Ferestadeh parviz sayyad biography
Parviz Sayyad
Iranian actor and film director
Parviz Sayyad (Persian: پرویز صیاد, romanized:&#;Parviz Sayyād; born 22 March )[1] is an Iranian-born American celebrated actor, director, translator, and screenwriter of Iranian cinema. He was one of the earliest television stars in Iran.[1]
Early life
Parviz Sayyad was born on March 22, , in Lahijan, Pahlavi Iran.[1]
Throughout the s Sayyad starred in many plays that were adapted for television; and he was in the first Iranian television program titled Amir Arsalan alongside Mary Apick.[1]
Career in Iran
See also: Samad (fictional character)
His first film, a comedy, Hasan Kachal (), or "Hasan the Bald", is well remembered.
He gained more fame starring in one of the oldest Iranian television series Octopus&#;[fa] (; Persian: اختاپوس, romanized:&#;Okhtapus) playing the role of a well mannered, diplomatic sneaky and soft-spoken board member.[2]
He is best known for his role as Samad on the television series Sarkar Ostvar&#;[fa].[1] The character Samad was a naive, street smart country boy (somewhat reminiscent of the American "Ernest" series).
After this, Sayyad went on to star in the famous "Samad" film and television series. His character, Samad (or Samad Agha, as he demanded others call him), was a prominent comedic icon of Iran during the s. The Iranian Revolution took place shortly after his 7th feature-length "Samad" film was released. Sayyad would spend the money he made on commercially successful films (such as Samad) to fund the creation of independent and intellectual films.[3]
His dramatic film Dead End entered the 10th Moscow International Film Festival.[4] Other noteworthy roles include "Asdollah Mirza" on the television series, My Uncle Napoleon (Persian: دایی جان ناپلئون, romanized:&#;Da'i jan Napuli'un).[5][6]
Career in the United States
Sayyad migrated to the United States shortly after the Iranian Revolution, where he continued to act, write, direct and produce.
Looks like we're missing the following data in en-US or en-US Login to edit. Keyboard Shortcuts. Login to report an issue. He was one of the earliest television stars in Iran.He received a PhD from the City University of New York (CUNY).[1]
In , he directed and starred in the film The Mission (Ferestadeh), which was entered into the 33rd Berlin International Film Festival; and won the Jury Grand Prize award () at the Locarno Film Festival.[7][1]
Sayyad is married to Parvin Sayyad and has two daughters.
Filmography
Television
(As an actor)
Film
(As an actor)
- – Hasan Kachal (Hasan the Bald)
- – Samad and the Rug of Hazrat Suleiman&#;[fa] (Persian: صمد و قالیچه حضرت سلیمان, romanized:&#;Samad va Ghalicheyeh Hazrat Soleyman)
- – Khastegar
- – Samad and the Steel Armored Ogre&#;[fa] (Persian: صمد و فولادزره دیو, romanized:&#;Samad va Fulad Zereh Div)[3]
- – Sattar Khan
- – Samad and Sami, Leila, and Lily&#;[fa] (Persian: صمد و سامی، لیلا و لیلی, romanized:&#;Samad va Sami, Leila va Leili)[9]
- – Samad Goes to School&#;[fa] (Persian: صمد به مدرسه میرود, romanized:&#;Samad be Madreseh Miravad)[9]
- – Samad Becomes an Actor&#;[fa] (Persian: صمد آرتیست میشود, romanized:&#;Samad Artist Mishavad)[9]
- – Mozaffar
- – Maslakh
- – Asrare Ganje Darreye Jenni
- – Zanburak
- – Samad Becomes Lucky&#;[fa] (Persian: صمد خوشبخت میشود, romanized:&#;Samad Khoshbakht Mishavad)[9]
- – Dar Ghorbat
- – My Uncle Napoleon (Persian: دایی جان ناپلئون, romanized:&#;Da'i jan Napuli'un)[5][6]
- – Bon Bast (Dead End) directed by Parviz Sayyad; art direction and production design by Amir Farrokh Tehrani.
- – Samad in the Way of Dragon&#;[fa] (Persian: صمد در راه اژدها, romanized:&#;Samad dar rah ejdeha)[9]
- – Samad Becomes Homeless&#;[fa] (Persian: صمد دربهدر میشود, romanized:&#;Samad Dar-be-dar Mishavad)[9]
- – Samad Goes to the City&#;[fa] (Persian: صمد به شهر میرود, romanized:&#;Samad be Shahr Miravad)
- – The Mission (Persian: فرستاده, romanized:&#;Ferestadeh)[1]
- – Samad Goes to War (Persian: صمد به جنگ ميرود, romanized:&#;Samad Be Jang Miravad)
- – On Wings of Eagle
- – Checkpoint
- – Samad Returns from the War (Persian: صمد از جنگ برمیگردد, romanized:&#;Samad az jang barmigardad)
- – Babak and Friends - A First Norooz
- – The Stoning of Soraya M.
- – The Persian Connection
(As a director)
See also
References
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(April ). The A to Z of Iran. Rowman & Littlefield. p.&#; ISBN&#;.
- ^Sayyad, Parviz; Dabashi, Hamid ().Ferestadeh parviz sayyad biography Parviz Sayyad. Born in Lahijan in , Sayyad was one of the leading actors and playwrights during his youth in Iran. In , after the formation of Iran's National Television, Sayyad and many others from theater joined its cast and started producing tele-theater shows until This is where his famous Samad character was first formed. Samad became so popular that in with the help of Ali Abbasi, Sayyad directed his first Film " Samad and the Flying Carpet " using the same character.
Parviz Sayyad's Theater of Diaspora: Two Plays, The Ass, and The Rex Cinema Trial. Mazda Publishers. pp.&#;xvii. ISBN&#;.
- ^ abJahed, Parviz (). The New Wave Cinema in Iran: A Critical Study. Bloomsbury Publishing USA. p.&#; ISBN&#;.
- ^"10th Moscow International Film Festival ()".
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- ^ ab"Iran's Iraj Pezeshkzad, who wrote 'My Uncle Napoleon,' dies". AP NEWS. Retrieved
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A Social History of Iranian Cinema, Volume 4: The Globalizing Era, –. Duke University Press. p.&#; ISBN&#;.