Bahram Beyzai

Born in 1938
Director, screenwriter, playwright, researcher

Education:
Studied Literature

Activities:
One of the founders and senior members of Iranian authors society, 1968
Started to write articles, critics, research papers and on dispersed subjects about theater and cinema in various magazines including: Science and Life, Art and Cinema, Arash Magazine, Journal of Music, Monthly Keyhan, Monthly Movie Star, Cheragh Book and… since 1959

Filmography:
2008: When We Are All Sleeping, director, editor, scriptwriter
2006: Speaking Carpet (short film), director, editor, scriptwriter
2003: Epoch by Hamidreza Salahmand, editor
2001: Killing Mad-Dogs, director, editor, scriptwrite
1998: Dialogue with the wind
1996: Fifth Chapter by Rafi Pitz, scriptwriter
1995: Secret Games by Karim Hatefinia, editor
1995: Minoo Tower by Ebrahim Hatami Kia, editor
1994: The Day of Event by Shahram Asadi, scriptwriter
1991: Travelers, director, editor, scriptwriter, producer
1987: Perhaps Another Time, director, editor, scriptwriter
1985: Bashu, the Little Stranger, director, editor, scriptwriter
1984: Runner by Amir Naderi, editor
1981: Death of Yazdgerd, director, editor, scriptwriter
1981: Red Line by Massud Kimiaee, scriptwriter
1980: Selander by Varuzh Karim Masihi, editor
1976: Cherikeh Tara, director, editor, scriptwriter, costume and stage designer, producer
1976: Crow, director, editor, scriptwriter
1973: The Stranger and the Fog, director, editor, scriptwriter
1972: The Journey, director, scriptwriter
1971: Downpour, director, scriptwriter
1970: Uncle Moustache, director, scriptwriter

Theatrical Performances:
1967: Feast and Inheritance
1969: Snakes’ Sultan
1979: Death of Yazdgerd
1997, 1998: Bandarbidakhsh’s Record
1997, 1998: Lady A’ouee
2003: One Thousand and the First Night
2005: On the sufferings of Master Navid Makan and his wife Rakhshid Farzin
2007: Afra or the Day Will Pass
Plays:
1962: Scarecrows at Night
1963: Three Puppet Plays: Puppets
1962: Sunset in a Strange Land
1963: The Moon’s Secret Story
1963: Knight Akbar Dies
1964: Sandbad’s Eight Journey
1966: Press World of Mr. Asrari
1966: Snakes’ Sultan
1987: Four Coffers
1967: Feast & Inheritance
1968: The Shore of Salvation
1968: In the Presence of Wind
1968: The Complete Works of Balkh
1969: Lost
1970: Long Way, the Son’s Order, Order through Darkness
1977: Mourning
1978: Wall Writings
1979: Death of Yazdgerd
1981: Memories of a second role Actress
1982: Epistle of Kalat
1985: House of Slaves
1988: War Epistle of Servants
1994: Epistle of Joy
1994: Killing Sohrab
1997: The Scene of Liquidation
1998: Afra or the Day will pass
1998: The Scene of Sacrificing Sanmar
1999: Ardiraf’s Report
2000: The Scene of Striking
2001: One Thousand and the First Night
2002: Complete Play Works 2 volumes
2004: On the sufferings of Master Navid Makan and his wife Rakhshid Farzin

Film-Scripts:
1970: Uncle Moustache
1970: Lonely Ayar
1970: Downpour
1972: Journey
1972: The Stranger and the Fog
1975: Cherikeh Tara
1976: Crow
1976: Landscape
Stories Coffin Wearing Amir,
Night of Sable
The Day of Event
Incredible Story
1982: Earth
1984: Epistle of Dust
1984: Old File of Pirabad
1964: Auspicious Shoes
1964: History of the Sultan in Abskoun
1985: Bashu, the little Stranger
1985: The Storm Tragedy
1986: Sheikh Sharzin’s Scroll
1986: Gilgamesh
1986: Modern Introduction to Shahnameh (Epistle of Kings)
1986: Bamboo Curtain
1988: Mr. Lear
1988: A Lost page from identity papers of a future compatriot
1989: Journey into the night
1989: Travelers
1989: Killing of mad dogs
1990: Film in Film
1992: Who killed the boss?
1992: Youana or a letter to nobody
1993: Gabr Gur or Conversation with Earth
1993: Reading about Siavosh (film-screen/play-script)
1994: Songs of Nanny Arso
1995: Hora in the mirror
1996: Destination
1996: Protest
1998: Conversation with Wind
1999: Conversation with Water
1999: Conversation with Fire
2000: Saljuq Station
2002: Accident does not happen by itself
2004: Document
20084: Fish
2006: On the edge of precipice
2008: When we are all asleep
Researches:
1964: Show in Japan
1965: Show in Iran
1969: Show in China
1971: Show in India
2993: Finding the roots of the old tree
2005: Where are thousand fables?

