Valiyollah Shirandami Information

Shirandami, Valiyollah (24.03.931), Iranian contemporary director and actor Childhood and Educations He was born in the city of Marv (the then Soviet Turkmenistan). He was seven years old that his family due to political issues left Russia for Iran and they choose Tehran, the capital city as their own home. Bypassing the courses of primary school and the first section of secondary school, he enlisted in the army school, but after the coup déta of 1953 and the fall of the Mosadeq government, he left the army. In 1958 he entered into Anahita Theater and started to learn the art and followed the education of art and at length, he received his B.A. in 1972 from the Faculty of Fine Arts of Tehran University. Professional Activities Shir Andami with a certificate of the first three years of high school employed by the Ministry of Education and was assigned as a school teacher and concurrently he was assigned to handle the theaters of the Ministry of Education too. After early retirement, he sticks to theatrical acting seriously. Within the years of 1986 and 1988, he taught acting in the complex of Islamic Culture and Art. In 1993 he received an appreciation letter from the cultural representative of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Vienna for the directorship of the play “Punishment” and was awarded the art first-grade badge from the Council of the Artists Evaluation of Ministry of Islamic Culture and Guidance. Family Life In 1960 when he was watching the theater of “Foxes” he became acquainted with Afrooz Shir Andami and this meeting led to marriage. Afrooz, after marriage, by the encouragement of his husband entered into the world of theater. Theatrical Works 1. The play of Othello, directed by Mostafa Oskooei; Tehran: Anahita Theater, 1958-9 2. The play “Much ado for Nothing”, directed by Mostafa Oskooei, Tehran: Anahita Theater, 1959 3. The play of the “6th Storey”, written by Alfred Jarri, directed by Mostafa Oskooie, Tehran: Anahita Theater, 1960 4. T.V play under the title of “Golden Carriage” written by Merimeh, directed by Mahin Oskooie, presented by Iran National Television, 1962 5. T.V. play of “Nice Mendo” written by Merimeh, directed by Mahin Oskooie, Tehran, Anahita Theater, 1962 6. The paly “The Lot for Death”, written by Vahé Katcha, directed by Mostafa Oskooei, Tehran, Anahita Theater, 1962 7. T.V. play “How He Lied His Husband’s Beloved”, written by Bernard Shaw, directed by Mostafa Oskooei, Iran National Television, 1962 8. The movie of “Vampire” or “The Sucking Blood Woman” directed by Mostafa Oskooei, 19632 9. The play “The Perilous Passage” written by Somerset Mangham, directed by Mahin Oskooei, Tehran, the Hall of Farhang, broadcasted by Iran National Television, 1963 10. The play “Tania” Written by Arbozov, directed by Mostafa Oskooei, Tehran, Anahita Theater, 1963 11. The play “The Barber of Seville”, written by Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais, directed by Mostafa Oskooei, Tehran, Anahita Theater, 1966 12. The play “The Hostess or Mirando Lina, written by Edward De Filippo, directed by Mahin Oskooei, Tehran, Anahita Theater, 1965 13. The play “Wolves and Lambs”, written by Ostrovsky, directed by Mahin Oskooei, Tehran, Anahita Theater, broadcasted by Iran National Television, 1965 14. The play “Bear”, written by Anton Chekhov, directed by Mahin Oskooei, Tehran, Farhang Hall, 1966 15. The play “Figaro Wedding”, written by Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais, directed by Mostafa Oskooei, Tehran, Anahita Theater, 1967 16. The play “The White Nights”, written by Dostoevsky, directed by Mahin Oskooei, Tehran, Anahita Theater, broadcasted by Iran National Television, 1967 17. T.V. play of “The Respectful Prostitute” by John Paul Sartre, directed by Mahin Oskooei, Tehran, Anahita Theater, broadcasted by Iran National Television, 1967 18. Shir Andami himself directed the play “Life”, Tehran, Farhang Hall, 1968 19. The play “A Streetcar Named Desire”, written by Tennessee Williams, directed by Mostafa Oskooei, Tehran, Anahita Theater, 1968 20. The play “Thunderbolt”, written by Ostrovsky, directed by Mahin Oskooei, Tehran, Anahita Theater, 1968 21. The play “Substance”, written by Nosratollah Navidi, directed by Jafar Vali, Tehran, 25 Shahrivar Hall, 1971 22. The play “The Collapse upon Rock”, written by Iraj Imami, directed by Jafar Vali, Tehran, 25 Shahrivar Hall, 1971 23. The movie of “Punishment”, directed by Abdollah Giyabi, 1972 24. The television series “The Tangestan Brave Men”, directed by Homayoon Shahnavaz, 1972 25. The movie of “Stranger and Fog”, directed by Bahram Beyzaei, 1973 26. The movie of “The Prince Ehtejab”, directed by Bahman Farman Ara, 1974 27. The television series “Samak, the Knight”, directed by Mohammad Reza Aslani, 1974