Seifollah Dad (1955-2009) was an
Iranian
Iranian may refer to:
* Iran, a sovereign state
* Iranian peoples, the speakers of the Iranian languages. The term Iranic peoples is also used for this term to distinguish the pan ethnic term from Iranian, used for the people of Iran
* Iranian lan ...
screenwriter and director. He was born in
Khurramshahr
Khorramshahr ( fa, خرمشهر , also romanized as ''Khurramshahr'', ar, المحمرة, romanized as ''Al-Muhammerah'') is a city and capital of Khorramshahr County, Khuzestan Province, Iran. At the 2016 census, its population was 170,976, in ...
and studied sociology at
Shiraz University
Shiraz University ( fa, دانشگاه شیراز ''Dāneshgāh-e-Shirāz'', formerly known as Pahlavi University دانشگاه پهلوی ''Dāneshgāh-e Pahlavi'') is a public university located in Shiraz, Fars, Iran, established in 1946. ...
. He made his directorial debut with ''
Under the Rain
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'' in 1985, and his second film ''
Kani-Manga
''Kanimanga'' is an Iranian war movie directed by Seifollah Dad . The film's second cinematic effects built in 1987 (1366 AH) and released longest in the history of Iranian cinema theater with 15 years
Awards
(Fajr Film Festival
Iran's a ...
'' won the
Crystal Simorgh
The Crystal Simorgh ( fa, سیمرغ بلورین) is an award given by Fajr International Film Festival, Iran's major annual film festival. It is awarded in several categories of ''International Competition'' as well as ''Iranian Cinema Compet ...
for best film. He also edited a number of Iranian films in the 1980s and 1990s. His third and final feature ''
The Survivor'' was released in 1995.
He died in
Tehran
Tehran (; fa, تهران ) is the largest city in Tehran Province and the capital of Iran. With a population of around 9 million in the city and around 16 million in the larger metropolitan area of Greater Tehran, Tehran is the most popul ...
in 2009.
Bio
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References
1955 births
2009 deaths
Iranian film directors
Iranian screenwriters
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