Sohrab Shahid-Saless
Directing · Editor · Director · Writer
Born Jun 28, 1944 · Qazvin, Iran
Active 1968–1998 · Awards: Silver Bear for Best Director, Grimme-Preis
Sohrab Shahid-Saless was born in Tehran in 1944 to a middle-class family and lived in Tehran. Shahid-Saless was a storyteller as a child, with a passion for visualizing his narrations.
Filmography
Still Life (1974) — Director · Art Direction · ScreenplayBleeding Heart (1988) — ScreenplayAddressee Unknown (1983) — Writer · DirectorHarmonica (1974) — EditorThe Willow Tree (1984) — Director · WriterUtopia (1983) — Director · WriterTime of Maturity (1976) — Director · WriterA Simple Event (1973) — Director · ScreenplayFar from Home (1975) — Director · WriterChangeling (1987) — DirectorBlack and White (1972) — Editor · Writer · DirectorDiary of a Lover (1977) — Director · WriterAll in Order (1980) — Director · WriterThe Long Vacation of Lotte H. Eisner (1979) — Director · WriterHans: A Young Man in Germany (1985) — Director · WriterAnton P. Chekhov: A Life (1981) — Director · WriterRoses for Africa (1992) — Director · WriterGrabbe's Last Summer (1980) — DirectorBeyond the Barrier of Sound (1968) — Man Waiting for the Bus (uncredited)If...? (1971) — Director2nd Asian Expo (1969) — DirectorA Letter from Kabul (1987) — Director · Writer · Original Concept · AuthorDance of Bojnourd (1969) — DirectorDances of Torbat-e Jam (1970) — Director