Born in Tehran in 1949, Majid Gharizadeh started his artistic career as photographer. In 1974, he joined Tehran’s Free Cinema and made his first 8mm. film entitled PAUSE. After making a number of short films, he made his debut feature, GRANDFATHER, in 1985 which was acclaimed and awarded in the 1st edition of Pyongyang Film Festival.Majid Gharizadeh has been a Writer in some movies:
The One Who Left is about that Rahman has two sons, Seyf-Allah and Hojjat. Hojjat leaves the village and goes to t
...he city; he starts working in a factory. Seyf-Allah always thinks of joining his brother. Rahman, however, continues his moderate life with his old and disabled father in the village. (Baba-Hamzeh, Rahman’s father, loses his hope for getting his feet cured in the city; thus, he returns to the village.) Baba-Hamzeh keeps encouraging Rahman to cultive their farm. However, as Rahman owes Eskandari (the owner of the dairy farm) some money, he cannot fulfill his father’s wish, and is left with no choice but to work for him in the dairy farm. Eskandari urges Rahman to pay his money back, and in this way, he is getting Rahman encouraged to render his field to Eskandari. Despite Eskandari’s threats, Rahman gets back to work in his field after his father’s death; thereby, to make his father’s wish come true. Eskandari gets killed through a quarrel with his driver. Seyf-Allah who has gone to his brother in Tehran, gets tired of the city life; thus, he returns to his father in the village. In this film Majid Gharizadeh collaborates with Ferdous Kaviani, Hossein Kasbian, Mohammad Reza Delpak, Eshagh Khanzadi, Fereydoon Shahbazian, Siavash Tahmoures, MohammadTaghi Kahnamooei, Hamid Delshakib, Parviz Shokri, Karim Davami, Ahmad Abbasgholi, Ahmad Nikazar, Mohsen Sadeghi Nasab, Siavash Shakeri, Bahram Alian, Shokoufeh Kosari, Mehrdad Daneshpoor, Manouchehr Behrooj, Mohammad sadeg Javadi.
Majid Gharizadeh has been a Director in some movies:
Good Friends is about that Hossein Ataari is an 80 year-old stage and film actor who has not been active in the artistic field for over 10 years. In his 81st birthday he is going to be praised for his artistic achievements. However, the organizers of the event do not have Attari’s correct address. His good old friends and his grandson, who is a film student plan to find him and take Attari to the event... In this film Majid Gharizadeh collaborates with Jamshid Mashayekhi, Mohammad Kasebi, Enayat Bakhshi, Dariush Asadzadeh, Farrokh Fadaee, Naser Cheshmazar, Kaveh Imani, Fereydoun Shirdel, Ali Abolsedgh, Ramin Naser Nasir, Farabi Cinema Foundation, Siamak Ahmadi.
Restless is about that Hossein, on the eve of his second marriage - with Fereshta, his cousin's daughter - finds out through one of the neighbors that his son Reza is alive, contrary to what he thought, and lives with his close friend Ahmed and his wife Maryam.... In this film Majid Gharizadeh collaborates with Abolfazl Poor Arab, Jamshid Mashayekhi, Marjaneh Golchin, Mehdi Rajaian, Azim Javanrooh, Fatemeh Taheri, Reza Ashtiani, Negin Sedgh Gooya, Fazel Ajbouri, Rubik Mansouri, Vahid Sheikhzadeh, Hossein Ghiabi, Andre Arezoomanian.
Youth is about that Amir, alongside his friends Navid and Azim, tries to steal the car of a young girl named Elham. But they don't succeed; instead, they steal a bag which contains her passport, a screenplay, and a mobile phone. When Elham makes contact with them through her mobile phone, they demand two million tumans in return for her documents. In this film Majid Gharizadeh collaborates with Abolfazl Poor Arab, Pejman Bazeghi, Sedigheh Kianfar, Behzad Rahim Khani, Kamran Ghadakchian, Reza Tavakoli, Hassan Pouya, Fariborz Lachini, Ahmad Ahmadpoor, Reza Rooygari, Mohammad Reza Ghomi, Mokhtar Saeghi, Mansour Vala Magham, Abbas Panahandeh.
Shaghayegh is about that Ahmad, who broke up with his wife, returns to his homeland after many years to visit his only son, Ali. His ex-wife Parvaneh is married to an illegitimate young man named Karim and is working in a factory. She is against Ahmed and Ali meeting because she is afraid that Ahmed will take Ali with her. In this film Majid Gharizadeh collaborates with Amin Tarokh, Saeed Sheikhzadeh, Rashid Aslani, Paridokht Eghbalpour, Houshang Nourollahi, Hossein Kasbian, Faraj Heidari, Iraj Golafshan, Kambiz Roshanravan, Mahshid Afshar Zadeh, Jalal Moayerian, Ali Shoaei, Maliheh Nazari, Anik Shefrazian, Mirza Goodarzi, Hasan Kamel, Khosrow Amir Sadeghi, Aghdas Sehat Bakhsh, Youra Yousefi, Kamal Seyed Mohssen, Khosro Karami, Davoud Rahatloo.
Grandfather is about that Grandfather lives in a house With his son Hosein and his wife Fakhri who are both bank employees, and also his grandson Mohammad. The story begins when someone informs Fakhri that she is awarded a loan to provide for a house. She insists Hosein buy an apartment. When the grandfather finds out about their financial need, he accepts to go to an asylum in order to sell the old house and buy a new apartment. But Mohammad who has an emotional relationship with his grandfather, reacts to these events and tells his parents that they are wrong so they decide to have grandfather again in their house. In this film Majid Gharizadeh collaborates with Ahoo Kheradmand, Jahangir Almasi, Jamshid Mashayekhi, Mehri Vadadian, Behzad Rahim Khani, Kheirollah Tafreshi Azad, Reza Banafshekhah, Hossein Kasbian, Hossein Jafarian, Davoud Yousefian, Farhad Saba, Kambiz Roshanravan, Mostafa Kamyab, Farshad Ramezani, Zohreh Amiri, Ramtin Danesh.
The Land of Promises is about that Hamid lives with his family in Tabriz. He plans to travel to Tehran to publish his book. Before his travel, he receives a letter from his brother, Behrouz, who has been in America for many years. In Tehran, his other brother, Saeed, is selling his house and furniture and is determined to immigrate from Iran. Hamid gives Saeed the letter from Behrooz in which the latter's status is reflected. ... In this film Majid Gharizadeh collaborates with Jahangir Almasi, Kioomars Malek Motiee, Soroor Nejatollahi, Eshagh Khanzadi, Farhad Saba, Mehrzad Minooei, Kambiz Roshanravan, Reza Rooygari, Mohammad Reza Ghomi, Ali Asghar Nejat, Farhang Moayyeri, Jamshid Jahanzadeh, Maliheh Nazari, Anik Shefrazian, Akbar Ahmadi, Mahboub Fadaei, Mitra Mahaseni, Akbar Moatamedi, Afshin Nakhaei, Habib Allahyari, Ramtin Danesh, Mina Saremi, Bahman Pasandi.
Other films are:
Brick Made Boys, Today's Woman, My Daughter Sahar, The Case
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