Parviz Sayyad. 1977. Iran. 95 min. Color. HDCAM-SR. With English subtitles. Screening followed by a Q&A with director Parviz Sayyad, moderated by Jamsheed Akrami, director of The Lost Cinema and ...

Parviz Sayyad (Persian: پرویز صیاد, romanized: Parviz Sayyād; born 22 March 1939) is an Iranian-born American celebrated actor, director, translator, and screenwriter of Iranian cinema. He was one of ...

The film “Shah Bob” opens with Bob (Reza Sixo Safai) waking up in bed next to a beautiful woman. When Bob’s father (Parviz Sayyad) calls to ask Bob to check on some tenants who haven’t been paying ...

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THE LONER (2016) Film Review from the 15 th Annual Tribeca Film Festival, a movie directed by Daniel Grove, starring Reza Sixo Safai, Helena Mattsson, Parviz Sayyad, Dominic Rains, Laura Harring, ...

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A scene from "Dead End," from 1977, an Iranian movie written and directed by Parviz Sayyad. There were nightclubs and bars. People mixed freely. Women could dress however they wanted: tight jeans, ...

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Born in 1937 in Tuyserkan, he began his career at movies in 1971. He also acted in several comedies TV series. He began his career with his acting in Parviz Sayyad’s “Samad and the Solomon Carpet”.