Dariush Mehrjui (داریوش مهرجویی) Bio & Filmography

Dariush Mehrjui
داریوش مهرجویی

Dariush Mehrjui (داریوش مهرجویی)

Director
Producer
Editor
Actor
Writer
Costume Designer
Set Designer
Music

Born December 08, 1939

Dariush Mehrjui ( داریوش مهرجویی ), born 8 December 1939 in Tehran, also spelled as Mehrjui, Mehrjoui, and Mehrjuyi, is 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, Gaav is considered to be the first film of this movement, which also included Masoud Kimiai and Nasser Taqvai. Most of Dariush Mehrjui's films are inspired by literature and adapted from Iranian and foreig ...n novels and plays.

Dariush Mehrjui (داریوش مهرجویی) has been a Set Designer in some movies:

Tehran Tehran is about that When an ordinary family joins a group of wealthy people on a tour of Tehran, they don't know what they're in for. Visiting historical buildings and tourist attractions is just the beginning of their journey, and they will discover much more than the landmarks of Tehran before they're through. As the tour unfolds, they find themselves embarking on a series of sweet and unforgettable adventures in this heart-warming family story from Dariush Mehrjui. In this film Dariush Mehrjui (داریوش مهرجویی) collaborates with Pantea Bahram (پانته آ بهرام‎), Rana Azadivar (رعنا آزادی ور‎), Ghorban Najafi (قربان نجفی), Farideh Sepah Mansour (فریده سپاه منصور), Sorush Sehhat (سروش صحت), Farhad Ghaemian (فرهاد قائمیان), Mohammad Mokhtari (محمد مختاری), Ali Loghmani (علی لقمانی), Vahideh Mohammadi Far (وحیده محمدی فر), Ali Abedini (علی عابدینی), Ardeshir Kazemi (اردشیر کاظمی), Mahtaj Nojoomi (مهتاج نجومي), Reza Yazdani‌ (رضا یزدانی‌), Rahman Hosseini (رحمان حسینی), Mohammad Ali Hossein Nejad (محمد علی حسین نژاد), Katayoun Amir Ebrahimi (کتایون امیر ابراهیمی), Akbar Meshkati (اکبر مشکاتی), Niki Nasirian (نیکی نصیریان), Mehdi Talebzadeh (مهدی طالب زاده), Gholamreza Nikkhah (غلامرضا نیکخواه), Soraya Nouri (ثریا نوری), Minou Saberi (مینا صابری), Fatemeh Fardin (فاطمه فردین), Farivar Moayyeri (فریور معیری), Behrouz Saffarian (بهروز صفاریان), Elmira Moghadam (المیرا مقدم)

Dariush Mehrjui (داریوش مهرجویی) has been a Writer in some movies:

Sara is about that Thought-provoking story based on Henrik Ibsen's celebrated play, 'A Doll's House.' Sara is the perfect young housewife, and when her husband Hessam needs an expensive emergency operation while he is abroad, she doesn't hesitate to get the money - by any means. For the next three years, she labours to pay the loan that saved Hessam's life, and to save his pride by keeping it secret. But then a hidden truth is revealed, and the reality of Sara's marriage is torn apart. Amidst a web of pride and disillusion, she must find the truth of herself in order to rebuild her life. In this film Dariush Mehrjui (داریوش مهرجویی) collaborates with Amin Tarokh (امین تارخ), Khosrow Shakibai (خسرو شکیبایی), Niki Karimi (نیکی کریمی‎), Mahvash Vaghari (مهوش وقاری), Mahmoud Kalari (محمود کلاری), Yassamin Maleknasr (یاسمین ملک نصر), Hassan Hassandoust (حسن حسن‌دوست), Jalal Moayerian (جلال معیریان), Sasan Nakhaei (ساسان نخعی), Asghar Shahverdi (اصغر شاهوردی), Zhila Mehrjui (ژیلا مهرجویی), Faryar Javaherian (فریار جواهریان), Khadijeh Shamsi (خدیجه شمسی), Tina Rashidi (تینا رشیدی), Soren Menachikanian (سورن مناتساکانیان), Zahra Mahmoudi‌ (زهرا محمودی‌), Felor Hejazi (فلور حجازی), Ahmad Saeedi Nejad (احمد سعیدی‌نژاد), Ebrahim Tafreshi (ابراهیم تفرشی), Mohammad Ali Naghi Kani (محمد علی نقی کنی), Maryam Mehrjui (مریم مهرجویی), Samin Mesgara (ثمین مسگران), Mina Bozorgmehr (مینا بزرگمهر), Seyed Amir Seyyedi (سید امیر سیدی), Hamzeh Pesyan (حمزه پسیان), Elaheh Moghaddam (الهه مقدم), Nader Rajab Pour (نادر رجب پور), Nazanin Karimi (نازنین کریمی), Ali Mokhtari (علی مختاری), Philip Glass (فیلیپ گلس), Azar Tavakolli (آذر توکلی), Hashem Seifi (هاشم سیفی), Reza Mohajer (رضا مهاجر), Faramarz Roshanayi (فرامرز روشنایی)

