unfinished Song 2000.
POURAHMAD, KIOUMARS
Director, screenwriter, editor, producer, B. 1949, Najaf Abad (Isfahan); started his career as a film critic and assistant director in a TV series in early 1970s. He made his directorial debut, Tatureh in 1983 after making some short films. Children and young adults with their problems are the central characters in most of his films. Recently, Pourahmad has shown a tendency toward mass audience and box office and his latest film, The Yalda Night, was a self-expression. Pourahmad published recently his autobiography, Unfinished Childhood.
Films include: Swallow My Tree 1985; The Harbour 1988; The Quiet Hunt 1989; The Shame, The Morning After 1992; Bread and Poem 1993; The Strange Sisters 1995; The Yalda Night 2001.
POURAMIN, SHAPOUR
Still photographer, B. 1955, Shiraz; graduated from FDA.
Films include: Frosty Roads 1984; Zinat 1993; The Poor Lover 1995.
POURARAB, ABOLFAZL
Actor, B. 1961, Tehran; after some stage performances, began film acting with a minor role in Plectrum (1983, Kh. Malekan), but came into prominence with The Bride (1991, B. Afkhami). In the early 1990s, while Iranian cinema was in search of new young talents, Pourarab gained popularity. He received the prize for The Bride from the 4th Film Festival of Non-aligned Countries.
Films include: Song of Tehran, Nargess 1991; Two Sides of a Coin 1992; The Face, In Cold Blood 1994; The Corrupted Hands 1999.
POURAZ'HARI, MORTEZA
Cinematographer. 
Films include: The Good Pilgrim 1985; By the Ponds 1986; Saray 1997.     
POURHOSSEINI, PARVIZ
Actor, B. 1941, Tehran; graduated in acting from FFATU (1975). His first performance in theater dates back to 1961, made his screen debut in The Spring (1972, A. Ovanesian). Because of his slim body and complexion, has mostly appeared as villain. Pourhosseini has been nominated twice at FFF.
Films include: Kamalolmolk 1983; Bashu, the Little Stranger 1986; The Ship Anjelica 1988; Valley of Butterflies 1991; The Zero Heights, The Day of Angel 1993; The Fifth Season 1996.
POURSAMADI, MORTEZA
Cinematographer, B. 1952, Hamedan. He mostly works for recent documentaries.
Films include: The Mirage 1986; The Restless Years 1994; The White Wings 1998.
POURSAMIMI, SAEED
Actor, B. 1943, Tehran, studied theater at FFATU, began working in theater from 1959. As a distinguished supporting actor, he has appeared in a variety of roles like supervisors, opportunists, etc. Poursamimi has won the prize of Best Supporting Actor, three times for Captain Khorshid (1986, N. Taqvai), The Snobs (1987, E. Vahidzadeh) and The Last Act (1990, V. Karim-Masihi) at FFF.
Films include: Hey, Joe! 1988; The Love-Stricken, The Old Men's School 1991; The Abadanis 1992; The Face 1994; Iran Is My Land 1998; The Afflicted Generation 1999.

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QADAKCHIAN, AHMAD
Actor. B. 1920, Tehran. The father of director Kamran Qadakchian.
Films include: The Golden Dreams 1951; Marjan 1956; Hashem Khan 1966; The Red Line 1982; Explosion in the Operation Room 1991.
QADAKCHIAN, KAMRAN
Director, editor. B. 1947, Tehran. The son of actor Ahmad Qadakchian.
Films include: (as director) Sorcerer 1972; The Song of Tehran 1992; Wounded 1997.
QADERI, IRAJ
Director, actor. B. 1935, Tehran.
Films include: (as director) I Want to Live 1994; Sam and Narges 2001.
QADIRIAN, ABDOLHAMID
Art director, costume designer. B. 1960, Tehran; graduated from FFATU.
Films include: Don’t Muddle the Water 1989; The Bride 1990; The Changed Man 1998 ; Holy Mary 2001.
QAFOURI, EBRAHIM
Cinematographer. B. 1960, Tehran.
Films include: The Peddler 1986; Travelers 1991; The Apple 1997; Kandahar 2000.
QAJAR, ABBAS
Actor.
Films include: The Weak Point 1983; The Snake Fang 1989; The Wolf’s Trail 1992; Protest 1999.
QARIB, SHAPOUR
Director. B. 1932, Semnan.
Films include: Fairies of King’s Daughter 1968; The Stranger 1972; Let Me Live 1986; Tears and Smiles 1995.
QARIBIAN, FARAMARZ
Actor, director. B. 1941, Tehran; stopped educating film acting in the School of Visual Arts, US (1971), started his career with a short role in Come Stranger (1968, M. Kimiai). His first professional debut was Soil (1973, M. Kimiai). In most of his films, he’s played the role of resolute men who for acheiving their goals or preserving their ideals, have the potential of facing conflict and put up with difficulties and dangers. He has some adventure films in his career and also directed three feature films, Duel in Tasuki (1986), Law (1995) and Her Eyes (1999). Qaribian has been nominated for the prize of Best Actor, and has won the prize for Train (1988, A. Qavidel), Misty Harbor (1992, A. Qavidel) and Barani (1999, A. Davoudi) from FFF.
Films include (as actor): The Deer 1974; The Tall Shadows of the Wind 1977; The Wolf’s Trail, Misty Harbor 1992; I Want to Live 1994.
QARIZADEH, MAJID
Director. B. 1955, Tehran.
Films include: Grandfather 1985; Shaqayeq 1991; Youth 1998.
QASEMI-JAMI, HOSSEIN
Director. B. 1963, Tehran.
Films include: Up to the Visit 1989; The Glass Eye 1990; Fly of Spirit 1997.
QASEMI, SORAYYA
Actress, dubbing artist. B. 1940, Tehran; daughter of actress Hamideh Kheirabadi, began stage acting in 1965 and film acting with Tranquility in the Presence of Others (1969, N. Taqvai). Playing mostly in the role of suffering women, the main part of her works is in TV series. Qasemi also works as a radio performer, dubbing artist and dubbing manager. She was awarded prize for Maral (2000, M. Sabbaghzadeh) at  FFF.
Films include: Viva... 1979; Cloudy Home 1986; Courtship 1989; Statue 1992.
QASEMKHANI, PEYMAN
Screentwriter, actor. B. 1966, Tehran; husband of actress Bahareh Rahnama.
Films include: (as scriptwriter) I Love the Earth 1993; The Girl in the Sneakers (co-sc.) 1998.
QAVIDEL, AMIR
Director. B. 1947, Mashhad.
Films include: The Rain of Blood 1980; Train 1987; Rokhsareh 2001.
QAZI, MOHAMMAD
Cinematographer. B. 1951, Qom.
Films include: Vultures Die 1980; Panther 1985; The Big Escape 1997.
QAZI-NEZAM, ALI AKBAR
Screenwriter. B. 1957, Tehran; B.A. in screenwriting from the IRIB Faculty (1988), started his career with The Need (1999, A. Davoudnezhad), received prizes in domestic film festivals.
Films include: The Hero Child 1993.
