Ataollah Zahed
Ataollah Zahed | |
|---|---|
عطاءالله زاهد | |
| Born | 1915 |
| Died | 6 November 1991 Tehran, Iran |
| Burial place | Ibn Babawayh Cemetery |
| Education | University of Tehran, Marvi Theological School, Shahid Motahari University |
| Occupation(s) | Actor, film director, film producer, screenplay writer, voice-over actor, voice-over director, educator |
Ataollah Zahed (Persian: عطاءالله زاهد; 1915 – 1991) also spelled as Ataullah Zahed, was an Iranian actor of theater, television, and film; a film director; film producer; screenplay writer; educator; and a voice-over actor and director.[1][2]
Biography
Ataollah Zahed was born in 1915 in Shiraz, Fars province, Qajar Iran.[3] Around age 9 he started his artistic activities by acting in a play.
He attended the University of Tehran, where he received a B.A. degree in literature.[4] He later studied Islamic jurisprudence at Marvi Theological School and Shahid Motahari University. Zahed was one of the founders of Hosseiniyeh Ershad, a non-traditional religious institute in Tehran, where he taught theater and cinema courses.[4]
Zahed died of a heart attack on 6 November 1991,[4] and is buried in Ibn Babawayh Cemetery in Ray, Greater Tehran.
Filmography
Screenplay writer
- 1955 – The Incident of Life (Persian: Majeraye Zendegi)[5]
- 1956 – Mother's Kiss (Persian: بوسه مادر, romanized: Booseh Madar)[6]
- 1957 – Return to Life (film) (Persian: بازگشت به زندگی (فیلم ۱۳۳۶), romanized: Bazgasht Be Zendegi)[5]
- 1958 – Awaited (Persian: چشم‌به‌راه (فیلم), romanized: Cheshm Berah)[7]
Film producer
Film director
- 1956 – Mother's Kiss (Persian: بوسه مادر, romanized: Booseh Madar)[6]
- 1957 – Return to Life (film) (Persian: بازگشت به زندگی (فیلم ۱۳۳۶), romanized: Bazgasht Be Zendegi)[5]
- 1958 – Awaited (Persian: چشم‌به‌راه (فیلم), romanized: Cheshm Berah)[7]
Film actor
- 1979 – A Path to God (Persian: راهی به‌سوی خدا, romanized: Rahi Be Soo-ye Khoda)[8]
- 1985 – Samandar (film) (Persian: سمندر (فیلم))[9]
- 1986 – The Mare (Persian: مادیان (فیلم), romanized: Madian), as character Nooragha[10]
- 1987 – The Spell (1987 film) (Persian: طلسم (فیلم), romanized: Telesm), as the marriage officiant
- 1987 – The Stone Lion (Persian: شیر سنگی (فیلم), romanized: Shir Sangi),[11] as character Seyyed Mamad
- 1987 – Room One (film) (Persian: اتاق یک, romanized: Otagh-e yek)[11]
- 1988 – Lead Age (Persian: دوران سربی, romanized: Doran-e Sorbi)
- 1988 – Barahoot (Persian: برهوت (فیلم))
- 1989 – Fish (film) (Persian: ماهی (فیلم), romanized: Mahi)
- 1989 – Eye of the Hurricane (Persian: در مسیر تندباد,, romanized: Dar Masir Tondbad)[12]
- 1991 – Bride of Halabja (Persian: عروس حلبچه, romanized: Aroos-e Halabche)[11]
Television series
He acted in the following television series:
- 1983–1985 – Sarbedaran (Persian: سربداران (مجموعه تلویزیونی))[11][13]
- 1984 – Taleb (Persian: طالب (مجموعه تلویزیونی))
- 1987 – Avicenna (Persian: بوعلی سینا (مجموعه تلویزیونی), romanized: Bu-Ali Sina)[11]
- 1987 – Hezardastan (Persian: هزاردستان, romanized: Hezār Dastān), on Channel 1, as character Seyyed Ebrahim Rohani, a rohani[14]
References
- ^ "عطاءاله زاهد". SourehCinema.com.
- ^ مرتضى, سيد محمدى، (1999). فرهنگ كارگردانهاى سينماى ايران1377-1309 [Culture of Iranian Cinema Directors, 1998–1999] (in Persian). Tehran, IR: نشر سيمرو، (Simro Publishing). ISBN 978-964-5685-35-3.
- ^ Omid, Jamal (1995). Tarikh-e Sinema-ye Iran, 1279–1357 [The History of Iranian Cinema: 1900–1978] (in Persian). Tehran, Iran: Entesharat-e Rowzaneh. p. 932.
- ^ a b c "برگي از تاريخ" [A leaf from history]. Hamshahrionline.ir (in Persian). November 2005.
- ^ a b c Issari, Mohammad Ali (1989). Cinema in Iran, 1900-1979. Scarecrow Press. pp. 280, 286. ISBN 978-0-8108-2142-2.
- ^ a b "بوسه مادر ( ۱۳۳۵ )" [Mother's Kiss (1335)]. Sourehcinema.com (in Persian).
- ^ a b c Maghsoudlou, Bahman (1987). Iranian Cinema. Hagop Kevorkian Center for Near Eastern Studies, New York University. p. 79.
- ^ "راهی به سوی خدا ( ۱۳۵۸ )" [A Way to God (1979)]. SourehCinema.com (in Persian).
- ^ "سمندر ( ۱۳۶۴ )" [Samandar (1364)]. SourehCinema.com (in Persian).
- ^ "ماديان ( ۱۳۶۴ )" [Mare (1364)]. SourehCinema.com (in Persian).
- ^ a b c d e "Ataollah Zahed — Актер". Кинопоиск (in Russian). Retrieved 2022-06-08.
- ^ A Selection of Iranian Films. Farabi Cinema Foundation. 1989. p. 24.
- ^ "در سریال بوعلی‌سینا 15 کیلو وزن کم کردم" [With Mohammad Abhari, a veteran TV actor, I lost 15 kilos in the series Bu Ali Sina]. JameJamOnline.ir (in Persian). November 2016. Retrieved 2022-06-08.
- ^ Khanjani, Ramin S. (2014). Animating Eroded Landscapes: The Cinema of Ali Hatami. H&S Media. p. 81. ISBN 978-1-78083-382-8.
External links
- Ataollah Zahed at IMDb
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