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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 |
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]
Life and career
[edit]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
[edit]- 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
References
[edit]- ↑ "تاریخچه سینما" [History of cinema]. Tebyan.net (in Persian). 8 September 2009. Retrieved 23 December 2025.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Sirjani, Susan (23 December 2025). "اولین فیلمساز ایرانی که دیر رسید/درباره ابراهیم مرادی مخترع، کارگردان و نویسنده سینمای ایران" [The first Iranian filmmaker who arrived late/About Ebrahim Moradi, the inventor, director and writer of Iranian cinema]. هممیهن (hammihanonline.ir) (in Persian). Retrieved 23 December 2025.
- 1 2 3 Zahedi Langroodi, Ahmad (11 March 2008). "ابراهیم مرادی از یک انقلابی حرفهای تا سینماگر حرفهای" [Ebrahim Moradi: From a Professional Revolutionary to a Professional Cinematographer]. v6rg.com (in Persian). Archived from the original on 17 January 2013.
- ↑ "A Brief Critical History of Iranian Feature Film (1896–1975)". University of Washington Libraries. Archived from the original on 24 July 2008.
- ↑ Dönmez-Colin, Gönül (4 November 2004). Women, Islam and Cinema. Reaktion Books. p. 11. ISBN 978-1-86189-220-1.
- 1 2 Issari, Mohammad Ali (1989). Cinema in Iran, 1900–1979. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press. pp. 97–98, 101–102. ISBN 978-0-8108-2142-2 – via Internet Archive.