Ebrahim Moradi
Iranian filmmaker (c.1899–1977)
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Ebrahim Moradi (Persian: ابراهیم مرادی; c. 1899—1977), was an Iranian filmmaker. He was early pioneer in the field of cinema in Iran and worked as a film director, film producer, screenwriter, cinematographer, and actor.[1]
Ebrahim Moradi | |
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ابراهیم مرادی | |
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| Born | Between c. 1899 – c. 1907 |
| Died | 1977 Tehran, Pahlavi Iran |
| Burial place | Behesht-e Zahra, Tehran, Iran |
| Occupations | Film director, screenwriter, film producer, cinematographer, actor |
Life and career
Ebrahim Moradi was born in Bandar-e Anzali, Qajar Iran, his exact date of birth is unknown and was sometime between c. 1899 – c. 1907.[2] He attended the Rushdieh School of Bandar-e-Anzali, where one of his teachers was Armenian playwright Grigor Yeghikian.[2]
In the 1910s Moradi joined the Jungle Movement of Gilan, an Iranian nationalist rebellion movement.[2] By 1951, he fled to Moscow, Soviet Union, and became interested in the profession of photography.[2] Additionally he studied film in Moscow.[2][3]
When he returned to Iran, he attended the Parvareshgahe Artistiye Cinema (English: Cinema Artist Educational Center) founded by early Iranian Armenian filmmaker Ovanes Ohanian.[4] He created Jahannama Studio in Iran, however was unable to bring all of his film equipment from the Soviet Union, so in some cases he had to make his own equipment.[2] Moradi started filming A Brother's Revenge (1931) years before its release, and prior to the filming of Ovanes Ohanian's silent film Abi and Rabi (1930) which wad the first Iranian feature-length film.[2][3] He struggled with financing A Brother's Revenge (1931), in part because the film industry was not yet established in Iran.[3]
For the last five years of his life, Moradi opened a school called Kodek Pod in Tehran for gifted and talented children.[2] He died in 1977, in Tehran.[2]
Filmography
- A Brother's Revenge (1931),[5] as director, producer, screenwriter, cinematographer
- Haji Agha, the Cinema Actor (1933), as assistant cinematographer
- The Fickle (1934),[6] as director, producer, screenwriter, cinematographer
- The Back Breaker (1951),[6] as director, producer, screenwriter, cinematographer
- The Grafting of Life (1953), as director, producer, screenwriter, cinematographer
- The Flawed Gem (1959), as director, screenwriter