Valiollah Khakdan was born in 1923 in Baku, Azerbaijan. He was an Iranian art director. He graduated from the Art School and started his career as an art director with Prince's Prisoner (1998). He immigrated to Iran in 1938 where he became a set designer in theatres. He is known as a pioneer of set designing in Iranian cinema. He supervised the construction of a small town for IRIB as the location of historical films and TV series.Valiollah Khakdan has been a Set Designer in some movies:
The Gra
...nd Day is about that The authorities of a small town on the edge of a desert are informed that one of the high officials would visit their city in the near future. Authorities use the city's facilities to host the ceremony and welcome the guests. In this film Valiollah Khakdan collaborates with Ali Nasirian, Atefeh Razavi, Iraj Tahmasb, Hassan Rezaei, Gohar Kheirandish, Jamshid Hashempour, Alireza Khamse, Kianoush Ayari, Shalizeh Arefpour, Farid Mostafavi, Dariush Ayari, Farhad Fakhreddini, Bahman Heidari, Masoud Behnam, Fatemeh Taheri, Saeed Amir Soleimani, Vali Shirandami, Mehri Mehrnia, Reza Rad, Mehdi Rahimiyan, Younes Sabahi, Reza Mohajer, Roohangiz Mohtadi, Azita Azima, Fojan Arefpour, Ahmad Alinejad, Kazem Vafadar Shoushtari, Mahmoud Ebrahimzadeh, Hossein Mohajer, Vajiheh Fariborzi, Shahrokh Ostad Hassan, Roohollah Mofidi, Akbar Rahimi, Mohsen Makari, Mostafa Karimi, Hossein Zafarmand, Mansoor Saee.
Khatoon is about that Malek wants to wed his daughter to Sohrab whose father is wealthy and Malek owes him a lot of money. The problem is that the girl is addicted and won't be sober before the groom's family arrives. Malek, afraid of bankruptcy, looks for a solution and meets a dancer girl who just looks like her daughter. In this film Valiollah Khakdan collaborates with Ahmad Ghadakchian, Faramarz Gharibian, Hamideh Kheirabadi, Nematollah Gorji, Reza Mirlohi, Farhang Moayyeri, Mirza Goodarzi, Reza Yaghuti, Hossein Vaseghi, Ahmad Shirazi, Ali Akbar Mahdavifar, Haleh Nazari, Mohsen Mahdavi, Roza Mahdavi, Nematollah Rafii, Ahdieh Badiee, Jamal Vafaei, Asghar Aghajani, Khashayar, Farhad Farhadi.
Valiollah Khakdan has been a Costume Designer in some movies:
First Deputy is about that Following the third trip of Ahmad-Shah Qajar to Europe, the world powers tried to overthrow the Qajar dynasty. The Qajar nobility decide to take over the parliament for survival of their monarchy and become its savior. Motioddowleh and Arfaolmolk are two brothers in Qajar house who try to enter the parliament. Murad, a gardener of the house of Motioddowleh, who is a liberal, brings a dispute between the two brothers through his deception. Movie continues with the struggles between the two brothers and other Qajars, until finally ... In this film Valiollah Khakdan collaborates with Esmail Davarfar, Gholamhossein Naghshineh, Abbas Ganjavi, Mehrdad Fakhimi, Fereydoon Shahbazian, Hossein Asadi, Jamshid Heydari, Jalal Moayerian, Esmaeel Mehrabi, Mohammad Motee, Reza Ardalan, Ghodratollah Latifi, Bahram Mohammadipoor, Soroor Rajai, Akbar Zare, Hooshang Nikraftar, Rahim Shamshiri, Shapour Shahidi, Farhad Farhadi, Akbar Talaei.
Mirza Norooz's Shoes is about that In this comedy set in premodern Iran Mirza Norooz is a pharmacist who is unwilling to discard his old worn-out shoes and buy new ones. This causes the people in his town to ridicule him and makes him unfit to appear at public functions. His wife and children are no longer able to tolerate the situation. They have left him and made the purchase of new shoes the condition for their return. Mirza finally decides to buy new shoes with much bitterness. He tries to discard his old worn-out shoes, but they cause problems for him no matter what he does with them. Things get so bad that he is almost beheaded by mistake. He finally gets relief when his old shoes are publicly burned. He then goes back to a peaceful life with his wife and children, who have come back home. In this film Valiollah Khakdan collaborates with Ali Nasirian, Jamshid Layegh, Kazem Afrandnia, Dariush Farhang, Houshang Nourollahi, Fereydoun Naseri, Mehdi Rajaian, Mohammad Motevaselani, Mohammad Omrani, Mohammad Ali Keshavarz, Karim Neshat, Rostam Faramarzi, Asad Delshad Ershadi, Reza Alipour Moteallem, Maziar Partow, Hojat Esmaeili, Iraj Safdari, Saeed Amir Soleimani, Zahra Broomand, Reza Abdi, Gohar Golkar, Mohsen Aslani, Sami Tahassoni, Asghar Khandan, Mohammad Sarban, Ezzatollah Ramezanifar, Ali Asadi, Ali Vafadar, Mohammad Varshochi, Ali Sazegar, Abdollah Safdari, Saeed Mohaghegh, Bijan Shekarriz, Mansour Nasiri, Reza Shad, Mansoor Saee, Kazem Shirin Sokhan.
