Seyyedi, Houman (born 1980, Rasht) 

Houman Seyyedi is an Iranian theatre, television and cinema actor. 

After getting a high school diploma in Graphic Design, he attended some courses at Iranian Youth Cinema Society of Rasht and then directed several short movies. 

He made his movie debut with ‘A Piece of Bread’ (2004), directed by Kamal Tabrizi. 

His directing of short movies, including ’35 Meters Below Sea Level’ and ‘Blue Tooth’, earned him several awards at Tehran International Short Film Festival. He also directed his first long movie ‘Africa’ in 2010.

Seyyedi, who was the writer as well as editor of ‘Africa’, managed to receive an award for Best Movie in video works section of the 29 Fajr International Film Festival.

He has participated in several movies, including ‘Fireworks Wednesday’ (2005), ‘Barefoot in Heaven’ (2005), ‘He Who Goes to Sea’ (2006), ‘The Wound on Eve’s Shoulder’ (2007), ‘The Freeway’ (2010), ‘Thirteen’ (2012), ‘Hotline’ (2013), ‘Confessions of My Dangerous Mind’ (2014), ‘Buffalo’ (2014), ‘I am Diego Maradona’ (2014), ‘Bridge of Sleep’ (2015) and ‘Profiles’ (2015).

Seyyedi has also taken part in various TV series such as ‘Never-ending Road’ (2006), ‘The 30th Day’ (2011), ‘Until Being with Sorayya’ (2011) and ‘Mehrabad’ (2012).