Born in 1973 in Hamedan, Majid Barzegar ( مجید برزگر ) holds a BA in Film and an MA in Dramatic Literature. He has made several short and documentary films. "Rainy Seasons" (2010), his first feature film, has been in official selection at festivals such as Rotterdam and Montreal. His most recent film is "Parviz"(2012), which recounts the tale of a middle-aged man who has lived his entire life in his father's home and has never held a job. His quiet life is suddenly disrupted when his father dec
...ides to remarry.Majid Barzegar has been a Director in some movies:
Rainy Seasons is about that Sina is a middle-class sixteen-year-old growing up in Tehran. His previously idyllic life becomes fractured, however, when his parents announce their impending divorce. Adding to his sense of abandonment is the threat of a local thug who believes that Sina owes him money. In the face of his parent's constant absence, Sina has no one to turn to, and in a defiant act of rebellion, he allows an older girl, Nahid, to temporarily move in with him. A thoughtful coming-of-age story about the prospect of making difficult choices that potentially threaten your very body and soul. In this film Majid Barzegar collaborates with Navid Layeghi Moghadam, Marzieh Khoshtarash, Mehran Khodaei, Manoochehr Shahsavari, Elnaz Habibi, Amin Jafari, Mehran Malakooti, Hamed Rajabi, Javad Emami, Elham Salehi, Keyvan Nsirikhorram, Alireza Bagheri, Leila Naghdi Pari.
Parviz is about that Despite his 50 years Parviz still lives off his father and the two men don’t get on very well. Things come to a head when the father tells his son he has decided to remarry. Parviz has no other choice but surrender his place to his step-mother and leave home. Parviz finds it difficult to get used to this new solitary life far from his neighborhood and the people he knows. He thus concocts a novel way of fighting back against the injustice done to him. In this film Majid Barzegar collaborates with Amin Jafari, Mehran Malakooti, Hamed Rajabi, Javad Emami, Mahmoud Behrouzian, Elham Salehi, Ali Ramez, Levon Haftvan, Saeed Armand, Homeira Nonahali, Bardia Yadegari, Leila Naghdi Pari.
Majid Barzegar has been a Editor in some movies:
Valderama is about that The 15-year-old orphan boy Atiq, named after Colombian Footballer 'Valderama' because of his curls, is exploited and hast to flee after he stood up to himself. In Tehran he meets the young Forough, tries a new start as Street vendor and finds himself again in difficult circumstances. Getting identity papers is a top priority for him. Amini has devoted his feature film debut to those countless minors who have to live in Iran without identity and who are forced to child labor. In this film Majid Barzegar collaborates with Rabe'e Madani, Ashkan Ashkani, Abbas Amini, Pedram Zargar, Reza Tehrani, Giti Ghassemi, Hamid Reza Barzegar, Hamed Alipour, Nafiseh Zare, Hossein Farokhzadeh, Hossein Pour Rahimi, Leila Naghdi Pari, Mehran Ghaedipour, Asadollah Monjazi.
Majid Barzegar has been a Producer in some movies:
The Pot and the Oak is about that After finding out that he has no sperm and can’t impregnate his wife, an Iranian man suffers an existential crisis. Borzoo, a failed playwright, is unable to find a proper ending to a play that he is writing based on his married life, which has almost reached the end of the line.The problems between him and his one-time theatre-actress wife, Hilda, intensify when they become aware that they’re not able to have a baby together. In this film Majid Barzegar collaborates with Kiarash Anvari, Sadaf Foroughi, Mahvash Afsharpanah, Emad Khodabakhsh, Mohammad Sheivandi, Elham Salehi, Sina Kermanizadeh, Bahareh Riahi, Mehran Nael, Farkhondeh Farmanizadeh, Leila Naghdi Pari, Banipal Shoomoon, Mahan Khorshidi, Arash Ghasemi.
Immortal is about that Ayaz, a sixty-year-old man has gotten older next to his dog, he's trying to commit suicide using his gun, but his son, Ardeshir, in military uniform, arrives at the nick of time to take the gun away. He takes Ayaz home and locks him up in the house… In this film Majid Barzegar collaborates with Hadi Mohaghegh, Pedram Zargar, Yadollah Shadmani, Roozbeh Raiga, Ali Edalat Doust, Arash Ghasemi, Reza Mohaghegh, Hamed Ghoalami, Meysam Farhomannd, Hossein Ghazalbash.
A Very Ordinary Citizen is about that After the death of his wife and facing the onset of Alzheimer’s, Mr. Safari, an eighty-year old pensioner, decides to visit his son who lives abroad and cannot return home for security reasons. Sara, a young woman working in a travel agency, is given the task of organizing Mr. Safari’s travel arrangements. But then Mr. Safari falls in love with Sara and gives up all ideas of travelling and decides that before he loses all his memory, he wants to express his love for Sara at any price, even if it involves murder. In this film Majid Barzegar collaborates with Jafar Panahi, Majid Modaresi, Amin Jafari, Elham Salehi, Shadi Karamroudi, Soren Menachikanian, Saeed Armand, Hamid Reza Barzegar, Leila Naghdi Pari, Nahid Hadadi.
A Minor Leap is about that Nahal is around thirty and in her fourth month of pregnancy. During a routine check-up she learns that her baby has died and she now faces a curettage abortion in two days’ time. In this film Majid Barzegar collaborates with Negar Javaherian, Rambod Javan, Sadaf Ahmadi, Esmaeel Monsef, Hamed Rajabi, Mahmoud Behrouzian, Elham Salehi, Reza Tehrani, Majid Gorjian, Leila Naghdi Pari, Mehri Aleagha, Afshin Liaghat.
Other films are:
Farshchi Family Story, Grasshopper, Enemies, Ballad of Bahram, The Rain Falls When It Will, Beyro, Cause of Death Is Unknown, Wolf Cubs of Apple Valley, Mom
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