A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Alias:
Bahram Beizai
Bahram Beyzaie
Bahrām Beizai
Bahrām Beyzaie
بهرام بيضايی
بهرام بیضائی
Birthplace:
Tehran, Iran
Born:
December 6, 1938
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.
Costume Design:
1979 Ballad of Tara
1991 Bashu, the Little Stranger
Director:
1970 Uncle Moustache
1972 Downpour
1972 Journey
1976 The Stranger and the Fog
1977 The Raven
1979 Ballad of Tara
1982 Death of Yazdgerd
1988 Maybe Some Other Time
1991 Bashu, the Little Stranger
1992 Travelers
1998 Dialogue with the Wind
2001 Killing Mad Dogs
2007 Persian Carpet
2007 The Eloquent Carpet
2009 When We Are All Asleep
2021 Crossroads
Editor:
1970 Uncle Moustache
1972 Downpour
1972 Journey
1976 The Stranger and the Fog
1977 The Raven
1979 Ballad of Tara
1982 Death of Yazdgerd
1984 The Runner
1988 Maybe Some Other Time
1991 Bashu, the Little Stranger
1992 Travelers
1996 Minoo Watch Tower
1998 Dialogue with the Wind
2001 Killing Mad Dogs
2002 Zamaneh
2007 Persian Carpet
2007 The Eloquent Carpet
2009 When We Are All Asleep
2021 Crossroads
Producer:
1970 Uncle Moustache
1972 Downpour
1972 Journey
1976 The Stranger and the Fog
1977 The Raven
1979 Ballad of Tara
1982 Death of Yazdgerd
1984 The Runner
1988 Maybe Some Other Time
1991 Bashu, the Little Stranger
1992 Travelers
1996 Minoo Watch Tower
1998 Dialogue with the Wind
2001 Killing Mad Dogs
2002 Zamaneh
2007 Persian Carpet
2007 The Eloquent Carpet
2009 When We Are All Asleep
2021 Crossroads
Production Design:
1970 Uncle Moustache
1972 Downpour
1972 Journey
1976 The Stranger and the Fog
1977 The Raven
1979 Ballad of Tara
1982 Death of Yazdgerd
1984 The Runner
1988 Maybe Some Other Time
1991 Bashu, the Little Stranger
1992 Travelers
1996 Minoo Watch Tower
1998 Dialogue with the Wind
2001 Killing Mad Dogs
2002 Zamaneh
2007 Persian Carpet
2007 The Eloquent Carpet
2009 When We Are All Asleep
2021 Crossroads
Screenplay:
1970 Uncle Moustache
1972 Downpour
1972 Journey
1976 The Stranger and the Fog
1977 The Raven
1979 Ballad of Tara
1982 Death of Yazdgerd
1984 The Runner
1988 Maybe Some Other Time
1991 Bashu, the Little Stranger
1992 Travelers
1996 Minoo Watch Tower
1998 Dialogue with the Wind
2001 Killing Mad Dogs
2002 Zamaneh
2007 Persian Carpet
2007 The Eloquent Carpet
2009 When We Are All Asleep
2021 Crossroads
Writer:
1970 Uncle Moustache
1972 Downpour
1972 Journey
1976 The Stranger and the Fog
1977 The Raven
1979 Ballad of Tara
1980 Salandar
1982 Death of Yazdgerd
1982 The Red Line
1984 The Runner
1988 Maybe Some Other Time
1991 Bashu, the Little Stranger
1992 Travelers
1995 The Fateful Day
1996 Minoo Watch Tower
1997 The Fifth Season
1998 Dialogue with the Wind
2001 Killing Mad Dogs
2002 Zamaneh
2007 Persian Carpet
2007 The Eloquent Carpet
2009 When We Are All Asleep
2021 Crossroads
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