Bahram Beyzai

Known for DirectingBorn 1938-12-26Died 2025-12-27Tehran, 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 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'.Read more

Movies & web series

The Stranger and the Fog

Ahmad Shamlou: Master Poet of Liberty

Death of Yazdgerd

The Fateful Day

Bashu, the Little Stranger

The Runner

Dead End

The Fifth Season

Ballad of Tara

Travelers

Killing Mad Dogs

Uncle Moustache

Downpour

The Raven

Dialogue with the Wind

Journey

Maybe Some Other Time

Persian Carpet

The Red Line

Minoo Watch Tower

When We Are All Asleep

Zamaneh

Razor's Edge: The Legacy of Iranian Actresses

Bukhara Chronicles

Pure White

Ayyar-e Tanha

Bahram Beyzaie: A Mosaic of Metaphors

Ballad of Bahram

Crossroads

Jana and Baladoor

Mohakate Ghazaleh Alizadeh

The Eloquent Carpet

Summit of the Wave

The Green Cold

Arash

Salandar

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