Peyman Maadi ( پیمان مُعادی ) was born in 1970 in New York City to an Iranian couple. His father was a lawyer. Peyman Maadi's family moved back to Iran when he was 5 years old. He graduated in Metallurgical Engineering from Karaj Azad University. Maadi started his film career as a screenwriter in late 2000s. He is the writer of several famous Iranian films. Peyman Maadi started his acting career in Asghar Farhadi's film About Elly (2009). Two years later, he received the Silver Bear award for B
...est Actor in Leading Role for his performance as Nader in Farhadi's A Separation (2011) from the Berlin International Film Fest.Payman Maadi has been a Director in some movies:
The Snow on the Pines is about that Romantic drama following piano teacher Roya and her relationships both old and new. Roya teaches her students from her marital home which leads to distressing circumstances. A new man enters her life and a strong bond is formed as they share a passion for music. As this relationship begins to develop, Roya is confronted with a painful dilemma. In this film Payman Maadi collaborates with Mahnaz Afshar, Saber Abar, Vishka Asayesh, Mahmoud Kalari, Anahita Afshar, Jamal Sadatian, Shirin Yazdanbakhsh, Sepideh Abdolvahab, Mehrdad Mirkiani, Karen Homayounfar, Elham Korda, Amir Pouria, Zaniar Khosravi, Hassan Majooni, Hossein Pakdel, Iraj Shahzadi, Ghazaleh Motamed, Bahareh Riahi.
Payman Maadi has been a Actor in some movies:
From Iran is about that In the morning of 27 March 2012, the Iranian movie 'A Separation' won the Oscar Award for the Best Foreign Language Film. For the Iranian people who were impatiently glued to their TV screens, this was more than a cinematic award. When sanctions and threats of war with Iran covered the world headlines, Asghar Farhadi talked about Iran's love for peace and the rich culture of the Iranians when he went on the stage to receive his award. This time the Iranians felt that their voice was heard through someone other than the government officials. This documentary depicts the importance and the difference of receiving an Oscar award for 'A Separation' for the Iranians and has a general view on Iran's society of today. The documentary is narrated with an ironic language and uses animation in some parts. In this film Payman Maadi collaborates with Leila Hatami, Shahab Hosseini, Hayedeh Safiyari, Mohammad Reza Delpak, Azadeh Mousavi, Katayoon Shahabi, Mostafa Dehghanian, Majid Yazdani, Sareh Bayat, Kourosh Ataei.
A Separation is about that Simin wants to leave Iran with her husband Nader and daughter Termeh. Simin sues for divorce when Nader refuses to leave behind his Alzheimer-suffering father. Her request having failed, Simin goes back to her parents’, but Termeh decides to stay with Nader… In this film Payman Maadi collaborates with Leila Hatami, Shahab Hosseini, Sarina Farhadi, Mahmoud Kalari, Merila Zarei, Asghar Farhadi, Ali Asghar Shahbazi, Shirin Yazdanbakhsh, Hayedeh Safiyari, Mohammad Reza Delpak, Sattar Oraki, Mehrdad Mirkiani, Mahmoud Samakbashi, Sareh Bayat, Samad Farhang, Keyvan Moghaddam, Kimia Hosseini, Bahareh Riahi, Mohammadhasan Asghari, Shirin Azimiyannezhad, Hamid Dadju, Mohammad Ebrahimian, Ali Fattahi, Nafise Ghodrati, Roya Hosseini, Seyyed Jamshid Hosseini, Hamid Janane, Sahar Kave, Seyyd Hamid Mirshams, Manuchehr Mohammadzade, Mazdak Mohaymeni, Majid Nameni, Ali Nazari, Farhad Nosrati, Mahmoud Rafi'i, Peyman Sadeghi, Mohammad Saffari, Nosratollah Seyfizade, Bahare Shahbazi, Khodarahm Soleymannezhad, Maria Tehranchi, Armine Zeytounchian, Peyman Tayebi, Sohi Banoo Zoalghadr, Habib Majidi, Babak Karimi.
Payman Maadi has been a Writer in some movies:
Coma is about that This comedy narrates the many adventures of a millionaire's handsome, sassy son named Amir - born into a world of privilege, he is used to getting everything he desires. This time his eyes turn to a peerless lady but her untamable will, combined with a sudden rush of plucky hoodlums, makes his task harder than first thought. Will he prevail or will he be in for a rude awakening? In this film Payman Maadi collaborates with Amin Hayaei, Atila Pesyani, Hadis Fooladvand, Mahnaz Afshar, Mohammad Reza Golzar, Hossein Doost-dar, Kaveh Imani, Fardin Khalatbari, Mojtaba Bitarafan, Reza Banki, Mohammadhossein Farahbakhsh, Abdollah Alikhani, Maryam Nikraftar, Arash Moayerian, Ahmad Ahmadii, Vali Jame Bozorgi, Sahar Arbin, Sanaz Shams, Mehdi Rezaei, Mohammad Ezzatkhah.