Dariush Mehrjui (داریوش مهرجویی) has been a Director in some movies:

The Santoor Player is about that Ali is a well-renowned santoor player and music teacher whose concerts are the talk of the community. He also secretly nurtures a heroin addiction, and supports his habit by playing at weddings and parties after he was disowned by his wealthy and reputable family. The film charts his decline into despondency as his addiction grows increasingly worse and takes a sizable toll on both his career and personal life. The movie even ventures into gritty shantytowns and the haunts of homeless drug addicts. 'Santoori' is an emotional and intensely watchable drama about one man's downward spiral and the agonising steps he must take towards redemption. Starring internationally acclaimed actress Golshifteh Farahani, Dariush Mehrjui's incisive drug addiction movie is also a must-see for Bahram Radan's brilliant performance which won him the Best Actor Award at the 2007 Fajr International Film Festival. In this film Dariush Mehrjui (داریوش مهرجویی) collaborates with Bahram Radan (بهرام رادان), Golshifteh Farahani (گلشیفته فراهانی), Masoud Rayegan (مسعود رایگان), Nader Soleymani (نادر سلیمانی), Roya Teymourian (رویا تیموریان‎), Maedeh Tahmasebi (مائده طهماسبی), Mohammad Reza Sharifinia (محمدرضا شریفی نیا), Hassan Pourshirazi (حسن پورشیرازی), Sadreddin Hejazi (صدرالدین حجازی), Touraj Mansouri (تورج منصوری), Mehdi Hosseinivand (مهدی حسینی وند), Vahideh Mohammadi Far (وحیده محمدی فر), Iraj Shahzadi (ایرج شهزادی), Farivar Moayyeri (فریور معیری), Alireza Alavian (علیرضا علویان), Alireza Ghaffari Nejad (علیرضا غفاری‌نژاد), Faramarz Farazmand (فرامرز فرازمند), Mahyar Pourhesabi (مهیار پور حسابی), Siamak Khahani (سیامک خواهانی), Mohammad Solouki‌ (محمد سلوکی‌), Parastou Moeeni (پرستو معینی), Baharak Kashaee (بهارک کشائی), Mohsen Chavoshi‌ (محسن چاوشی‌), Ardalan Kamkar (اردلان کامکار), Masoud Sakhaei (مسعود سخایی)

The Postman is about that An impotent, nervous, unbalanced postman, having a beautiful wife, lives in his master's house. When the educated nephew of the master comes back from Europe, complications occur which result to bad events for the postman and his wife. In this film Dariush Mehrjui (داریوش مهرجویی) collaborates with Ali Nasirian (علی نصیریان), Ezzatolah Entezami (عزت‌الله انتظامی), Iraj Rad (ایرج راد), Hormoz Farhat (هرمز فرهت), Houshang Baharloo (هوشنگ بهارلو), Rubik Mansouri (روبیک منصوری), Amrollah Saberi (امرالله صابری), Esmat Safavi (عصمت صفوی), Talat Mirfendereski (طلعت میرفندرسکی), Ahmad Reza Ahmadi (احمدرضا احمدی), Bahman Forsi (بهمن فرسی‎), Ezzatollah Ramezanifar (عزت الله رمضانی فر), Varoozh Karapetian (واروژ کاراپتیان), Mehdi Missaghieh (مهدی میثاقیه), Sanan Kiani (صنعان کیانی), Naser Jafari (ناصر جعفری), Zanich (زانیچ), Zhaleh Sam (ژاله سام), Davood Aria (داوود آریا)

