Hamid Tamjidi
- Director
- Editor
- Writer
Hamid Tamjidi was born in Iran. He grew up in the
capital of Tehran where he attended Seda va Sima University (He
graduated in 1978 as a film editor). He made his first film The Burnt
Twigs as part of his thesis. Then he was hired by the Iran TV network
as the official film editor. Two years later he started to work as
writer and director for the same organization. One of his first
documentaries Doragh Pond won several awards and a year later he began
his first TV series Agate based on his own screenplay. In 1987 his
short documentary Call of the pond won the jury's special award at the
Fajr international film Festival. At that time he established his film
company KASRAFILM and produced and directed several more films. In
total, he made six films and TV series and more than fifty
documentaries.
Among Tamjidi's most popular films were the documentary films Tree (1982), Hur 'e Doragh (1983 & winner for best documentary at the third Fajr international film festival) Call of the Pond (1986 winner of the jury's special award at the sixth Fajr international film festival).
The TV series he wrote and directed are: The Map (1986) Agate (1988) Learning for Living (1991) Wages of Fear (1992) Playing with Death (1995) Tell Him That I love Him (1999).
The feature films that he wrote directed and produced: The Burn t Twigs (1977) The Mirage (1986) The Rose (1989) Dear Wednesday (1992) Playing with Death (1995) Endless night (1999).
His last movie "The Endless Night" was banned for public screening and he couldn't continue his work for years. In 2006 he immigrated to Canada and now lives in NB. In 2007 he wrote his first English screenplay Saffron.
Among Tamjidi's most popular films were the documentary films Tree (1982), Hur 'e Doragh (1983 & winner for best documentary at the third Fajr international film festival) Call of the Pond (1986 winner of the jury's special award at the sixth Fajr international film festival).
The TV series he wrote and directed are: The Map (1986) Agate (1988) Learning for Living (1991) Wages of Fear (1992) Playing with Death (1995) Tell Him That I love Him (1999).
The feature films that he wrote directed and produced: The Burn t Twigs (1977) The Mirage (1986) The Rose (1989) Dear Wednesday (1992) Playing with Death (1995) Endless night (1999).
His last movie "The Endless Night" was banned for public screening and he couldn't continue his work for years. In 2006 he immigrated to Canada and now lives in NB. In 2007 he wrote his first English screenplay Saffron.