QOBADI, BAHMAN
Director, screenwriter. B. 1967, Sanandaj; graduated in film directing from the IRIB Faculty, made his feature debut, first Kurdish language Iranian film A Time for Drunken Horses (2000), after making short films since 1988. His films received many prizes at international festivals, including Camera d’Or at Cannes.
QOLIZADEH, HASSAN
Cinematographer, screenwriter, director. B. 1947, Tehran; after studying sociology, he was graduated from the IRIB Faculty. He started cinematography with the film 1936 (1980), has written screenplay and co-directed with Mohammad Bozorgnia. He’s directed the feature The Satanic Connection (1992) which was nominated for receiving the prize of the Best Director of Photography in FFF.
Films include: White Death 1983; The Lodgers 1986; The Ship Anjelica 1988; Apartment No. 13 1990; Battle of Oil-Tankers 1993; Typhoon 1996; Isn’t Love Enough? 1998; Starry Sky 1999.
QOMESHI, MOHAMMAD-HADI
Set and costume designer. B. 1961, Dezful; graduated in painting from FFATU.
Films include: Baduk 1991; The Wild Gazelle 1992; The Wedding of Blood 1996.
QOVANLOU, HOUSHANG
Actor. B. 1947, Tehran; graduated in theater from FFATU.
Films include: For Everything 1990; The Common Concern 1994; Poor Lover 1995; The Movie Buff 2000.
QOVANLOU, FEREIDOUN
Cinematographer. B. 1933, Tehran; D. 1996; started cinematography with The Game of Love (1959, Walter Biver).
Films include: Mr. Chance (co) 1959; The Cow 1969; The Stony Garden 1976; Viva... 1979; The Case, Infested by Locusts 1983; The Infernal Base 1984.

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RAD, IRAJ
Actor, B. 1945, Tehran; studied theater in FFATU and Cardiff University in England.
Films include: The Postman 1972; The Cycle 1975 (screened in 1978); The Lodgers 1986; Half of the World 1992; Passion of Love 1999.
RAD, SAEED
Actor, B. 1944, Tehran, started his career as the manager of a company for making commercial films and teasers in 1967. After a minor role in Conquerors of the Desert (1969, M. Zarrindast) he was invited by Amir Naderi for the leading role of his debut, Adieu Friend (1971). Because of his solemn, stern gaze and to some extent a rough complexion, has played the role of rebel individuals in the margin of society. He is one of the main figures in New Wave of Iranian cinema which raised in the early 1970s and faded in the middle of the decade. Rad left Iran in 1986 and lived in Canada but he returned home in 2000 to continue his career.
Films include: Deadlock 1973; Made in Iran, Journey of the Stone 1978; The Border 1981; The Red Line, Farman 1982; Dad Shah, Crossing the Mine Field 1983; The Eagles 1984.
RADAN, BAHRAM
Actor, B. 1979, Tehran.
Films include: Passion of Love 1999; Blue, Song of Swan 2000.
RA’EE, MOJTABA
Director, screenwriter, B. 1957, Isfahan, B.A in directing from FCTAU (1988); started his career in cinema with The Man and the Gun (1988). He started a new different period in his career with Ghazal (1994).
Films include: Summer 79 1990; Tunnel 1992; The Safe Place 1993; Birth of a Butterfly 1997; The Victorious Warrior 1998.
RAFI'A, BOZORGMEHR
Director, B. 1938, Tehran; M.A. in cinema and theatre from UCLA. For years he was a professor of cinema in film colleges. He founded a private film school in 1996.
Films: The Blind Owl (in USA) 1971; The Theatrical Agency 1976; The Attorney General 1991.
RAFI’I-JAM, ASGHAR
Cinematographer, B. 1950, Tehran; started his career as assistant cinematographer and shot his debut, Immigration in 1976 (screened in 1981). Since the late 1980s he has worked with prominent Iranian directors like Bayzai and Kimiai. He won prizes three times at FFF for Maybe Some Other Time (1987, B. Bayzai), The Last Act (1990, V. Karim-Masihi) and Killing Rabids (2000, B. Bayzai).
Films include: The Spider's House 1983; The Last Flight 1989; The Heavenly Earth 1994; Sultan 1996; Mercedes 1997; The Sweet Agony 1998; Protest 1999; Negin 2002.
RAHIMI, MOJTABA
Cinematographer, B. 1945, Tehran.
Films include: A Town in the Hands of Children 1991; Leili Is With Me 1995; Bitter Almonds 1997; Love + 2 1998; The Awaiting Girls 1999.
RAHIMIPOUR, RAHIM
Director, B. 1957, Isfahan. He works mostly on the events of Iran-Iraq war.
Films include: Doleto 1984; Explosion in the Operation Room 1991; Shirin and Farhad 1995.
RAHNAMA, BAHAREH
Actress, B. 1973, Tehran; graduated in Persian Literature from Azad University.
Films include: Viper 1991; Inspired by Love 1995; Bitter Almonds 1997.
RAJABI, MEHRAN
Actor, B. 1961, Karaj. A newcomer character actor.
Films include: The Child and the Soldier 1999; Under the Moonlight 2000; The  House Built on Water 2001.
RAJAEEYAN, MEHDI
Editor (1941-2001), Tehran; started editing with Come Stranger (1968, Kimiai) after some years working in a film laboratory. When editing in Iranian cinema was only assembling the shots he was one of the few serious editors in the industry who earned credit for the job and worked with reputable directors. As a veteran, he has received the prize for The Wolf’s Trail (1992, M. Kimiai) from FFF.
Films include: Qaysar (co) 1969; The Window 1970; Escape from the Trap 1971; Downpour 1972; Deadlock, Tangsir 1973; The Snake Fang 1989; Once and for All 1992; The Fateful Day 1994; The Cardboard Hotel 1996.
RAKHSHAN, REZA
Still photographer, cinematographer, B.1964, Tehran; His photos are notable in terms of light and composition. In recent years, he has done photography for short films and TV series.
Films include: Travelers 1991; The Abadanis 1992; The Fateful Day 1994; The Cow Horn 1995; As a Stranger 1997; Puberty 1999.
RAKHSHANI, HAMID
Director, B. 1956 in Tehran; studied cinema in France.
Films include: The Second Way 1983; Remember the Flight 1992; Mounes 2000.
RAMEZANI, GHOLAM-REZA
Director, B. 1960, Arak.
Films: Through the Trap 1993; The Wheel 1997.
RAMEZANIFAR, EZZATOLLAH
Actor, B. 1944, Tehran; graduated in cinematography from FDA.
Films include: The Cow 1969; Beehive 1975; From Cry to Terror 1980; Mirza Nowrouz's Shoes 1985; Bluff 1993; The School Mayor 1997.
RAMEZANZADEH, AHMAD
Director, B. 1963, Bijar; graduated from IRIB Faculty.
Film: Bashir 1994.
RAMINFAR, IRAJ
Art director, costume designer, B. 1949, Tehran; graduated in art directing from FDA, studied architecture in France. He began working in cinema with Stranger and Fog (1975, B. Bayzai). As one of the most prominent art directors, he has published a book based on his experiences. Raminfar received the prize for Killing Rabids (B. Bayzai) from FFF.
