Iranian artists pay tribute to director Bahram Beyzaie

A number of Iranian artists have gathered at Tehran’s City Theater Complex to pay tribute to the celebrated Iranian director and playwright Bahram Beyzaie.

Iranian veteran actress Golab Adineh cut the cake for the 79th birthday of the Iranian director and playwright Bahram Beyzaie on December 25, 2016.

Born in 1938 in Tehran, director, producer, screen-writer and film editor Bahram Beyzaie was introduced to the world of art when he was still very young.

He wrote two historical plays which eventually became his preferred method of writing while in high school.

Beyzaie then entered University of Tehran, but did not finish his studies and started researching Iranian theatre, epic literature, pre-Islamic history and Persian painting.

At the age of 21, he did an extensive research on the ‘Book of Kings’ (The Shahname) and Ta’azieh which is an Iranian traditional passion play.

He also wrote a number of articles about cinema and some books, including ‘The Eighth Voyage of Sinbad’, ‘Banquet’, ‘Serpent King’, ‘Dolls’, ‘Story of the Hidden Moon’.

He started his film career with a successful short film named ‘Uncle Mustache’ in 1970 and directed his masterpiece ‘Downpour’ in 1971.

Besides writing a large number of film scripts, Beyzaie has directed some movies, including ‘The Death of Yazdgerd’, ‘Perhaps Another Time’, ‘The Passengers’, ‘Killing Dogs’, and ‘While We Sleep’.

He has won several awards at domestic and international film festivals, including the Best Screenplay award for ‘Killing Dogs’ at 19th International Tehran Film Festival.

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