Hajir Darioush

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Hajir Darioush
هژیر داریوش
Born(1938-08-11)August 11, 1938
DiedOctober 2, 1995(1995-10-02) (aged 57)
NationalityIranian

Hajir Darioush (

Bandar Pahlavi, Iran – 2 October 1995, Blagnac, France)[1] was an Iranian film maker, described by Javed Jabbar in 1982 as "the leader of the organised progressive Iranian cinema".[2]
He killed himself in Blagnac, near Toulouse, France, in 1995.

Darioush studied cinema at I.D.H.E.C (Institut des Hautes Etudes Cinématographiques) later known as École Nationale Supérieure des Métiers de l'Image et du Son in Paris. After graduation, he married Goli Taraghi, a Persian novelist,[3] and the only daughter of a rich journalist. However, the marriage did not last long.

His first film "Sacred Arena -- گود مقدس", in 1963, was a documentary about the traditional Persian gymnasium. His second film "Serpent's Skin -- جلد مار", made in 1964 was based on

Berlin Film Festival.[4] Finally, he made his only commercially successful film, "Bita" in 1972,[5] about a young woman's struggle to come to terms with social barriers, starring Googoosh
.

In 1979, he emigrated to France. He was director at the University of Toulouse.[6]

Darioush was the president of the First International Film Festival of Iran in 1966,[7] and acted as artistic director for National Iranian Radio and Television.[8]

References

  1. ^ Insee Social Security Death Index: Hajir Daryoush
  2. OCLC 10395231
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  3. ^ نگاهی به زندگی و فهرست آثار گلی ترقی. BBC Persian (in Persian). 29 August 2004. Retrieved 5 October 2009.
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  6. ^ Sheykhmohammad, Maryam, Noori Neshat, Saeed, "Biography of famous personalities", 1999, Tehran
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  8. ISSN 0023-1673. {{cite journal}}: Missing or empty |title= (help
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