Films include: The Crow 1977; Ballad of Tara 1978; Death of Yazdgerd 1981; The Inner Devil 1983; Bashu, the Little Stranger 1986 (screened in 1989); Maybe Some Other Time 1987; Canary Yellow, The Lead 1988; Fifth of June Flight, Reyhaneh 1989; The Quiet Home, Travelers 1991; The Day of Devil 1994; Prostration on Water 1996; The Circle 1999; The Hidden Half 2001.
RA’OUFI, GARSHA
Actor, B. 1933, Tehran.
Films include: Tempest in Our City 1958; Three Naughty Men in Japan 1975; The Deer 1975; Two Halves of an Apple 1991;The Frontier 1996.
RASHIDI, DAVOUD
Actor, B. 1933, Tehran; B.A in political science from the University of Geneva (1960), attended the school of theater in Geneva; his first film was Escape from the Trap (1971, J. Moqaddam) after years stage acting. A veteran actor with noticeable films, also has a career in TV series.
Films include: Mr. Hieroglyph 1980; The Border 1981; The Liberation, The Prize 1982; Kamalolmolk, The Spider's House 1983; Swallow My Tree, The Inner Devil 1984; Through the Trap 1993; Leaning on the Wind 2000.
RASTKAR, FAHIMEH
Actor, dubbing artist, B. 1934, Tehran; studied French language.
Films include: Moguls 1973; The Finishing Line 1985; Love and Death 1989; Psycho 1997, A Girl Called Tundar 2000.
RAZAVI, ATEFEH
Actress, make-up artist, B. 1967, Tehran.
Films include (as actor): Across the Fire 1986; Nargess 1991; Zinat 1993; The Rescued 1995; The Tales of Kish ("Greek Ship" episode) 1998; Dance of Death 2000.
REYPOUR, BAHRAM
Director, screenwriter, B. 1936, D. 1996, Tehran; graduated in literature from Tehran University. His credit is mostly based on his film reviews and translations but he made a series of documentaries and a few feature films. He had executive roles in film festivals in pre-and-post Revolution era.
Films include: The Sweet Friday 1970; The Magic Lantern (documentary on the history of the Iranian cinema) 1975; Visa 1988; The Abyss 1994.
REYPOUR, FEREIDOUN
Cinematographer, B. 1938, D. 2001, Tehran.
Films include: Hive 1975; The Resistance 1986; The Honeymoon 1992.
REZAI, HABIB
Actor, B. 1969, Tehran.
Films include: The Glass Agency 1997; The Joke 1999; Bemani 2001.
REZAI, HASSAN
Actor, B. 1939, Malayer. A veteran character actor.
Films include: The Flowers of Gilan 1964; Specter of Scorpion 1986; The Abadanis 1992; The Stuntmen 1997.
REZAI, RAHMAN
Director, B. 1953, Shahreza.
Films include: The Closed Circuit 1985; The Awaiting Girls 1999; Otanazi 2000
RIAHI, KATAYOUN
Actress, B. 1961, Tehran.
Films include: Paisan 1987; Apartment No. 13 1990; The Kind Moon 1995; The Last Supper 2002.
RIAHI, SHAHLA
Actress, B. 1926, Tehran; started stage acting from 1944 and first appeared in cinema with Golden Dreams (1951, M. Fekri); She is the first female director of the country who directed a feature, Marjan (1956). Her career as a film actress includes more than 72 features, mostly as mother roles.
Films include: Glance 1952; Carriage Driver 1971; The Night Nurse 1987; In the Wind’s Exe 1988; Two Features with One Ticket 1990; The Love-Stricken 1991; The Eagle's Eye 1998.
ROUSTA, HOMA
Actress, B. 1946, Tehran; graduated in theatre from FDA in Bucharest; The wife of stage director Hamid Samandarian.
Films include: Report on a Murder 1986; The Little Bird of Happiness 1987; Travelers 1991; From Karkheh to Rhine 1992.
ROSHANRAVAN, KAMBIZ
Film composer, B. 1949, Tehran; B.A in music from Tehran University, M.A in composing from USC; began scoring for movies with The Traveler (1974, Kiarostami).
Films include: The Wave of the Tempest 1981; The Ambassador 1982; The Chrysanthemums 1984; The Little Bird of Happiness 1988; Reyhaneh 1989; Hoor on Fire 1991; The Spouse 1993; Ghazal 1994; Birth of a Butterfly 1997; Puberty 1999; Rokhsareh 2000.

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SA'ATI, AZIZ
Cinematographer, B. 1948, graduated in cinematography from FCT (1974), husband of still photographer Mitra Mahaseni. Started his career with A Man and a Bear (1992, M. Jafari-Jowzani) after years working as a first rate still photographer since the middle of 1975s. As a distinguished cinematographer, Sa'ati has been nominated several times at FFF.
Films include: The Actor 1992; The Blue-Veiled 1994; Scent of Joseph's Shirt, Minoo Watch-Tower 1995; The Glass Agency 1997; Traveler of Rey 2000.
SABA, FARHAD
Cinematographer, B. 1946, Tehran; graduated in cinematography from FCT (1971), began working in cinema with Swallow My Tree (1984, K. Pourahmad).
Films include: Where Is My Friend's House? 1986; The Harbour 1988; Once and for All 1992; Tick Tack 1993; The Travel 1994; The Journey to Chazzabeh, The Saved Ones 1995; Sanam 1999; The Blank Page 2002.
SABBAGHZADEH, MEHDI
Director, producer, B. 1951, Mashad. He started his career with amateurish 8 mm. films in early 1970s and shifted to professionalism in the next decade. He has made  a few TV series.
Films include (as director): The Liegemen 1981; The Quiet Home 1991; Maral 2000.
SABAHI, RAHIMEH
Set designer, costume designer, B. 1954, Tehran; the wife of director Dariush Moaddabian.
Films: A Midsummer Night’s Dream 1994; Bon Voyage 1995.
SABER, HADI
Director, B. 1943, Tehran.
Films include: Slaughterhouse 1974; The Gang of Convicts 1978; The Blue Triangle 2000.
SABERI, AMROLLAH
Actor, B. 1941, Tonekabon; graduated in theater from the University of Hanover in Germany.
Films include: The Postman 1972; The Deer 1975; The School We Went to 1980; Mirza Kouchak Khan 1983; Hamoon 1989; The Face 1995.
SABOUKI, HASHEM
Producer, B. 1935, Shiraz.
Films include: Crossing the Mine Field 1982; The Debris 1984; The Strife 1986; The Lead 1988; Punishment 1994; Maral 2000.
SABRI, PARVIZ
Director, B.1953, Tabriz.
Films include: Shangoul & Mangoul 1989; Mani & Neda 2000.
SADEQI, AKBAR
Director, producer, B. 1948, Tehran.
Films include (as director): My Mom Is in Love 1976; The Infernal Base 1984; Buffaloes 1996.
SADEQI, ALI
Cinematographer, B. 1941, Tehran.
Films include: Beautiful Pickpocket 1970; The Night Traveler 1980; The Man Who Became Mouse 1985; The Trap 1995.
