Houman Seyyedi

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.

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

    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 Title Role Director Notes Ref(s)
    2005 A Piece of Bread Gheys Kamal Tabrizi
    2006 Fireworks Wednesday Abdolreza Asghar Farhadi
    Barefoot in Paradise Yehya Bahram Tavakoli
    2006 He Who Goes to the Sea Soldier Arash Moayerian
    2007 Eve’s Shoulder Wound Hossein Ghena'at
    2011 Africa Houman Seyyedi also as screenwriter and editor
    2012 The Freeway Morteza Abbas Rafiee
    2014 Thirteen Houman Seyyedi also as screenwriter and editor
    Night, Outdoor Kaveh Sajjadi Hosseini
    The Exclusive Line Mostafa Kiaee
    2015 Buffalo Kaveh Sajjadi Hosseini
    I Am Diego Maradona BabakBahram Tavakoli
    Confessions of My Dangerous Mind iPod manHouman Seyyedi as screenwriter and editor
    In the Specified Time SaeedVahid Amirkhani
    2016 Profiles Iraj Karimi
    Nobody One Does Not Die AshkanHossein Kondori
    Bridge of Sleep Mohsen Oktay Baraheni
    Sound and Fury Houman Seyyedi also as screenwriter and editor
    2017 Azar SaberMohammad Hamzei
    Human Comedy Mohammad Hadi Karimi
    Mothering Saeed Roghayeh Tavakoli
    2018 Confiscation Zakaria Mehran Ahmadi
    Sheeple Houman Seyyedi also as screenwriter and editor
    2019 Gold Mansour Parviz Shahbazi
    2022 Without Her Arian Vazirdaftari as producer
    World War III Houman Seyyedi also as screenwriter and editor

    Web
    Year Title Role Director Notes Platform Ref(s)
    2016 The Romance Peyman Rastag Manouchehr Hadi Main role Video CD [2]
    2018 Golshifteh Houman Behrouz Shoeibi Main role [3]
    2020–2021 The Frog Amirali Shamsabadi Houman Seyyedi Supporting role; also as screenwriter and editor Namava [4]
    2021 Gisoo Peyman Rastag Manouchehr Hadi Main role [5]
    2022 Party Himself Iraj Tahmasb Guest
    2023 Vertigo Reza Badiee Behrang Tofighi Main role [6]
    TBA Wild Houman Seyyedi Filmnet

    Television series
    Year Title RoleDirector Network Ref.
    2007 Endless Path Mansour PourvatanHomayoun Assadian IRIB TV3 [7]
    2009–2010 In the Eye of the Wind Masoud Djafari Djozani IRIB TV1 [8]
    2010 The 30th Day Siavash KianiJavad Afshar IRIB TV1
    2011 Up to The Sky HamidSirous Moghaddam IRIB TV1 [9]
    2013 Mehr Abad Farid Sajadi Hosseini IRIB TV5

    Television Film
    TitleDirector
    SayabMohammad Ali Sajadi
    The Deserted RoadAli Shah Hatami
    At the Beginning of a DayBahram Tavakoli
    If It RainsRouhollah Hejazi
    The PlagiarizeReza Beheshti
    The ShadowRouhollah Hejazi
    One Moment Later (episode "The Biliard")Reza Beheshti
    The story of Davoud and the LunarIda Panahandeh
    The Story of Us, Your StoryReza Beheshti
    The Winter SemesterReza Beheshti
    The RunnerAsgher 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. زاده, زهرا رجبعلی (2023-06-13). "معرفی سریال ایرانی سرگیجه ؛ مروری بر جدیدترین سریال نمایش خانگی بهرنگ توفیقی". پلازا (in Persian). Retrieved 2024-03-11.
    7. Rahe bi payan (Drama), Kelk -e- Khial Film and Advertisement Company, 2007-04-24, retrieved 2021-10-25
    8. Dar Cheshm-e Baad (Drama, History), Jozan Film, Cinema Libre Studio, 2008-11-05, retrieved 2021-10-25
    9. Ta Soraya (Drama), 2011-08-08, retrieved 2021-10-25
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