Hamid Samandarian

Hamid Samandarian
حمید سمندریان
Hamid Samandarian; حمید سمندریان
Born	May 6, 1931; Tehran, Persia
Died	July 12, 2012 (aged 81); Tehran, Iran
Resting place	88 Segment, Behesht-e Zahra Cemetery
Occupation	Film director, theatre director, screenwriter, playwright, translator
Spouse(s)	Homa Rousta (m. 1972–2012, his death)
Children	Kaveh (born 1975)

Hamid Samandarian Persian: حمید سمندریان‎; May 6, 1931 – July 12, 2012) was an Iranian film and theater director and translator.[1] He staged numerous dramas during his lifetime, including No Exit by Jean-Paul Sartre, Ghosts by Henrik Ibsen, The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams and Marriage of Mr. Mississippi by Friedrich Durrenmatt.[2]

Having established many acting and directing classes and workshops, Samandarian trained many Iranian actors and directors including; Ezzatolah Entezami, Reza Kianian, Golab Adineh, Mehdi Hashemi, Shahab Hosseini, Hojjat Baqaee٫ Parviz Poorhosseini, Ahmad Aghalou, etc.[3] He married Homa Rousta, an Iranian film and theater actress.

Teaching

Danial Hakimi was one of his notable students.

His translation of Bertolt Brecht's play Life of Galileo was published in 2014.[4]

He directed one film, All the Temptations of the Earth, in 1989.

Many of his translations are published to Persian readership. Other than translations, some interviews with Samandarian are published. One book-length instance is in sahne khaneye man ast ("This Stage is my House").[5] He is also one of the directors whose talks are included in Ahmad Kamyabi Mask's important Qu'a-t-on fait de Rhinocéros d'Eugène Ionesco à travers le monde?: Allemagne, France, Roumanie, Iran, Japon, U.S.A..

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