SADEQI, BEHROUZ
Still Photographer, B. 1952, Yazd.
Films include: Passenger 1974; The Rain of Blood 1979; The Courtship 1990; Desert of Death 2000.
SADEQI, SAEED
Cinematographer.
Films include: The Hero Child 1993; Inspired by Love 1995; Taher's Love 1999.
SADR-AMELI, RASOUL
Director, screenwriter, producer, B. 1953, Isfahan; made his directorial debut, The Liberation in 1982 after a decade journalism. In nearly all his films, he's fascinated by family melodama.His The Chrysanthemums(1984), was one of the top grossing films of the year. Sadr-Ameli won the award of Best Director at 20th FFF for I, Taraneh, Am 15, as well as the award of Best Script (as co-writer).
Films include: Paisan 1987; The Victim 1991; Symphony of Tehran 1993; The Girl in the Sneakers 1999; I, Taraneh, Am 15 2002.
SAFAIPOUR, REZA
Actor, B. 1949, Tehran. Character actor of action movies.
Films include: The Invincible Six 1969; The Explosion 1359; Kani-Manga 1987; The Golden Cross 1992; The Eagle's Eye 1997.
SAFARI, PARVIN
Set and costume designer, B. 1952.
Films: The High School 1986; The War of Oil Tankers 1993; Barani 1999.
SAFI-YARI, HAYEDEH
Editor.
Films include: The Valley of One Thousand Lanterns 1993; The Glass Agency, The Day the Air Stopped 1997; The Red Ribbon 1998; The Bride of Fire 1999; The Unfinished Song, The Dead Wave 2000.
SAHRAROUDI, BAQER
Actor, B. 1945, Fasa; graduated in theater from FFATU .
Films include: Sattar Khan 1972; The Abadanis 1992; The City of Women 1998.
SAJJADEHCHI, MEHDI
Screenwriter, B. 1961, Tehran.
Films include: The Invisible Man, Domrol (co) 1993; The Ranger (co) 1999.
SAJJADI, MOHAMMAD-ALI
Director, screenwriter, editor; B. 1957, Amol. After making 8 mm. films in 1970s, directed his first feature, The Road in 1981 which has not been screened, but his Investigation on a Murder (1983) was a very successful noir . The main concern of his films is humane circumstances and reactions to events and milieu.
Films include: The Treasure 1984; The Strife 1986; The Lost Ones 1987; Like Wind 1988;The Bead 1997; Color of the Night 2000.
SAJJADIYEH, GOLCHEHREH
Actress, B. 1954, Arak; graduated in theatre from FFATU (1977), started film acting with The Crow (1977, B. Bayzai). In her subtle performances, she has appeared as independent and stubborn women. She won the prize of Best Actress for Land of the Sun (1996, A. Darvish) from FFF.
Films include: The Wave of the Tempest 1981; The Station 1987; The Snake Fang 1989; The Sergeant 1990; The Wolf’s Trail 1992; The Fall 1993.
SAJJADI-HOSSEINI, ALI
Director, B. 1953, Ahvaz, D. 1994, Tehran.
Films include: The Silence 1990; The Old Men's School 1991; The Fire Line 1994.
SAKHAI, SHAHROKH
Still photographer, B. 1953, Tehran; studied photography and set designing in the US.
Films include: The Mare 1985; Off the Limits 1987; The Journey 1994; Mercedes 1997; Bemani 2001.
SALAHSHOUR, FARAJOLLAH
Actor, B. 1952, Qazvin.
Films include: Nassouh`s Repentance 1982; The Nocturnal Flight 1985; Ayyoub the Messenger 1993; The Converted World 1997.
SALEH, FARIBORZ
Director, B. 1944, Tehran.
Films: The Courier 1982; Death of the Leopard 1989; Sheikh Mofid 1995.
SALEH-ALA, MOHAMMAD
Actor, B. 1952, Tehran; graduated in cinema and television from London Royal Academy and FDA.
Films include: Blade and Silk 1986; Antidote 1993; The Hemlock 1998.
SALMANIAN, ATAOLLAH
Actor, B. 1959, Abhar.
Films include: A Boat Sailing Towards the Shore 1985; Altar of Fire 1993; The Crystal Man 1998.
SAMADI, YADOLLAH
Director, screenwriter, B. 1952, Maragheh. He started his career as assistant director and made his debut, The Man Who Knew Too Much in 1984. Most of his films are in two genres: comedy and historical legend. In the second genre, he is preoccupied with the folklore of Azerbaijan.
Films include: The Bus 1985; Savalan 1979; Apartment No. 13 1990; Two and a Half Persons 1991; Domrol 1993; Miracle of Laughter 1996; Saray 1997.
SAMETI, FATEMEH
Actress, B. 1973, Tehran.
Films include: The Diplomat 1995; The Young Lions 1999.
SAMETI, ZHALEH
Actress, B. 1972, Tehran; studied theater in Azad University.
Films include: The Purple Plain 1994; The Last Battle 1997 .
SAMANDARIAN, HAMID
Director, B. 1931, Tehran; graduated from Music and Dramatic Arts Conservatory of Hamburg, the husband of actress Homa Rousta. He is one of the most reputable figures of the Iranian theatre.
Film: All the Temptations of the Earth 1989.
SAMMAKBASHI, MAHMOUD
Sound recordist, B. 1953, began working in cinema with The Rapport (1986, P. Derakhshandeh). He is one of the most experienced sound recordists of Iranian cinema; winner of the prize at FFF for Travelers (1991, B. Bayzai).
Films include: From Karkheh to Rhine (co), The Wolf’s Trail 1992; Bread and Poem, Through the Olive Trees (co) 1993; Trade, The Heavenly Earth 1994; Minoo Watch Tower, Scent of Joseph's Shirt 1995; The Glass Agency 1997; A Girl Called Tundar 2000.
SARHANGI,MOHAMMAD-REZA
Producer, screenwriter, B. 1955, Neyshabour; started his career as producer with Paper Missile (1996, F. Mehranfar). He has also made some short films and received prizes for them.
Films include (as producer):  Iran Is My Land 1998; The Legend of Love 1999.
SEDIQ, AMIR-HOSSEIN
Actor, B. 1972, Neyshabour.
Films include: Caravans, The Afflicted Generation 1992; The Sweet Jam 2000.
SEDIQ-SHARIF, FAKHREDDIN
Actor, B. 1955, Tehran.
Films include: Grand Cinema 1988;  Land of the Sun 1996; The End of the Game 2000.
SEDIQI, FARAMARZ
Actor, director, B. 1949, Saqqez; graduated in theater from FFATU. He made his stage debut in 1968, and started film acting with The Spring (1972, A. Ovanesian), but performed most notably in the films after 1978.  He won Crystal Simorgh as the Best Actor for The Attorney General (1990, B. Rafi’a) from FFF. He's also directed a feature film, Prey (1992).
Films include: Blade and Silk 1986; The Snake Fang 1989; The Love-Stricken 1991; Squadron of Love 1997; Maral 2000.
SHADERVAN, ALI-ASGHAR
Director, B. 1955, Shoushtar; B.A. in biology.