Pari is about that Pari is a student of literature at a university in Tehran. Strong-willed and capable, she nevertheless frequently displays outward aggression towards the people in her life, jeopardising her relationship with her tutor, her fiance, and her brother. Projecting her inner struggle onto others is, however, having a detrimental effect on Pari's mental health. On the verge of a nervous breakdown, Pari stumbles upon an old sufi book titled 'Solook', and with it resolves to change where her life is heading. Assisted by her brother, she sets about repairing the damage and discovering the person she is meant to be. In this film Dariush Mehrjui (داریوش مهرجویی) collaborates with Khosrow Shakibai (خسرو شکیبایی), Melika Sharifinia (ملیکا شریفی نیا), Niki Karimi (نیکی کریمی‎), Parsa Pirouzfar (پارسا پیروزفر‎), Ali Mosaffa (علی مصفا), Abdollah Eskandari (عبدالله اسکندری), Alireza Zarrindast (علیرضا زرین‌دست), Hassan Hassandoust (حسن حسن‌دوست), Majid Eskandari (مجید اسکندری), Faryar Javaherian (فریار جواهریان), Hashem Seifi (هاشم سیفی), Keyvan Jahanshahi (کیوان جهان شاهی)

La Minor is about that Nadi is interested in playing, but her father strongly opposes music, and this is where her problems begin. In this film Dariush Mehrjui (داریوش مهرجویی) collaborates with Reza Davoudnejad (رضا داوودنژاد), Ali Nasirian (علی نصیریان), Bita Farahi (بیتا فرهی), Farimah Farjami (فریماه فرجامی‎), Mehrdad Sedighian (مهرداد صدیقیان), Behnaz Jafari (بهناز جعفری), Mohammad Javad Jafarpour (محمدجواد جعفر پور), Ali Mosaffa (علی مصفا), Reza Dormishian (رضا درمیشیان), Hayedeh Safiyari (هایده صفی‌یاری), Mohammad Reza Delpak (محمدرضا دلپاک), Abdollah Eskandari (عبدالله اسکندری), Christophe Rezai (کریستف رضاعی), Vahideh Mohammadi Far (وحیده محمدی فر), Kaveh Afagh (کاوه آفاق), Bahram Badakhshani (بهرام بدخشانی), Diba Zahedi (دیبا زاهدی), Siamak Adib (سیامک ادیب), Siamak Ansari (سیامک انصاری), Amir Hatami (امیر حاتمی), Amrollah Saberi (امرالله صابری), Golnaz Golshan (گلناز گلشن), Sharareh Ranjbar (شراره رنجبر), Ezzatollah Ramezanifar (عزت الله رمضانی فر), Pardis Ahmadieh (پردیس احمدیه), Amir Hossein Haddad (امیرحسین حداد)

The Mix is about that Esteemed film director Khosrow leads his crew in a race to complete post-production on their latest film in time for the end of the Fajr Film Festival. This extraordinary film treats the audience to a behind-the-scenes look at how sound is created for film, often with comedic and even touching results. As we follow Khosrow on his quest, it becomes clear that while he starts to question his own directing abilities, he will stop at nothing to complete his work, even at the cost of his health. This atmospheric film’s documentary-like format and contemplative use of narration immerses us into Khosrow’s world and the fascinating process of Iranian film-making. In this film Dariush Mehrjui (داریوش مهرجویی) collaborates with Bita Farahi (بیتا فرهی), Ezzatolah Entezami (عزت‌الله انتظامی), Khosrow Shakibai (خسرو شکیبایی), Leila Hatami (لیلا حاتمی‎), Melika Sharifinia (ملیکا شریفی نیا), Negar Foroozandeh (نگار فروزنده‎), Ferdous Kaviani (فردوس کاویانی), Omid Roohani (امید روحانی), Ali Mosaffa (علی مصفا), Gohar Kheirandish (گوهر خیراندیش), Mohammad Reza Sharifinia (محمدرضا شریفی نیا), Mahmoud Kalari (محمود کلاری), Sirus Taslimi (سیروس تسلیمی), Mohammad Reza Delpak (محمدرضا دلپاک), Naser Cheshmazar (ناصر چشم آذر), Hassan Hassandoust (حسن حسن‌دوست), Mahnaz Ansarian (مهناز انصاریان), Houra Maleki (حورا ملکی), Asghar Shahverdi (اصغر شاهوردی), Marzieh Boroomand (مرضیه برومند), Mohsen Mossavi (محسن موسوی), Faramarz Farazmand (فرامرز فرازمند), Seyed Amir Seyyedi (سید امیر سیدی), Kamran Khalaj (کامران خلج)

Other films are:
Mehrjui Karnameh 40 Saleh, Mom's Guest, The School We Went to, The Orange Suit, Hamoun, The Cow, Gohar Kheirandish a Filmography, The Tenants, Shirak, The Pear Tree, The Cycle, Tales of an Island, Good to Be Back, To Stay Alive, Lady, The price of love, Ghosts, Diamond 33, Mr. Gullible, Leila, Journey to the Land of Rimbaud, Beloved Sky