Faramarz Sedighi
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Biography
Faramarz Sedighi (Persian: فرامرز صدیقی;born 1949) is an Iranian actor and assistant director. He is a theater graduate of the Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Tehran. Seddighi started his professional career in 1969 with acting in "Rostam and Sohrab" theaters. He experienced his cinematic activity in 1972 with his role in the film "Cheshmeh" (Fountain) directed by Arbi Evansian. He became famous with his film "Naked to Noon with Speed" (1972) and his outstanding works include Snake Fang (1989) and "Blade and Silk" (1985).
Biography
Faramarz Seddighi was born in Saqqez to an ethnic Kurdish family. He lived and studied in Saqqez until he was 17, when he moved to Tehran after being accepted to the University of Tehran in 1967 when he was 18 years old. He starred in several movies before the Iranian revolution in 1979. The film "The Virgin Woman" was one of the famous films in 1973, which starred alongside Morteza Aghili and Mehdi Fakhimzadeh. After the revolution in 1980, he made his first film. The film "Said all three of them", directed by Gholam-Ali Erfan, were his first professional activities after the revolution and played alongside Saeed Amir Soleimani, Jamshid Mashayekhi and Homayoun Asadian. His other films include Snake Fang, "The Last Flight", Love-stricken, and "The Prosecutor". Sedighi started working as a theater teacher before the Iranian revolution, and one of his most famous students was Mehraneh Mahin Torabi In 1992, Faramarz Sedighi made a screenplay and directed the movie "The Bait" with the presence of Jamshid Hashempour and Reza Rooygari. The last film in which this actor played a role is "Khak va Atash" (Soil and fire), produced in 2010. According to some of his colleagues, Seddighi chose to withdraw in the 1990s, and according to Parviz Parastui, who first published Sedieghi's controversial photo, he did not even open his home door on the productioncast when they followed him for the 2016 film "The Domestic Killer", directed by Masoud Kimiai According to his relatives explanations, Faramarz Siddiqui has developed Alzheimer's disease in recent years.
Filmography
Movies
Movie Name | Year | Role |
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The Bait | 1992 | writer and director |
Soil and Fire | 2010 | Actor |
Son of Adam, daughter of Eve | 2008 | |
Ghadmagah | 2003 | |
Maral | 2000 | |
A Thousands Women like Me | 2000 | |
Love is not enough | 1998 | |
The Love Squadrons | 1997 | |
Long Autumn | 1993 | |
Attorney General | 1991 | |
Love-stricken | 1991 | |
Last Flight | 1989 | |
Snake Fang | 1989 | |
Lost Time | 1989 | |
The Aperture | 1988 | |
Shadows of Sorrow | 1987 | |
The Blade and The Silk | 1985 | |
Said all three of them | 1980 | |
Tonight a Tear Is fallen | 1980 | |
Naked until noon with speed | 1976 | |
Female Virgin | 1973 | |
Cheshmeh | 1972 |
TV Series
TV Series Name | Director | Year |
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Long Autumn | Manouchehr Asgari Nasab | 1994 |
Attacker | Jafar Simaei | 1995 |
Silent shout | Jahangir Jahangiri | 1996 |
Eagle Day | Seyed Mohammad Reza Mofidi | 1998 |
Station | Manouchehr Asgari Nasab | 1999 |
Only in the dark | Massoud Rashidi | 1999 |
The story of a city | Asghar Farhadi | 1999 |
lights off | Kazem Baluchi | 2000 |
Lost | Young Rambod | 2001 |
Sheriff | 2003 | |
White Papers | Shafi Agha Mohammadian | 2003 |
Hengameh | Majid Javanmard | 2003 |
Little Men | Akbar Mansour Fallah | 2003 |
Until sunset | Mohammad Banai | 2004 |
Circle of Doubt | Amir Ghavidel | 2004 |
Golrizan | Masoud Rashidi | 2004 |
Destiny | Mohammad Reza Zehtabi | 2007 |