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 in 2016
Born (1980-11-29) November 29, 1980
Rasht, Iran
NationalityIranian
Occupations
  • Actor
  • director
  • screenwriter
  • editor
Years active2004—present
Spouses
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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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