Films include: The Firing Squad 1986; Bat 1997.
SHAFAQ, NASSER
Producer. Started with Flight in Extremity (1991, M. M. Asgarpour).
Film: Cry 1998.
SHAHAB, HOSSEIN
Actor, B. 1946, Tehran.
Films include: The Morning of the Fourth Day 1972; The Deer 1974; The 29th Night 1989.
SHAHABI, MAHIN
Actress, B. 1936, Tehran. She started stage acting in early 1960s.
Films include: The Cow 1969; Bita 1972; Paisan 1987; Two Halves of an Apple 1991.
SHAHAMAT, BEHROUZ
Sound recordist, B. 1947; began his career with Footsteps on Sand (1987, M. R. Honarmand).
Films include: The Apple 1997; Iran Is My Land, Silence 1998; The Blackboard 1999.
SHAHBAZI, PARVIZ
Director, screenwriter, 1962, Khorramabad; B.A in directing from the IRIB Faculty (1989), made his first feature, The Traveler of the South in 1996. He served as assistant director in The White Balloon (1993). His debut received local and international prizes notably from Japan, France and Italy.
Film: Whisper 1999.
SHAHBAZIAN, FEREYDOUN
Composer, B. 1942 Tehran, graduated in music from FFATU. He began scoring for films with Mr. Hieroglyph (1980, Gh. Erfan). As a prominent composer, he's been nominated for the prize from FFF four times.
Films include: Dadshah 1983; The Immigrant, Mirza Kouchak Khan 1984; The Debris 1985; The Silk Chains, The Stony Lion 1986; Paisan, The First Deputy 1987; In the Wind’s Eye, The Years of Ash 1988; A Man and a Bear 1992; Children of Water and Earth, Three Common Men 1993; The Purple Plain 1994; Silence of Mountain 1995; The Life 1997; The Wheel, Hiva 1998; The Last Supper 2001.
SHAH-EBRAHIMI, MOHSEN
Art director, costume designer, actor, B. 1954, Khorramshahr; studied art directing in the Faculty of Fine Arts in Florence, Italy (1980). He started his career with By the Ponds (1986, Y. Noasri), received the prize in FFF for The Night Nurse (1987, M.-A. Najafi). As well as being a prominent art director, he has two films as actor in his career.
Films include: In the Wind's Eye 1988; Avinar (co), What Else Is New? (co) 1991; The Snowman  1994 (screened in 1997);  Iran Is My Land, Mummy 3 1998; Traveler of Rey (co) 2000.
SHAHIDI, ESFANDIAR
Cinematographer, director, B. 1945, Tehran; graduated from the Faculty of Science and Industry. He has also directed one feature.
Films include: (as cinematographer) The Organization, You Whom I Did Not Know 1986; The Professional 1995.
.SHAH-NAZARI, MA’SOUMEH
Editor, B. 1956, graduated in editing from FCT.
Films include: Cease -Feud 1992; Disarmament 1994; The Courtship 1996; The May Lady (co) 1997.
SHAHRAM, SAEED
Film composer, B. 1961, Isfahan.
Films include: The Evergreen Rock 1988; The Abadanis 1992; The Sand Storm 1996.
SHAHVERDI, ASGHAR
Sound recordist, B. 1957, Tehran; graduated from FCT, started his career with The Lodgers (1986, Mehrjui), winner of the prize from FFF for Where Is My Friend's House? (1986, A. Kiarostami), The Lodgers (1986, D. Mehrjui), Nar-o-Ney (1988, S. Ebrahimifar) and Kimia (1994, A. Darvish).
Films include: Maybe Some Other Time (co) 1987; Hamoon (co) 1989; The Shadow of Imagination (co), Two Features with One Ticket (co) 1990; Sara 1992; Leila, The Courtship 1996; Red (co) 1998; Mix 1999; The Dead Wave 2000.‏The 
SHAYEQI, SIAMAK
Director, B. 1954, Abadan; graduated from FCT. He started his career as film critic and was assistant director in the mid 1980s.
Films include: A Dowry for Robab 1987; My Mother Gissou 1995; In Cold Blood 1996; Sharareh 1999.
SHAKIBAI, KHOSROW
Actor. B. 1944, Tehran; graduated in acting from FDA, began his stage career in 1963 and film acting in 1982 with The Red Line (M. Kimiai). He is considered as one of the most prominent Iranian film stars in the last decade. He had performed in seven features when Dariush Mehrjui offered him the title role of Hamoon, which became a cult film. His performance in Hamoon was a brilliant turning point in his career. Shakibai received a Crystal Simorgh at FFF for his portrayal of title protagonist in Hamoon. His peculiar tone and voice is a privilege, used by him as a distinguished characteristic among Iranian film stars. Near the end of '80s when authorities of Iranian cinema didn't appreciate the actors very affectionately, Shakibai managed to gain a considerable attention. He has performed in some TV series, and won another Crystal Simorgh for Kimia  (1995, A. R. Darvish).
Films include: The Red Line 1982; Dadshah 1983; The Lightning 1984; The Thief and the Writer 1985; The Rapport 1986; The Hunt, The Train 1987; Hamoon, Passing Through the Mist 1989; Lucifer, Search in the Island 1969; Banu 1991 (released in 1998); Sara, Remember the Flight, Once and for All 1992; Bluff 1993; Pari, The Common Concern, Kimia 1994; The Strange Sisters, Inspired by Love 1995; Shadow to Shadow, Land of the Sun 1996; Psycho, The Life 1997; The Tales of Kish ("The Lost Cousin" episode), The Legion 1998; The Glass Love,The Mix 1999; A Girl Called Tondar 2000; The Intruder  2001.
SHALILEH, ARDESHIR
Still photographer, B. 1958, Khorramabad; studied Literature at Lorestan University.
Films include: Ghazal 1994; The Quiet Home 1991; The Refugee 1393; The Strange Sisters 1995; The Player 1998; The Blue Triangle 1999; Cinderella 2001.
SHAMAQDARI, JAVAD
Director, B. 1959, Mashad. He works mainly on war events.
Films include: On the Wings of Angels 1992; The Sand Storm 1996.
SHAMSAI, MOZHDEH
Actress, make-up artist, B. 1968, Tehran; the wife of director Bahram Bayzai. Played her acting debut, Travelers, (B. Bayzai) in 1991 and nominated for at FFF. She awarded Crystal Simorgh for the Best Actress from the International Competition section at FFF.
Film: Killing Rabids 2000.
SHARIFI, REZA
Cinematographer, B. 1951, Tehran; graduated from the FDA.
Films include: Fresh Air 1986; The Attorney General 1991; The Fifth Man 1994; The Journey of the Gray Men 2000.
SHARIFINIA, MOHAMMAD-REZA
Actor, B. 1955, Tehran; graduated from FDA. The husband of actress Azita Hajian. Began film acting with Avinar (1991, S. Asadi), he has worked in many films as assistant director, photographer, casting director and sometimes has appeared in minor or major roles.
Films include: The Actor 1992; Pari 1994; Minoo Watch-Tower 1995; Takhti, the World Champion, The Snowman, The Pear Tree 1997.
