Ataollah Zahed

Ataollah Zahed (Persian: عطاءالله زاهد; 1915 – 1991) also spelled as Ataullah Zahed, was an Iranian actor of theater, television, and film; a film director; film producer; screenplay writer; educator; and a voice-over actor and director.[1][2]

Ataollah Zahed
Born1915
Shiraz, Fars province, Qajar Iran
Died6 November 1991
Tehran, Iran
Burial placeIbn Babawayh Cemetery
EducationUniversity of Tehran, Marvi Theological School, Shahid Motahari University
Occupation(s)Actor, film director, film producer, screenplay writer, voice-over actor, voice-over director, educator

Biography

Ataollah Zahed was born in 1915 in Shiraz, Fars province, Qajar Iran.[3] Around age 9 he started his artistic activities by acting in a play.

He attended the University of Tehran, where he received a B.A. degree in literature.[4] He later studied Islamic jurisprudence at Marvi Theological School and Shahid Motahari University. Zahed was one of the founders of Hosseiniyeh Ershad, a non-traditional religious institute in Tehran, where he taught theater and cinema courses.[4]

Zahed died of a heart attack on 6 November 1991,[4] and is buried in Ibn Babawayh Cemetery in Ray, Greater Tehran.

Filmography

Screenplay writer
  • 1955 – The Incident of Life (Persian: Majeraye Zendegi)[5]
  • 1956 – Mother's Kiss (Persian: بوسه مادر, romanized: Booseh Madar)[6]
  • 1957 – Return to Life (film) (Persian: بازگشت به زندگی (فیلم ۱۳۳۶), romanized: Bazgasht Be Zendegi)[5]
  • 1958 – Awaited (Persian: چشم‌به‌راه (فیلم), romanized: Cheshm Berah)[7]

Film producer

Film director
  • 1956 – Mother's Kiss (Persian: بوسه مادر, romanized: Booseh Madar)[6]
  • 1957 – Return to Life (film) (Persian: بازگشت به زندگی (فیلم ۱۳۳۶), romanized: Bazgasht Be Zendegi)[5]
  • 1958 – Awaited (Persian: چشم‌به‌راه (فیلم), romanized: Cheshm Berah)[7]

Film actor

Television series

He acted in the following television series:

References
  1. "عطاءاله زاهد". SourehCinema.com.
  2. مرتضى, سيد محمدى، (1999). فرهنگ كارگردانهاى سينماى ايران1377-1309 [Culture of Iranian Cinema Directors, 1998–1999] (in Persian). Tehran, IR: نشر سيمرو، (Simro Publishing). ISBN 978-964-5685-35-3.
  3. Omid, Jamal (1995). Tarikh-e Sinema-ye Iran, 1279–1357 [The History of Iranian Cinema: 1900–1978] (in Persian). Tehran, Iran: Entesharat-e Rowzaneh. p. 932.
  4. "برگي از تاريخ" [A leaf from history]. Hamshahrionline.ir (in Persian). November 2005.
  5. Issari, Mohammad Ali (1989). Cinema in Iran, 1900-1979. Scarecrow Press. pp. 280, 286. ISBN 978-0-8108-2142-2.
  6. "بوسه مادر ( ۱۳۳۵ )" [Mother's Kiss (1335)]. Sourehcinema.com (in Persian).
  7. Maghsoudlou, Bahman (1987). Iranian Cinema. Hagop Kevorkian Center for Near Eastern Studies, New York University. p. 79.
  8. "راهی به سوی خدا ( ۱۳۵۸ )" [A Way to God (1979)]. SourehCinema.com (in Persian).
  9. "سمندر ( ۱۳۶۴ )" [Samandar (1364)]. SourehCinema.com (in Persian).
  10. "ماديان ( ۱۳۶۴ )" [Mare (1364)]. SourehCinema.com (in Persian).
  11. "Ataollah Zahed — Актер". Кинопоиск (in Russian). Retrieved 2022-06-08.
  12. A Selection of Iranian Films. Farabi Cinema Foundation. 1989. p. 24.
  13. "در سریال بوعلی‌سینا 15 کیلو وزن کم کردم" [With Mohammad Abhari, a veteran TV actor, I lost 15 kilos in the series Bu Ali Sina]. JameJamOnline.ir (in Persian). November 2016. Retrieved 2022-06-08.
  14. Khanjani, Ramin S. (2014). Animating Eroded Landscapes: The Cinema of Ali Hatami. H&S Media. p. 81. ISBN 978-1-78083-382-8.


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