Parviz Sayyad

Overview

Known for
Acting
Gender
Other
Birthday
Mar 22, 1939 (86 years old)

Parviz Sayyad

Known For

Tehran, an Unfinished History
1h 40m
Movie 2025

Tehran, an Unfinished History

Tehran's untold sociopolitical history through rare, unseen film archives spanning over a century.

Meteor: Sohrab Shahid Saless
1h 16m
Movie 2021

Meteor: Sohrab Shahid Saless

Meteor: Sohrab Shahid Saless by Mahmoud Behraznia is a documentary with a different perspective on Sohrab Shahid Saless, a leading Iranian filmmaker. Someone whose viewpoint at cinema and the special type of aesthetics he used in his films has been a path-breaker for many Iranian filmmakers. The film provides the viewer with new information about the life and work of Sohrab Shahid Saless in Germany.

Lie 12
1h 14m
Movie 2019

Lie 12

The Lie 12 is a story of love.

Checkpoint
1h 31m
Movie 1987

Checkpoint

A busload of College students, returning to Michigan from a Canadian field trip, is stopped at the US border at the time of the Iranian hostage crisis. The group includes a number of Iranian passengers, divided along ideological lines, whose debates about policy and politics soon lead to a full-scale confrontation.

On Wings of Eagles
2h 0m
TV Show 1986

On Wings of Eagles

On Wings of Eagles is a NBC TV mini-series, starring Burt Lancaster - Richard Crenna and directed by Andrew V. McLaglen. The TV series was adapted from Ken Follet's novel of the same name. The plot is set during the Iranian revolution. During the takeover of Iran, the king is overthrown, and two executives of Electronic Data Systems are imprisoned on false charges. The head of the company, Mr. Perot, travels to Tehran to negotiate for their release. Meanwhile, a retired US Army Special Forces Colonel, Arthur Simons, is hired to develop a rescue plan at any cost.

Biography

Parviz Sayyad (Persian: پرویز صیاد, romanized: Parviz Sayyād; born 22 March 1939) is an Iranian-born American celebrated actor, director, translator, and screenwriter of Iranian cinema. He was one of the earliest television stars in Iran.

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