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Houman Seyyedi
هومن سيدی
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Seyyedi in 2016
Born (1980-11-29) November 29, 1980 (age 43)
Rasht, Iran
Nationality Iranian
Occupation
  • Actor
  • director
  • screenwriter
  • editor
Years active 2004—present
Spouse(s)
Azadeh Samadi
(m. 2007; div. 2014)
Bita Aslani
(m. 2017)
Children 1

Houman Seyyedi (Persian: هومن سيدی, born November 29, 1980) is an Iranian actor, director, screenwriter, and editor. 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.

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

Year Title Role Director Notes Ref(s)
2005 A Piece of Bread Gheys Kamal Tabrizi
2006 Fireworks Wednesday Abdolreza Asghar Farhadi
Barefoot in Paradise Yehya Bahram Tavakoli
2006 He Who Goes to the Sea Soldier Arash Moayerian
2007 Eve’s Shoulder Wound Hossein Ghena'at
2011 Africa Houman Seyyedi also as screenwriter and editor
2012 The Freeway Morteza Abbas Rafiee
2014 Thirteen Houman Seyyedi also as screenwriter and editor
Night, Outdoor Kaveh Sajjadi Hosseini
The Exclusive Line Mostafa Kiaee
2015 Buffalo Kaveh Sajjadi Hosseini
I Am Diego Maradona Babak Bahram Tavakoli
Confessions of My Dangerous Mind iPod man Houman Seyyedi as screenwriter and editor
In the Specified Time Saeed Vahid Amirkhani
2016 Profiles Iraj Karimi
Nobody One Does Not Die Ashkan Hossein Kondori
Bridge of Sleep Mohsen Oktay Baraheni
Sound and Fury Houman Seyyedi also as screenwriter and editor
2017 Azar Saber Mohammad Hamzei
Human Comedy Mohammad Hadi Karimi
Mothering Saeed Roghayeh Tavakoli
2018 Confiscation Zakaria Mehran Ahmadi
Sheeple Houman Seyyedi also as screenwriter and editor
2019 Gold Mansour Parviz Shahbazi
2022 Without Her Arian Vazirdaftari as producer
World War III Houman Seyyedi also as screenwriter and editor

Web

Year Title Role Director Notes Platform Ref(s)
2016 The Romance Peyman Rastag Manouchehr Hadi Main role Video CD
2018 Golshifteh Houman Behrouz Shoeibi Main role
2020–2021 The Frog Amirali Shamsabadi Houman Seyyedi Supporting role; also as screenwriter and editor Namava
2021 Gisoo Peyman Rastag Manouchehr Hadi Main role
2022 Party Himself Iraj Tahmasb Guest
2023 Vertigo Reza Badiee Behrang Tofighi Main role
0TBA Wild Houman Seyyedi Filmnet

Television series

Year Title Role Director Network Ref.
2007 Endless Path Mansour Pourvatan Homayoun Assadian IRIB TV3
2009–2010 In the Eye of the Wind Masoud Djafari Djozani IRIB TV1
2010 The 30th Day Siavash Kiani Javad Afshar IRIB TV1
2011 Up to The Sky Hamid Sirous Moghaddam IRIB TV1
2013 Mehr Abad Farid Sajadi Hosseini IRIB TV5

Television Film

Title Director
Sayab Mohammad Ali Sajadi
The Deserted Road Ali Shah Hatami
At the Beginning of a Day Bahram Tavakoli
If It Rains Rouhollah Hejazi
The Plagiarize Reza Beheshti
The Shadow Rouhollah Hejazi
One Moment Later (episode "The Biliard") Reza Beheshti
The story of Davoud and the Lunar Ida Panahandeh
The Story of Us, Your Story Reza Beheshti
The Winter Semester Reza Beheshti
The Runner Asgher Hashemi

See also

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