Awards:
2008: The Crystal Simorq for the best editor, When we are all sleeping
2000: The Crystal Simorq for the best film-script, Killing mad dogs

1991: The jury’s Crystal Simorq for Traveler

1972: The Appreciation Statute for the best film-script, Downpour

Rakhshan Bani Etemad

Born in 1954, Tehran
Iranian film director and screenwriter
BA in film directing, the Faculty of Dramatic Arts, Tehran University
She began her career as a documentary filmmaker for IRIB,
She worked as an assistant director before directing her first feature film Off Limits 1987

Film:
1986_Off Limits
1988_Canary yellow
1989_Foreign Currency
1992_Nargess
1995 – The Blue-Veiled
1998 – The May Lady
1999 – Baran and the Native
2001 – Under the Skin of the City
2002 – Our Times
2004-Gilaneh
2006 – Mainline

Awards
:
1995_Bronze Leopard, 48th Locarno Film Festival (for The Blue-Veiled)
1998_The Prince Claus Award
2006_Best Achievement in Directing, Asia Pacific Screen Awards (for Mainline, with Mohsen Abdolvahab)
2008_Honorary doctorate, University of London

Behrouz Afkhami

Born in Tehran in 1956

Graduated from the School of Cinema and Television

Behrooz Afkhami has been teaching Script Writing, Directing and Editing both privately and in Universities since 1989

Filmography:

2011_Child of the Dawn
2010_St. Pertersburg
2004_Gavkhouni (The River’s End) 2004
2000_Shokaran (Hemlock)
1998 _The World Champion 1998
1995 _The Day of the Devil 1995
1993_ The Day of the Angel
1991_The Bride

Director of Photography:

1986_Under the Rain 1986

Script Writing:

2011_Child of the Dawn
2008_Eleven Minutes
2004_Gavkhouni (The River’s End)
2000_Hemlock
1998_The World Champion
1995_The Day of the Devil
1993_The Day of the Angel
1991_The Bride, Co writer Alireza Davoodnejad.
Kouchak Jangli (Rebel in the Jungle)

Film Editing:

1989_Don’t put Mud in the Spring
2007_Quarantine
2004_Gavkhouni (The River’s End)
2008_Eleven Minutes, 30 Seconds

Awards

South Korean Movie Award for Best Direction
Catholic Church Award in Brisbane for Best Motion Picture

Farhad Ayish Heshmati

Born in 1952, Tehran

Education:

1980 BA in Film and Television, University of California
1984 MA in Photography, University of California

Performances:

1992 Scriptwriting, directing and acting in the play The Crime and 32 minutes of the Story, Germany, and City Theater, Tehran 2000,
1993 Scriptwriting, directing and acting in the play Suitcase, Berlin, Germany
1994 Scriptwriting, directing and acting in the play First Supper, Last Supper, Niavaran Farhangsara, City Theater, 2000-2001 Berlin, Hamburg, San Francisco
1994 Directing and acting in the play Seven Nights with and Uninvited Guest, City Theater, Tehran
1993 Scriptwriting, directing and acting in the play, Theater, Theater, Berkley
2001 Directing and acting in script reading Case, City Theater, Tehran
2005 Scriptwriting, directing and acting in the play, Windows, City Theater, Tehran
2008 Directing and acting in the play Rhinoceros by Ojen Unesco, City Theater, Tehran
2007 Scriptwriting, directing and acting in the tele-theater, Last Supper Comedy, Channel 4
2008 Directing tele-theater Petty Crimes of Matrimony, Eric Emanuel Schmitt, Channel 4