SHAYESTEH, MORTEZA
Producer, B. 1959, Tehran; studied Management, started producing with The Mirage (1986, H. Tamjidi). Shayesteh is one of the efficient producers of Iranian cinema who has distinguished films in his career. He has been  one of the main members of Union of Iranian Producers and Distributors during the past decade.
Films: Saman, Ward Number One 1986; The Forrester, Report on a Murder, Spring in Autumn, Kani Manga, A House Like a Town 1987; The Pulse, The Magnificent Day 1988; Foreign Currency, Mother 1989; Viper 1991; The Wolf’s Trail, Maryam and Mitil, Prey 1992; Trade 1993; An Eventful Day, I Want to Live, Midsummer Night’s Dream 1994; Unforgiven, Takhti, the World Champion (unfinished due to director's death) 1996; Cloud and  Sun, Takhti, the World Champion (second version) 1997; Siavash, Tootiya 1998; Smell of Camphor, Fragrance of Jasmine 1999; Blue, Party 2000; Mr. President 2001.
SHEKARABI, RAMBOD
Actor, B. 1972, Tehran.
Films include: The Transit 1993; The Chase 1995; Mercedes 1997.
SHEYKHI, JAMILEH
Actress, B. 1930, Tabriz, D. 2001, Tehran. The mother of actor Atila Pesiani. Made her stage debut in 1957, began film acting with Shipwreck (1975, N. Karimi). As a pioneer and veteran character actress of Iranian theater and cinema, she performed in a number of films with reputable directors. Sheikhi has a distinguished screen appearance in Travelers (1991, B. Bayzai) and won the prize of Best Actress at FFF.
Films include: Visa, The Little Bird of Happiness 1987; Leila 1996. The Blank Page 2002.
SHEYKH-TADI, PARVIZ
Art director, costume designer, director, B. 1961, Tehran.
Films include (as art director, costume designer): The Glass Eye 1990; The Last Reconnaissance 1993; The Glass Agency 1997.
SHERKAT, AFSHIN
Director, B. 1953, Tabriz; studied cinema in England.
Films include: Arrangement of Death 1994; My Favorite Spouse 2000.
SHIR-ANDAMI, VALIYOLLAH
Actor, B. 1931, Marv; graduated in theater from FFATU.
Films include: Prince Ehtejab 1974; The Stony Lion 1986; The Preserve 1991; Smell of Camphor, Fragrance of Jasmine 1999.
SHIRAZI, MEHRI
Make-up artist, B. 1950, Tehran.
Films include: The Wage 1989; The Visit 1993; The Blue -Veiled 1994; The May Lady 1997; Two Women 1998; Daughters of the Sun 1999; The Hidden Half 2000.
SHOJA’-KAVEH, ARDALAN
Actor, B. 1962, Birjand; studied theater at FDA.
Films include: Boycott 1964; Operations Karkook 1990; On the Wings of Angels 1992; The Red Circle 1995; Mr. President 2000.
SHOJA’EE, KHOSROW
Director, B. 1961, Isfahan.
Films include: The Life Story 1986; The Great Expectation 1994; The Legend of Golden Poupak 1998.
SHOJA’EE, SEYYED MEHDI
Screenwriter, B. 1960, Tehran; studied dramatic literature in Tehran University. After publishing some short stories, novels and plays, he started his career as a screenwriter with Baduk (1991, M. Majidi) which brought him an Honorary Diploma for the Best Screenplay at FFF.
Films include: The Father (co), Pinnacle of the World 1995; The Ambush 1996.
SHOJA’ZADEH, KHOSROW
Actor, B. 1945, Bandar Torkman.
Films include: The Cow 1969; Stranger and Fog 1975; Purgatory 1981; Across the Fire 1986; The Secret of Dagger 1991.
SHOKRI, PARVIZ
Make-up artist, B. 1938, Hamedan.
Films include: I Also Cried 1968; From Cry to Terror 1980; The Case 1983; Children of Divorce, Under the Roofs of the City 1989; I Want to Live 1994; The Night of Fox 1996.
SHOURJEH, JAMAL
Director, screenwriter, B. 1957, Zanjan; B.A in directing from FCTAU. He makes mainly war films.
Films include: Operations Karkook 1991; The Epic of Majnoun 1993; The Red Circle 1995; The Pilot 1997; The Secret Club 1998.
SINAI, KHOSROW
Director, screenwriter, composer, editor, B. 1940, Sari; graduated in directing from the Academy of Dramatic Arts in Vienna, studied music theory in Conservatory of Vienna. He has a long career of making short documentary and fiction films and made his debut Viva... in 1980. A kind of documentary approach is observable in his feature films. His latest film, contrary to his previous ones, gained the attention of mass audience.
Films include: The Lost Elegy (doc) 1971-83; The Inner Devil 1983; Beloved Is at Home and... 1987; In the Alleys of Love 1990; Autumn Alley (doc) 1997; The Bride of Fire 2000.
SOHEILI, SAEED
Director, B. 1959, Mashad.
Films include: A Man Like Rain 1996; The Crystal Man 1998.
SOLEYMANI, PARVIN
Actress, B. 1922, Tehran.
Films include: Golnesa 1952; The Morning of the Fourth Day 1972; The Deer 1975, Across the Fire 1986; What Else Is New? 1991; Sultan 1996.
SOLTANI, JAHANBAKHSH
Actor, B. 1951, Isfahan.
Films include: The Horizon 1988; The Next Morning 1992; Speed 1996; Nowrouz 2000.
SOLTANIAN, ESMAEEL
Actor, B. 1954, Kermanshah; studied theater at FDA, also has directed a feature.
Films include: The Peddler 1986; The Cyclist, The Scout 1988; The Secret of Dagger 1992; The Moon and  the Sun 1996.
SOLTANIFAR, EBRAHIM
Director, B. 1953, Tehran, graduated in cinema from FCTAU.
Film: You Whom I Didn't Know 1990.

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TA'ATI, HAMID
Actor, B. 1944, Ardebil.
Films include: Chess of the Wind 1976; Journey of the Stone 1978; The  Comet 1982; The Bus 1985; Avinar 1991; Inspired by Love 1995.
TABATABAI, GHOLAM-REZA
Actor, B. 1940, Tehran; graduated in theater from FFATU, M.A in mass communications from the State University of Michigan.
Films include: Viva... 1980; The Snobs 1987; Travelers 1991; The Day of Devil  1994; Traveler of Rey 2000.
TABATABAI, LADAN
Actress, B. 1967, Tehran; studied theatre at FFATU.
Films include: Shadow to Shadow, The Strange Sisters 1995; Wind and Anemone 1998; My Favorite Spouse 2000.
TAEEDI, MEHRAN
Director, B. 1949, Tehran; M.A in architecture from the University of Science and Industry.
Films: Two Fates 1989; The Day Dreamer (screened in 1996) 1992; Behind the Wall of  Night 1998.
TAEEDI, PARVIZ
Director, B. 1937, Tehran; M.A from Tehran University.
Films: The Deadline 1989; The Attack of Lobsters 1992.
