Dariush Mehrjui
Iranian filmmaker
Died when: 83 years 310 days (1006 months)Star Sign: Sagittarius
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Dariush Mehrju'i (Persian: ?????? ???????, born 8 December 1939, also spelled as Mehrjui, Mehrjoui, Mehrjooi, and Mehrjuyi) is an Iranian film director, screenwriter, producer, editor and a member of the Iranian Academy of the Arts.
Mehrjui was a founding member of the Iranian New Wave movement of the early 1970s.His second film, Gaav, is considered to be the first film of this movement, which also included Masoud Kimiai and Nasser Taqvai.
Most of his films are inspired by literature and adapted from Iranian and foreign novels and plays.
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