The Runaway Groom is about that A father on his sick bed makes a will that after his death his two children will inherit his property on the condition that his grandchildren marry each other and have children. Two brothers try to convince their children to marry each other with Ramin's help In this film Valiollah Khakdan collaborates with Ahmad Ghadakchian, Asghar Bichareh, Reza Arham Sadr, Rubik Mansouri, Mohsen Arasteh, Hassan Mosayebi, Mahmoud Pirasteh, Ahmad Shirazi, Esmaeil Riyahi, Natail Zvuloni, Taghi Zohuri, Azar Shiva, Homayoon, Abdolali Homayoon, Mansour Sepehrnia, Nikoo Safayi.
Mummification is about that A German archaeologist professor finds a mummified body during his excavations in Susa. The mummy has no hands, and his hand is in another casket. The professor, with the cooperation of Khosrow and his driver Abdallah, takes the mummy's body to his house, so that after the necessary investigations, they will be sent to the museum. Margaret, the professor's daughter, is afraid of a mummy in the house. An antique dealer named Haroun, who owes Khosrow, wants to take possession of the mummy, but the professor refuses Haroun's request to buy the mummy. The night when the box containing the mummy's hand is next to the professor, the mummy goes to the professor's room and the professor dies seeing him. After some time Abdullah is also killed by a mummy, and the police, suspecting Khosrow, discovers that before each murder, the mummy's hand was next to the victim, but after the murder, the hand is seen in the coffin. On the night when the mummy's hand is in Margaret's room, by reading the lines on the coffin, Khosrow realizes that the corpse contains a lot of jewels, which if the severed hand is placed on the mummy's body, it will disintegrate and the jewels inside will fall out. In the middle of the night, the mummy goes to Margaret and she faints when she sees the mummy. Khosrow and the police arrive and shoot the mummy, who is Harun, dead. In this film Valiollah Khakdan collaborates with Dariush Asadzadeh, Rubik Mansouri, Rafi Halati, Bizhan Mohtasham, Hassan Mosayebi, Ali Azad, Hamid Mojtahedi, Azar Hekmat Shoar, Akbar Khajavi, Jamal Mojtahedi, Kamyab Kasravi, Manoochehr Toosi, Manoochehr Motiei.
The Claw is about that Amir fails in life and gets paralyzed in an accident and his face gets a deep wound. The paralysis of his two legs and the wound on his face cause severe emotional distress to Amir. His brother Iraj, who is a police officer, hires Simin as Amir's nurse. Both brothers become interested in Simin... In this film Valiollah Khakdan collaborates with Jamshid Mehrdad, Reza Banki, Azizollah Kordvani, Nosratollah Kani, Dariush Azizi, Roohollah Mofidi, Reza Shafi, Azar Hekmat Shoar, Mohammad Ali Jafari, Reza Arefan, Amin Amini, Mehdi Amir Ghasem Khani, Tajolmolook Ahmadi, Ali Atef Khoram, Abbas, Nik Khah.
Other films are:
The Lucky Coin, Three Private Detectives, Hossein Kord Shabestari, Prince Arsalan, The Escape, The Night Story, Mr. Twentieth Century, What Is My Fault?, Hassan Dynamite, The Barefoot Bride, The Golden Waterfall, The Most Beautiful of Beauties, City Thief, Sharareh, Love, Great Passing, The Double-Agent, Waiting Beach, Mr. Seven Colours, Mashdi Ebad, 3 Sturdies, The Mountain Tiger, Twenty Years of Waiting, Jahan Pahlavan, Champion Shamsi, Wild Angel, The Star of the Seven Heavens, The Midnight Cry, Gholam Zhandarm, The Girl Next Door, Ten Dangerous Shadows, Bride of Bianca, Bride of Tehran, The Bride of the Sea, Uncle Nowrooz, The Hundred Kilo Bridegroom, Yaqub Layth Saffari, Iranian Marriage, Alley of Valiants, Aladdin's Sons, Dalahoo, A Star Flashed, Tomorrow Is Bright, The Vagabond Girl, The Pleasure of Sin, Die Hard, The Sleeping Lion, Night Watch, Wildcat, Khodadad, The Considerate Girls, Seven Girls for Seven Boys, The Ten Million Tomans Man, Sheikh Saleh, An Angel in my House, Twins, The Hen That Laid Golden Eggs, Lost, The Tramp, Alibaba and Forty Thieves of Baghdad, The Story of a Thief, Once Upon a Time in Tehran, Worship, Thank You Very Much, The Insurgent, A Man with Thousand Smiles, The Brave Bahram, The Luminescent Jewel, The Golden Palace, Oath For Silence, Three Heroes, The Vampire Woman, Whirlpool of Sin, January Night Adventure, Hangman, Cavaliers and Gigolos, The Village Story, Human Beings, Seven Month Old Genius, Dedicated Mother, Four Naughty Girls, Three Musketeers, Two Humans, The Door of Hope, Broken Spell, Lost Flower, Madmuzel Aunti, The Female Enemy, Marjan, Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar, The Last Night, Golden Dreams
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