TAERPOUR, FERESHTEH
Producer, B. 1952, Tehran; B.A in English literature from the Faculty of Foreign Languages in Tehran; started her work as producer in cinema with Golnar (1989, K. Partovi). She is the managing director of the House of Cinema, produces films for children and young adults and has been a member of Children International Filmmakers Organization (CIFEJ) since 1986.
Films include (as co-producer): Golnar 1988; Patal and Small Wishes 1989; Silence 1990; The Old Men's School 1991; Bread and Poem 1993; Once upon a Time 1999.
TAQVAI, NASSER
Director, screenwriter, B. 1941, Abadan; graduated from the Faculty of Literature in Tehran University. After some experiences as a storywriter, he started making documentaries in 1967, some of which stand out in the history of the Iranian documentary cinema. He made his debut, Tranquility in the Presence of Others, in 1970 and from the beginning his works have always gained the attention of Iranian critics. His concern for ethnography and atmosphere of southern Iran is notable in his films. Captain Khorshid is an adaptation of E. Hemingway's To Have and Have Not. Actually most of his works have been made based on novels. The film won the 3rd prize at 48th Festival of Locarno (Switzerland) in 1988.
Films include: Tranquility in the Presence of Others 1970; Sadeq the Kurd 1972; Curse 1973; My Uncle Napoleon (TV series) 1976; O Iran 1989; The Tales of Kish ("Greek Ship" episode) 1998; The Blank Page 2001.
TAHMASB, IRAJ
Actor, director, B. 1959, Tehran; studied theater in FFATU; began film acting with Beyond the Mist (1985, M. Asgari-Nasab). In 1984, his debut as director, The Red Capped and Cousin, based on a puppet character in TV became a box office hit.
Films include: The Finishing Line, The Waiting Days 1985; Dowry for Robab 1987; The Magnificent Day 1988; Under the Roofs of the City 1989; The Singer Cat 1990; The Sun Glasses 2000.
TAHMOURES, SIAVASH
Actor, B. 1946, Tehran; studied theater at FDA.
Films include: The Lodgers 1986; Her Eyes 1999.
TAJADDOD, MIR-MOHAMMAD
Actor, B. 1933, Tehran. A veteran character actor.
Films include: Qaysar 1969; The Sergeant 1990;  Enamoured 1999.
TALEBI, ABOLQASEM
Director, B. 1961, Isfahan. He has been publishing a film weekly since 1994 and has also made TV series.
Films: The Demolition Man 1995; Mr. President 2001.
TALEBI, MOHAMMAD-ALI
Director, screenwriter, B. 1958, Tehran, B.A in cinema from the FDA; made his debut, City of Mice in 1984. He graduated from film school of Institute for Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults and made some short films. Talebi, as a filmmaker who likes Kiarostami style, shows a personal style in his films and foregrounds the simple humane themes.
Films include: The Finishing Line 1985; Wilderness 1988; Tick Tack 1993; The Bag of Rice 1996; Willow and Wind 1998; You're Free 2000.
TAMJIDI, HAMID
Director, B. 1954, Tehran; graduated from IRIB Faculty.
Films include: The Mirage 1986; The Favorite Wednesday 1992; Play with Death 1995.
TARI, MOSTAFA
Actor, B. 1945, Tehran; graduated in theater from FDA.
Films include: The Traveler 1974; Wrath of God 1978; The Debris 1984; The Homeless 1986; The Courtship 1989.
TAROKH, AMIN
Actor, B. 1953, Shiraz; B.A in acting from FATU (1977), M.A in management of cultural affairs (1985). He began film acting with Death of Yazdgerd (1981, B. Bayzai).He has performed in two historical TV series, Sarbedaran and Avecina. He founded a private film school in 1994 and managed a course on the field in an Australian film school in 2000.
Films include: The Little Bird of Happiness 1987; The Lead 1988; The Mother,The Love- Stricken 1991; Sara, The Statue 1992; Saghar 1997; Love + 2 1998.
TASLIMI, SIROUS
Producer, screenwriter, actor, B. 1948, Rasht, graduated in political geography (1975). The brother of actress Sousan Taslimi. He started producing films with The Little Bird of Happiness (1987, P. Derakhshandeh).
Films include (as producer): The Iron Bird 1991; The Abyss (co) 1993; The Face (co) 1995; Wild Jasmines (co) 1997; The Glass Love (co), The Mix (co) 1999.
TAVAKOLNIA, HASSAN
Producer.
Films include: The Assault 1997; The Corrupted Hands 1999.
TAVAZO’EE, SAMAD
Editor, B. 1954, Tehran; began editing with The Road (1981, M. A. Sajjadi).
Films include: Investigation of a Murder, The Domain of Lovers 1983; The Nocturnal Flight, Report on a Murder 1986; O Iran,The Attorney General 1991; The Fall 1993; The Tree of Life 1997; The Portrait of Love 1998; A Time for Drunken Horses 1999.
TEHRANI, HEDYEH
Actress. B. 1972, Tehran; a brilliant young actress of the Iranian cinema who especially came to fore after the reformist movement of 1997, as epitome of a new generation of Iranian women. She started her career with Sultan (Massoud Kimiai, 1996) and gradually blossomed to a stylish actress in the roles of decisive, headstrong and independent Iranian women, those who are trying to compromise between tradition and modernity. She won a Crystal Simorgh for her performance in Red (Fereidoun Jeirani, 1998)and a nomination for the Prize of the Best Actress for The Blank Page (Nasser Taqvai, 2001).
Films include: Sultan 1996; As a Stranger 1977; Red 1998; The Hemlock, The Corrupted Hands 1999; An Umbrella for Two, Blue 2000; The Blank Page, The House Built on Water 2001.
TEYMOURIAN, ROYA
Actress, B. 1959, Tehran; graduated in theater from FCTAU.
Films include: The Legion 1998; Sharareh, Barani 1999; The Poisonous Mushroom, Tick 2002.
TIRANDAZ, SIMA
Actress, B. 1970, Tehran; studied Dramatic Literature at Azad University.
Films include: Banu 1991(screened in 1998); The Shadows of Invasion 1992; The Path of Love 1993.
TOLOU’EE, SHABNAM
Actress, B. 1971, Tehran.
Films include: To Be or Not to Be 1997; Sharareh, The Day I Became a Woman 1999; The House Built on Water 2001.

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VAQARI, MAHVASH
Actress, B. 1954, Tehran, graduated in political sciences from Tehran University.
Films include: Nar-o-Ney 1988; Sara 1992; Under the Skin of the City 1999.
VAHIDI, SHIRIN
Editor, B.1952, Tehran; studied editing in FCT. The wife of cinematographer Hassan Qolizadeh. She started her career with Swallow My Tree (1985, K. Pourahmad).
Films include: Mr. Haqdoust's House 1980; Canary Yellow 1988; Nargess 1991; Zinat 1993; Ebrahim 1996; The Starry Sky, Barani 1999.
VAHIDZADEH, EBRAHIM
Director, B. 1944, Mashad;  graduated from FDA; started his career with making 8 mm. films.
Films include: The Snobs 1988; The Statue 1992; Movie Buff 2001.
