Houman Seyyedi

Houman Seyyedi (Persian: هومن سيدی, born November 29, 1980) is an Iranian actor, director, screenwriter and editor.[1] He has received various accolades, including six Crystal Simorghs–making him the only director to have three wins in Special Jury Prize category–two Hafez Awards, five Iran's Film Critics and Writers Association Awards, a NETPAC Award and an Asian New Talent Award. His sixth film, World War III (2022) won the Orizzonti Award for Best Film at the 79th Venice International Film Festival.

Houman Seyyedi
Seyyedi at the 2022 Fajr Film Festival
Born (1980-11-29) November 29, 1980
Rasht, Iran
NationalityIranian
Occupations
  • Actor
  • director
  • screenwriter
  • editor
Years active2004—present
Spouse(s)
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(m. 2007; div. 2014)​

Bita Aslani
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(m. 2017)​
Children1

Career

Houman Seyyedi is an Iranian theater, television and cinema actor & director, known for his role in " The Endless Way " series.

His directing of short movies, including ’35 Meters Below Sea Level’ and ‘Blue Tooth’, earned him several awards at Tehran International Short Film Festival. He also directed his first long movie ‘Africa’ in 2010.

Seyyedi, who was the writer as well as editor of ‘Africa’, managed to receive an award for Best Movie in video works section of the 29 Fajr International Film Festival.

He has participated in several movies, including ‘Fireworks Wednesday’ (2005), ‘Barefoot in Heaven’ (2005), ‘He Who Goes to Sea’ (2006), ‘The Wound on Eve’s Shoulder’ (2007), ‘The Freeway’ (2010), ‘Thirteen’ (2012), ‘The Exclusive Line’ (2013), ‘Confessions of My Dangerous Mind’ (2014), ‘Buffalo’ (2014), ‘I am Diego Maradona’ (2014), ‘Sleep Bridge’ (2015) and ‘Profiles’ (2015).

Filmography

Film
YearFilm Actor Screenwriter EditorDirector
2005A Piece of Bread Yes No Kamal Tabrizi
2006Fireworks Wednesday Asghar Farhadi
Barefoot in heaven Bahram Tavakoli
2006He who goes to sea Arash Moayerian
2007The wound on Eve’s shoulder Hossein Ghena'at
2008An ounce of the sky Ali Vazirian
2010The freeway Abbas Rafe'ee
Africa Houman Seyyedi
2012 Thirteen Houman Seyyedi
2013Outside of night Kaveh Sajjadi Hosseini
The exclusive line Mostafa Kiaee
2014Half-faces Iraj Karimi
I Am Diego Maradona Bahram Tavakoli
Confessions of my dangerous mind Houman Seyyedi
In the period known Vahid Amirkhani
Buffalo Kaveh Sajjadi Hosseini
2015Sleep bridge Oktay Barahnai
Nobody dies here Hossein Kandari
Motherhood Roghayeh Tavakoli
Sound and Fury Houman Seyyedi
2017 Human Comedy Yes No NoMohammad Hadi Karimi
Azar Yes No NoMohammad Hamzeiy
2018Confiscation Yes No NoMehran Ahmadi
Sheeple No Yes Yes Houman Seyyedi
2019Tala Yes No NoParviz Shahbazi
2022 World War III No Yes Yes Houman Seyyedi

Web
Year Title Role Actor Director Screenwriter Editor Platform Ref.
2016 The Romance Peyman Rastag Yes No No No Video CD [2]
2018 Golshifteh Houman Yes No No No [3]
2020–2021 The Frog Amirali Shamsabadi Yes Yes Yes Yes Namava [4]
2021 Gisoo Peyman Rastag Yes No No No [5]

Television Series
Year Title RoleDirector Network Ref.
2007 Endless Path Mansour PourvatanHomayoun Assadian IRIB TV3 [6]
2009–2010 In the Eye of the Wind Masoud Djafari Djozani IRIB TV1 [7]
2010 The 30th Day Siavash KianiJavad Afshar IRIB TV1
2011 Up to The Sky HamidSirous Moghaddam IRIB TV1 [8]
2013 Mehr Abad Farid Sajadi Hosseini IRIB TV5

Television Film
TitleDirector
SayabMohammad Ali Sajadi
The Deserted RoadAli Shah Hatami
At the Beginning of a DayBahram Tavakoli
If It RainsRouhollah Hejazi
The PlagiarizeReza Beheshti
The ShadowRouhollah Hejazi
One Moment Later (episode "The Biliard")Reza Beheshti
The story of Davoud and the LunarIda Panahandeh
The Story of Us, Your StoryReza Beheshti
The Winter SemesterReza Beheshti
The RunnerAsgher Hashemi

References
  1. "Third Parvin Etesami Film Festival announces winners". Tehran Times. January 6, 2008. Retrieved 2 April 2011.
  2. Asheghaneh (TV Series 2017– ) - IMDb, retrieved 2021-10-24
  3. Golshifte (TV Series 2018– ) - IMDb, retrieved 2021-10-24
  4. The Frog (TV Series 2020–2021) - IMDb, retrieved 2021-10-24
  5. "Namava". www.namava.ir. Retrieved 2021-10-24.
  6. Rahe bi payan (Drama), Kelk -e- Khial Film and Advertisement Company, 2007-04-24, retrieved 2021-10-25
  7. Dar Cheshm-e Baad (Drama, History), Jozan Film, Cinema Libre Studio, 2008-11-05, retrieved 2021-10-25
  8. Ta Soraya (Drama), 2011-08-08, retrieved 2021-10-25
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