Houman Seyyedi

Houman Seyyedi
Seyyedi at Confessions of My Dangerous Mind's press conference ,2014
Born	(1980-11-29) November 29, 1980 Rasht, Iran
Occupation	Actor Director Screenwriter
Years active	2004 - present
Spouse(s)	Azadeh Samadi (2007–2014, divorce), Bita Aslani (2017-present )

Houman Seyyedi (Persian: هومن سيدی‎, born 1980 in Rasht) is an Iranian actor and filmmaker.^[1]

Career

Houman Seyyedi is an Iranian theater, television and cinema actor & Director.

After getting a high school diploma in Graphic Design, he attended some courses at Iranian Youth Cinema Society of Rasht and then directed several short movies.

He made his movie debut with ‘A Piece of Bread’ (2004), directed by Kamal Tabrizi.

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).

Seyyedi has also taken part in various TV series such as ‘Never-ending Road’ (2006), ‘The 30th Day’ (2011), ‘Up to the Sky/ Ta Soraya’ (2011) and ‘Love Town/Mehrabad’ (2012).

Filmography

References

External links

• Tehran Intl. Short Film Festival names winners November 18, 2009
• Parvin Etesami Film Festival Lauds Bahram Beizaii's "Bashu" November 29, 2009
• Winners of Third Parvin Etesami Film Festival Announced January 5, 2008