Houman Seyyedi
هومن سيدی
Seyyedi in 2016
Born (1980-11-29) November 29, 1980 (age 43)
Rasht, Iran
NationalityIranian
Occupations
  • Actor
  • director
  • screenwriter
  • editor
Years active2004—present
Spouses
(m. 2007; div. 2014)
Bita Aslani
(m. 2017)
Children1

Houman Seyyedi (Persian: هومن سيدی, born November 29, 1980) is an Iranian actor, director, screenwriter and editor.[1] He has received various accolades, including six Crystal Simorghs–making him the only director to have three wins in Special Jury Prize category–two Hafez Awards, five Iran's Film Critics and Writers Association Awards, a NETPAC Award and an Asian New Talent Award. His sixth film, World War III (2022) won the Orizzonti Award for Best Film at the 79th Venice International Film Festival.

Career

Houman Seyyedi is an Iranian theater, television and cinema actor & director, known for his role in " The Endless Way " series.

His directing of short movies, including ’35 Meters Below Sea Level’ and ‘Blue Tooth’, earned him several awards at Tehran International Short Film Festival. He also directed his first long movie ‘Africa’ in 2010.

Seyyedi, who was the writer as well as editor of ‘Africa’, managed to receive an award for Best Movie in video works section of the 29 Fajr International Film Festival.

He has participated in several movies, including ‘Fireworks Wednesday’ (2005), ‘Barefoot in Heaven’ (2005), ‘He Who Goes to Sea’ (2006), ‘The Wound on Eve’s Shoulder’ (2007), ‘The Freeway’ (2010), ‘Thirteen’ (2012), ‘The Exclusive Line’ (2013), ‘Confessions of My Dangerous Mind’ (2014), ‘Buffalo’ (2014), ‘I am Diego Maradona’ (2014), ‘Sleep Bridge’ (2015) and ‘Profiles’ (2015).

Filmography

Film

Year Film Actor Screenwriter Editor Director
2005 A Piece of Bread Yes No Kamal Tabrizi
2006 Fireworks Wednesday Asghar Farhadi
Barefoot in heaven Bahram Tavakoli
2006 He who goes to sea Arash Moayerian
2007 The wound on Eve’s shoulder Hossein Ghena'at
2008 An ounce of the sky Ali Vazirian
2010 The freeway Abbas Rafe'ee
Africa Houman Seyyedi
2012 Thirteen Houman Seyyedi
2013 Outside of night Kaveh Sajjadi Hosseini
The exclusive line Mostafa Kiaee
2014 Half-faces Iraj Karimi
I Am Diego Maradona Bahram Tavakoli
Confessions of my dangerous mind Houman Seyyedi
In the period known Vahid Amirkhani
Buffalo Kaveh Sajjadi Hosseini
2015 Sleep bridge Oktay Barahnai
Nobody dies here Hossein Kandari
Motherhood Roghayeh Tavakoli
Sound and Fury Houman Seyyedi
2017 Human Comedy Yes No No Mohammad Hadi Karimi
Azar Yes No No Mohammad Hamzeiy
2018 Confiscation Yes No No Mehran Ahmadi
Sheeple No Yes Yes Houman Seyyedi
2019 Tala Yes No No Parviz Shahbazi
2022 World War III No Yes Yes Houman Seyyedi

Web

Year Title Role Actor Director Screenwriter Editor Platform Ref.
2016 The Romance Peyman Rastag Yes No No No Video CD [2]
2018 Golshifteh Houman Yes No No No [3]
2020–2021 The Frog Amirali Shamsabadi Yes Yes Yes Yes Namava [4]
2021 Gisoo Peyman Rastag Yes No No No [5]

Television series

Year Title Role Director Network Ref.
2007 Endless Path Mansour Pourvatan Homayoun Assadian IRIB TV3 [6]
2009–2010 In the Eye of the Wind Masoud Djafari Djozani IRIB TV1 [7]
2010 The 30th Day Siavash Kiani Javad Afshar IRIB TV1
2011 Up to The Sky Hamid Sirous Moghaddam IRIB TV1 [8]
2013 Mehr Abad Farid Sajadi Hosseini IRIB TV5

Television Film

Title Director
Sayab Mohammad Ali Sajadi
The Deserted Road Ali Shah Hatami
At the Beginning of a Day Bahram Tavakoli
If It Rains Rouhollah Hejazi
The Plagiarize Reza Beheshti
The Shadow Rouhollah Hejazi
One Moment Later (episode "The Biliard") Reza Beheshti
The story of Davoud and the Lunar Ida Panahandeh
The Story of Us, Your Story Reza Beheshti
The Winter Semester Reza Beheshti
The Runner Asgher Hashemi

References

  1. ^ "Third Parvin Etesami Film Festival announces winners". Tehran Times. January 6, 2008. Retrieved 2 April 2011.
  2. ^ Asheghaneh (TV Series 2017– ) - IMDb, retrieved 2021-10-24
  3. ^ Golshifte (TV Series 2018– ) - IMDb, retrieved 2021-10-24
  4. ^ The Frog (TV Series 2020–2021) - IMDb, retrieved 2021-10-24
  5. ^ "Namava". www.namava.ir. Retrieved 2021-10-24.
  6. ^ Rahe bi payan (Drama), Kelk -e- Khial Film and Advertisement Company, 2007-04-24, retrieved 2021-10-25
  7. ^ Dar Cheshm-e Baad (Drama, History), Jozan Film, Cinema Libre Studio, 2008-11-05, retrieved 2021-10-25
  8. ^ Ta Soraya (Drama), 2011-08-08, retrieved 2021-10-25