Hamid Samandarian
| Hamid Samandarian حمید سمندریان |
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Hamid Samandarian (front), beside Philip Volti, the previous Swiss ambassador to Iran
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May 6, 1931 Tehran, Persia |
| Died | July 12, 2012 (aged 81) Tehran, Iran |
| Occupation | Film director, Theatre director, Screenwriter, Playwright, Translator |
| Spouse(s) | Homa Rousta (m. 1972–2012, his death) |
| Children | Kaveh (b. 1975) |
Hamid Samandarian Persian: حمید سمندریان; May 6, 1931 – July 12, 2012) was an Iranian film and theater director and translator. He staged numerous dramas during his lifetime, including No Exit by Jean-Paul Sartre, Ghosts by Henrik Ibsen, The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams and Marriage of Mr. Mississippi by Friedrich Durrenmatt.
Having established many acting and directing classes and workshops, Samandarian trained a lot of Iranian talents as actors and directors including; Ezzatolah Entezami, Reza Kianian, Golab Adineh, Mehdi Hashemi, Parviz Poorhosseini, Ahmad Aghalou, etc. He married Homa Rousta, an Iranian film and theater actress.
Danial Hakimi was one of his notable students.
He translated and then staged many famous plays written by famous playwrights during his lifetime such as Friedrich Durrenmatt, Bertolt Brecht, Anton Chekhov, Eugène Ionesco, Arthur Miller, Max Frisch, Tennessee Williams, Jean-Paul Sartre, and Henrik Ibsen.
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