VALADBEIGI, MASSOUD
Make-up designer, B. 1935, Kermanshah; began his career with Bride of Bianca (1970, Sh. Qarib). He has worked in more than fifty features and ten TV series. Valadbeigi has won prizes at FFF for The Last Act (1990, V. Karim-Masihi), From Karkheh to Rhine (1992, E. Hatamikia), and The Ugly and the Beautiful (1998, A.-R. Mo’tamedi).
Films include: The Night of Execution 1970; The Water 1975; Nassouh's Repentance 1982; Kamalolmolk 1984; Domrol 1993; The Feast 1995; Sultan 1996; The Stuntmen 1997; Red 1998; Maral 2000.
VARSHOWCHI, MOHAMMAD-ALI
Actor, B. 1925, Tehran.
Films include: Three Naughty Men 1964; The Deer 1975; Kamalolmolk 1983; O Iran 1989; The Quiet Home 1991; My Favorite Spouse 2000.
VEDADIAN, MEHRI
Actress, B. 1936, Tehran.
Films include: Mrs. Ahou's Husband 1968; Deadlock, Tangsir 1973; The Border 1981; The Legend of Ah 1990; The Sunny Man 1995; The Innocent 1998.
VOSOUQI, CHANGIZ
Actor, B. 1947, Isfahan; the brother of actor Behrouz Vosouqi.
Films include: Balouch 1972; Love and Death 1990; The Professional 1996; One Step to Death 1998.

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YARI, HOSSEIN
Actor, B. 1967, Tehran.
Films include: Hoor on Fire 1991; Attack to H3 1994; The Speed 1996; Puberty 1999.
YASHAYAI, HAROUN
Producer, B. 1935, Tehran, B.A in philosophy and sociology, started producing feature films with The Lodgers (1986, D. Mehrjui) after more than 25 years working on the field of advertising teasers.
Films include: Captain Khorshid 1986; O Iran 1989; Hamoon 1990; Kimia 1995; A Moment of Innocence (co) 1997; The City of Women (co) 1998.
YAZDANIAN, PARVINDOKHT
Actress, B. 1923, Isfahan, the mother of director Kioumars Pourahmad.
Films include: The  Morning After 1992; Bibi's Dowry 1994; The Strange Sisters 1995.
YAZDANIAN, PEYMAN
Film composer.
Films include: Turtle 1996; The Strangers, The Wind Will Carry Us 1999; Fire and Water 2000.
YOUSEFIAN, DAVOUD
Editor.
Films include: Shepherds of Desert 1980; Frosty Roads 1985; The Shadow of Imagination 1990; Once upon a Time, Cinema (co) 1991; A Man and a Bear 1992; Prostration on Water 1996; Help Me 1997; Her Eyes 1999.

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ZAHEDI, HASSAN
Sound recordist, B. 1946, Tehran; graduated from FCT and studied in London. He began his career with Under the Roofs of the City (1988, A. Hashemi); won Crystal Simorgh in FFF for the film.
Films include: And Life Goes On (co), Jar (co) 1991; The Journey 1994; To Be or Not to Be (co) 1997; The Ugly and the Beautiful (co) 1998; Sanam (co), The Joke (co) 1999; The End of the Game 2000.
ZANDBAF, HOSSEIN
Director, editor, producer, B. 1946, Sari. As director,he  has four features in his career.
Films include (as editor): The Man Who Knew Too Much 1984; The Immigrant 1989; From Karkheh to Rhine 1992; Psycho 1997; Going By 2000.
ZANGANEH, LA’YA
Actress, B. 1965, Tehran; graduated in theater from FCTAU.
Films include: The Mina's Secret 1996; Enamoured 1999.
ZARRABI, MORTEZA
Actor, make-up artist, B. 1956, Tehran.
Films include (as actor): The Peddler, The Mission 1986; The Last Act 1990; The Fifth Season 1996; The Girl in the Sneakers 1998.
ZARE’, QASEM
Actor, B. 1957, Hamedan.
Films include: Scent of Joseph's Shirt 1995; The Glass Agency 1997; The Dead Wave 1999.
ZARE’EE, MERILA
Actress, B. 1974, Tehran.
Films include: Two Women 1998; Leaning on the Wind 2000.
ZARFAM, MOHAMMAD
Cinemtographer, B. 1942, Theran.
Films include: Okay Mister 1978; Rasoul, the Son of Abolqasem 1980;  Alma 1982;The High School 1986;.
ZARRINDAST, ALI-REZA
Cinematographer, B.1945,Tabriz; Studied cinematography in U.C.L.A. The brother of director Mohammad (Tony) Zarrindast. After working as still photographer and assistant cinematographer, he shot his debut, Adieu Friend (A. Naderi) in 1971. Zarrindast has an outstanding career and his own style in cinematography. He has been nominated for the prize of the Best Director of Photography in FFF and was awarded for his work in Pari (1994, D. Mehrjui).
Films include: Harmonica 1973; The Red Line 1982; The Peddler (third episode), The Spell 1986; The Cyclist, Marriage of the Blessed 1988; Two Features with One Ticket 1990; The Abadanis 1992; The Feast 1995; Cry 1998; Cinderella 2000.
ZARRINPOUR, BAHMAN
Actor, B. 1941, Kermanshah.
Films include: Sattar Khan 1972;  Lord of the Forrest 1984; Canary Yellow 1988; The Girl in the Sneakers 1998.
ZEHTAB, MOHSEN
Actor, B. 1935, Tehran.
Films include: The Thieves of Mine 1955; Antidote 1993; Land of the Sun 1996; Die Hard 1997.
ZEYNALZADEH, MOHARRAM
Actor, director, B. 1951, Khoy; He began acting with The Bells (1985, M.R. Honarmand). He has also a career as film director, but his own features proved both economic and critical flops.
Films include (as actor): The Peddler 1986; The Cyclist 1988;  Operations Karkook 1990; Salaam Cinema 1994.
ZHAKAN, ALI
Director, screenwriter, B. 1950, Tehran; made his debut, The Mare (1985) which viewed social and local traditions critically and attracted critics' attention, but did not enjoy the same success in his later films.
Films include: The Girl by the Pond 1989; Shadow to Shadow 1996; Issa Will Come 2002.
ZHIAN, REZA
Actor, B. 1949, Tehran.
Films include: Fire in the Winter 1984; The Changed Man 1998; Mummy III 1999; Traveler of Rey 2000.
ZHOURAK, FEREYDOUN
Editor, sound recorder, director, B.1941, Tehran. By 1979, he made 17 features and some of them were shot by himself. During past 24 years he has worked as sound recorder and film editor in his studio.
Films include (as editor): The Day of Devil, The Punishment 1994; The Scorpion 1996; The Eagle's Eye 1997; Wind and Anemone, One Step to Death 1998.
ZOLANVAR, MOHSEN
Cinematographer, B. 1954 Shiraz.
Films include: Under the Rain 1985; The Scout 1988; Hoor on Fire 1991; The Father 1995.
ZONOUZI, BAHMAN
Cinematogrpher.
Films include: The Song of Sea 1990; Two Sisters 1994; Sharareh 1999.