The Swan Song is about that After being unjustly expelled from university, a young couple return home to parents who are against their union. After the young man is arrested and subsequently breaks out of prison, the two decide to go on the run. As they plan and move forward with their escape, the police hunt them at every turn. With the two ignorant to the extent of the trouble they are in, will they ever manage to get their happy ending? In this film Payman Maadi collaborates with Atila Pesyani, Bahram Radan, Gholam Japoni, Jamshid Hashempour, Jamshid Esmailkhani, Soraya Hekmat, Mohammad Reza Aligholi, Abdollah Eskandari, Faraj Heidari, Afsaneh Naseri, Mohammadhossein Farahbakhsh, Abdollah Alikhani, Hossein Majd, Babak Akhavan, Saeed Asadi, Sareh Arian, Ramsin Kebriti, Sasan Bagherpour, Mohammadreza Mouyini, Freydoun Khooshabafard, Akbar Esfahani, Afshin Nakhaei.
Payman Maadi has been a Costume Designer in some movies:
Thirst is about that Nader is released after 5 years in jail, but soon is tempted to rob a jewelry shop along with an old acquaintance of him. He doesn't accept at first and wants to have a peaceful life with his wife, Soudabeh, but he agrees once he finds out that the shop belongs to Saeed Zebel, the same person who was responsible for his imprisonment . To assmble a team, he first goes to visit Ashkan, who agrees because he needs money in order to buy a house and get married. The next person is Ashkan's friend, Kourosh, who is an electrician . The shop is located under Tehran's Grand Hotel; they create a fire in the hotel,so they are able to go into the room above the shop and carry out their plan successfully. After they leave the hotel with the bag full of jewelry, Ashkan has an asthma attack and Nader goes to the pharmacy to get his medicine. However, this attack was his ruse to leave Nader, and escape with Kourosh and take all the jewelry. Ashkan then handcuffs Kourosh to the steering wheel and takes the bag. Nader and Kourosh go after Ashkan and go through a struggle upon finding him, during which the bag is passed around many times. Kourosh is thrown from a building while escaping and dies. Nader who was supposed to meet Soudabeh at the railroad station is killed just before he can get on the train by a killer who was hired by the same acquaintance who had proposed the robbery. Ashkan who believes to be the winner and can take the money, is also killed by the same man and eventually the money goes to the one who had originally made the proposition of robbery. In this film Payman Maadi collaborates with Bahram Radan, Shabnam Gholikhani, Shahram Haghighat Doost, Fariborz Arabnia, Kamran Ghadakchian, Abdollah Eskandari, Faraj Heidari, Mohammadhossein Farahbakhsh, Abdollah Alikhani, Maryam Nikraftar, Hossein Majd, Babak Akhavan, Ahmad Ahmadii, Nobar Ghanbarian, Sasan Bagherpour, Tayyeb Sherafati, Manouchehr Sadeghpoor, Ahmad Kalantari, Asghar Omidvar Khorram, Majid Alizadeh, Heshmatollah Aramideh, Hossein Hosseini Fashami, Alireza Hosseini, Saghar Azizi, Hossein Charmchi, Ebrahim Ezzatkhah, Jalil Malekzadeh, Vali Jame Bozorgi, Sanaz Shams, Keyvan Jahanshahi, Kioomars Mahmoodi, Mahmoud Mahkami, Gholamreza Yazdani.
Melbourne is about that Hours before leaving Tehran for a three-year stay in Melbourne, young couple Amir (Peyman Moaadi) and Sara (Negar Javaherian) find themselves looking after a neighbour's newborn, left to them by the nanny. However, this well-meaning favour soon turns tragic and threatens to derail more than just their plans to move abroad. Unfolding in real-time and almost entirely within a Tehran apartment, this psychological drama patiently burrows to the heart of its moral dilemma, where doing the right thing may in fact be the very worst choice for this well-meaning couple. Assisted by excellent performances, intimate cinematography and expert editing, 'Melbourne' is a compellingly universal and thoroughly engrossing movie. A very tense thriller not to be missed! In this film Payman Maadi collaborates with Negar Javaherian, Mani Haghighi, Shirin Yazdanbakhsh, Javad Norooz Beigi, Houman Behmanesh, Sepideh Abdolvahab, Vahid Moghadasi, Ali Golzadeh, Alireza Rashidi, Elham Korda, Roshanak Gerami, Nima Javidi, Keyvan Moghaddam, Martin Shamoonpour, Hamed Sabet, Alireza Ostadi, Saba Gorginpour, Mehrnoosh Shahhosseini, Parastoo Moghaddam, Vida Javan, Maral Mokhtari, Mehdi Delkhaste, Soodabe Khosravi.
Other films are:
Drought and Lies, Tales, About Elly, Forever and a Day, Camp X Ray, Bomb: a Love Story, Cafe Setareh, Wedding Dinner, Valley of Stars, Just 6.5, Suddenly Tree, Walnut Tree, Night Shift, Leila's Brothers, The Things That You Kill, Hard Shell, Opponent, Hamid's Symphony
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