Dariush Mehrjui
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- December 8, 1939, Tehran, Iran
- Died
- October 14, 2023
- Movies
- 35
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Dariush Mehrjui (December 8, 1939 - October 14, 2023) also spelled as Mehrjui Mehrjoui, and Mehrjuyi, was an Iranian director, screenwriter, producer, and film editor. Mehrjui was a founding member of the Iranian New Wave movement of the early 1970s. His second film, The Cow, is considered to be the first film of this movement, which also included Masoud Kimiai and Nasser Taqvai. Most of his films are inspired by literature and adapted from Iranian and foreign novels and plays.
Upcoming Dariush Mehrjui Movies
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Release date TBA
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 2024 | Sunset Somberness | Himself |
| 2016 | New Wave | |
| 2016 | Mehrjui: The Forty-Year Report | Self |
| 2006 | Iran: A Cinematographic Revolution | Himself |
| 2005 | Cinema Iran | Self |
| 2003 | Summit of the Wave | |
| 2002 | The Mirror of the Soul | |
| 1999 | The Green Cold |
Directing, Writing & Producing
| 2022 | A Minor | Writer, Director |
| 2014 | Apparition | Director, Writer, Producer |
| 2013 | Good to Be Back | Writer, Producer, Director |
| 2012 | Orange Suit | Director, Writer |
| 2011 | Beloved Sky | Director, Screenplay |
| 2010 | Tehran, Tehran | Director |
| 2007 | Persian Carpet | Director |
| 2007 | The Music Man | Director, Writer, Producer |
| 2004 | Mum's Guest | Director, Writer |
| 2002 | To Stay Alive | Director, Writer |
| 2000 | Tales of an Island | Writer, Director |
| 2000 | The Mix | Director, Writer |
| 1999 | Leila | Director, Writer, Producer |
| 1998 | The Pear Tree | Director, Writer, Producer |
| 1995 | Pari | Director, Producer, Screenplay |
| 1993 | Sara | Director, Writer, Producer |
| 1992 | The Lady | Director |
| 1990 | Hamoon | Director, Writer, Producer |
| 1988 | Shirak | Director, Writer, Producer |
| 1987 | The Tenants | Director, Writer |
| 1983 | Journey to the Land of Rimbaud | Director |
| 1980 | The School We Went To | Director, Writer |
| 1978 | The Cycle | Director, Writer |
| 1972 | The Postman | Director, Writer |
| 1970 | Mr. Gullible | Director, Writer |
| 1969 | The Cow | Director, Producer, Writer |
| 1966 | Diamond 33 | Writer, Director |
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