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Bahram Beyzai
Tehran, Iran
Bahrām Beyzāie (also spelt Beizai, Beyza'i, Persian: بهرام بیضائی, 26 December 1938 — 27 December 2025) was a critically and popularly acclaimed filmmaker, playwright, theater di…
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Bahrām Beyzāie (also spelt Beizai, Beyza'i, Persian: بهرام بیضائی, 26 December 1938 — 27 December 2025) was a critically and popularly acclaimed filmmaker, playwright, theater director, screenwriter, film editor, and ostād ("master") of Persian letters, arts and Iranian studies. Beyzāie was 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 was 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'.
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2025
Bukhara Chronicles
Movie voice
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2022
Pure White
Movie Self
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2020
Ayyar-e Tanha
Movie
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2019
Bahram Beyzaie: A Mosaic of Metaphors
Movie Self
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2018
Ballad of Bahram
Movie as Himself (Archive Footage)
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2018
Crossroads
Movie Director
- 2016
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2009
Mohakate Ghazaleh Alizadeh
Movie self
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2009
When We Are All Asleep
Movie Director
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2008
Dead End
Movie as Himself
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2007
Persian Carpet
Movie Director
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2007
The Eloquent Carpet
Movie Director
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2003
Summit of the Wave
Movie
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2002
Zamaneh
Movie Editor
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2001
Killing Mad Dogs
Movie Director
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1999
The Green Cold
Movie
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1999
Arash
Movie Writer
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1999
Ahmad Shamlou: Master Poet of Liberty
Movie self
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1998
Dialogue with the Wind
Movie director
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1997
The Fifth Season
Movie Writer
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1996
Minoo Watch Tower
Movie Editor
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1995
The Fateful Day
Movie Writer
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1992
Travelers
Movie Director
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1989
Bashu, the Little Stranger
Movie Director
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1988
Maybe Some Other Time
Movie Director
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1984
The Runner
Movie Editor
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1982
Death of Yazdgerd
Movie Director
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1982
The Red Line
Movie Writer
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1980
Salandar
Movie Writer
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1979
Ballad of Tara
Movie Director
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1977
The Raven
Movie Director
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1975
The Stranger and the Fog
Movie Director
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1972
Downpour
Movie Writer
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1972
Journey
Movie Director
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1970
Uncle Moustache
Movie Director
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