Bahram Beyzai
Born: 1938-12-06 in Tehran, Iran
Known For: Directing
Biography
Bahrām Beyzāie (also spelt Beizai, Beyza'i, Persian: بهرام بیضائی, born 26 December 1938) is a critically and popularly acclaimed filmmaker, playwright, theater director, screenwriter, film editor, and ostād ("master") of Persian letters, arts and Iranian studies. Bahram Beyzaie is the son of the poet Ne'matallah Beyzai (best known by his literary pseudonym "Zokā'i"). The celebrated poet Adib Beyzai, known as one of the most profound poets of 20th-century Iran, is Bahram's paternal uncle. Bahram Beyzaie's paternal grandfather, Mirzā Mohammad-Rezā Ārāni ("Ebn Ruh"), and paternal great-grandfather, the mulla Mohammad-Faqih Ārāni ("Ruh'ol-Amin"), were also notable poets. In spite of his somewhat belated start in cinema, Beyzai is often considered a pioneer of a generation of filmmakers whose works are sometimes described as the Iranian New Wave. His Bashu, the Little Stranger (1986) was voted "Best Iranian Film of all time" in November 1999 by a Persian movie magazine Picture World poll of 150 Iranian critics and professionals.[5] Still, even before the outset of his cinematic career in 1970, he was a leading playwright (as well as theater historian), so much so that he is often considered the greatest playwright of the Persian language, and holds a reputation as "the Shakespeare of Persia.
Filmography
2025
- Jana and Baladoor ... (Director)
- Bukhara Chronicles as voice
2022
- Pure White as Self
2021
- Crossroads ... (Director)
2020
2018
- Ballad of Bahram as as Himself (Archive Footage)
2016
2009
- When We Are All Asleep ... (Director)
- Mohakate Ghazaleh Alizadeh as self
2008
- Dead End as as Himself
2007
- Persian Carpet ... (Director)
- The Eloquent Carpet ... (Writer)
2003
2002
- Zamaneh ... (Editor)
2001
- Killing Mad Dogs ... (Director)
1999
- The Green Cold
- Arash ... (Writer)
- Ahmad Shamlou: Master Poet of Liberty as self
1998
- Dialogue with the Wind as director
1997
- The Fifth Season ... (Writer)
1996
- Minoo Watch Tower ... (Editor)
1995
- The Fateful Day ... (Writer)
1992
- Travelers ... (Director)
1991
- Bashu, the Little Stranger ... (Writer)
1988
- Maybe Some Other Time ... (Director)
1984
- The Runner ... (Editor)
1982
- Death of Yazdgerd ... (Director)
- The Red Line ... (Writer)
1980
- Salandar ... (Writer)
1979
- Ballad of Tara ... (Director)
1977
- The Raven ... (Director)
1975
- The Stranger and the Fog ... (Director)
1970
- Uncle Moustache ... (Director)