Bahram Beyzai

Bahrām Beyzāie also spelt Beizai Beyzai Persian بهرام بیضائی 26 December 1938 27 December 2025 was a critically and popularly acclaimed filmmaker playwright theater director screenwriter film editor and ostād master of Persian letters arts and Iranian studies Beyzāie was the son of the poet Nematallah Beyzai best known by his literary pseudonym Zokāi The celebrated poet Adib Beyzai known as one of the most profound poets of 20thcentury Iran is Bahrams paternal uncle Bahram Beyzaies paternal grandfather Mirzā MohammadRezā Ārāni Ebn Ruh and paternal greatgrandfather the mulla MohammadFaqih Ārāni RuholAmin were also notable poets In spite of his somewhat belated start in cinema Beyzai was often considered a pioneer of a generation of filmmakers whose works are sometimes described as the Iranian New Wave His Bashu the Little Stranger 1986 was voted Best Iranian Film of all time in November 1999 by a Persian movie magazine Picture World poll of 150 Iranian critics and professionals5 Still even before the outset of his cinematic career in 1970 he was a leading playwright as well as theater historian so much so that he is often considered the greatest playwright of the Persian language and holds a reputation as the Shakespeare of Persia