Dariush Mehrjui
Director
Biography
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Dariush Mehrjui (December 8, 1939 - October 14, 2023) also spelled as Mehrjui Mehrjoui, and Mehrjuyi, was 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, The Cow, is considered to be the first film of this movement, which also included Masoud Kimiai and Nasser Taqvai. Most of his films are inspired by literature and adapted from Iranian and foreign novels and plays.
On October 14, 2023, Mehrjui and his wife were found murdered in their home in the city of Karaj, near Tehran.
Filmography
Iran: A Cinematographic Revolution
as Himself 2006
Cinema Iran
as Self 2005
Mehrjui: The Forty-Year Report
as Self 2016
Dariush Mehrjui: Making of the Cow
TBA
New Wave
2016
The Green Cold
1999
The Mirror of the Soul
2002
Summit of the Wave
2003
Fannizadeh
as Himself TBA