Siamak Yasemi  | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1925 |
| Died | 1994 (age 69) tehran, iran |
| Nationality | kurdish |
| Occupation | Film director Screenwriter |
| Years active | 1953-1976 |
Siamak Yasemi was a director and screenwriter and a great producer in Iran's pre-Islamic cinema.He was a big figure in the Iranian cinema industry and was a pioneer in the field of filmmaking.He created lasting films .Nearly all the stars of the cinema before the Iranian Revolution, from Fardin,star of folk and folk films to Ali miri rashti, the father of the genre of Iranian comic cinema, all featured in his films.
His father, Rashid Yasemi, was a well-known scholar, translator and poet who was from Kermanshah and was raised in a Kurdish descent.
Ganj-e Qarun (گنج قارون) is a 1965 Iranian film directed by Siamak Yasemi.At the time of its production and release, this film enjoyed great fame, popularity and sales. A film that alone created a cinematic revolution in the style of popular realism.
When two young poor men save a rich man who has decided to suicide and take care of him, he learns about the other part of the society and poor people's life.
...a form of popular cinema that embodied the aspirations and illusions of a modernizing society. It is in original language with no English subtitles, but its visual power makes it understandable even without knowing the language.
Synopsis: Ali Bigham is a happy-go-lucky young man who accidentally saves a rich old man's life named Qarun who is attempting suicide. Qarun is very wealthy but also sad and alone. He is ill and has no one to live with. Ali takes Qarun to his home and realizes that he is his own father who left him and his mother years ago. At first Ali rejects his father, but then Qarun gains his son's attention. Throughout the film Hasan accompanies Ali as a frend. (drama, 1965, Syamak Yasami,122 minutes, Iran).
Ganje Gharoon made by Siamak Yasemi is one of the most famous movies of Iran that has been imitated by many people. Its content was roots of Iran culture and folklore such as honesty and honor and heroism that Kurdish director, Yasemi (number one director of Iran cinema that with his movies and scenarios created changes in Iran cinema) made it.
After finishing his education in law field in Toloz University (French), in 1328 he was employed in foreign ministry and from that time he dealt to translating foreign stories and their printing in press. Some of his translations have been printed in Ferdosi and Khosheh magazines between 1328 until 1330. In these years, his brother, Shapour, was manager of producing studio of “Pars Film” and Ali Kasmaie wrote stories and dialogs of Koushan studio movies. After his father’s death, Siamak was immediately invited to Dr Koushan’s office by mediating Shapour and with writing movie story of “Masti Eshgh” began his cooperation with “Pars Film”. After cooperating with Koushan as councilor of director in “Dozde Eshgh” movie and writing movie story of “Afsoongar”, was assign him directing “Shabhaee Tehran” (T ehran Nights). When directing his first movies, he didn’t have any knowledge about directing.Yasemi made six movies for Koushan until 1338: “Rahzan” (1333), “Yusof and Zolaykha” (1335), “Zaleme Bala” (1336), “Bizhan and Manijeh” (1337), “Telesmeh Shekasteh” (1337) and “Cheshmeh Ab Hayat” (1338) that was the last movie that Yasemi directed for “Pars Film”. From that year, he established “Pourya Film” and undertook producing his movies himself. Yasemi with “Aghaye Gharne Bistom” (Mr. of twentieth century) (1343) especially “Ganje Gharoon” (1345) rescued Iran cinema from bankruptcy, although movies that were made in “Maktabe Ganje Gharoon” after that because of repetitive subjects faced Iran cinema with crisis. Yasemi was active in his profession with making a movie named “Hayula” until 1355. In early 1350 decade, he didn’t have any mode and making movie didn’t motivate him. His movies failed and even famous actor such as Mohammad Ali Fardin in movie of “Marde Hezar Labkhand” (A Man with Thousand Smile) (1350) couldn’t save him and his movie from failing. Yasemi’s movies in 1330 decade are more acceptable than his movies in second mid of 1340 decade and first mid of 1350 decade. He has directed and written his scenario in movies such as “Telesm Shekasteh” (1337), “Sahel Entezar” (1342, “Lezate Gonah” (1343) and “Aghaye Gharne Bistom” (1343) better than “Nabghe Haft Mahe” (1343), “Shamsi Pahlawoon” (1345), “Toofan Novh” (1346), “Dalahoo” (1346), “Bar Asman Nweshteh” (written on sky) (1347), “Ghooze Baleghooz” (1349), “Lili and Majnoon” (1349), “Abshare Tala” (gold waterfall) (1351), “Parizad” (1352), “Heart Wants Itself” (1353), “Pretty Pari” (1353), and “Rande Shode” (1354). Siamak Yasemi dead in cancer in Tehran when he was 69 years old. He was poet. His children have published his poems in 1380.
filmography
director:33 title
1 - Hayulā (1,355)
2 - Rānde šode (1,354)
3 - Pori-ye xoshgele(1,353)
4 - Arus-e pāberehne (1,353)
5 - Parizād (1,352)
6 - Del-e xod-aš mey xad(1,352)
7 - Ābšār-e talā (1,351)
8 - Toqrol (1,351)
9 - Mard-e hezār labxand (1,350)
10 - Leyli-yo majnun (1,349)
11 - Bar āsmān nevešte (1,347)
12 - Tange-ye eždehā (1,347)
13 - Dālāhu (1,346)
14 - Tufān-e Nuh (1,346)
15 - Šamsi pahlevān (1,345)
16 - Qahremān-e qahremānān (1,344)
17 - Ganj-e Qārun (1,344)
18 - Āqā-ye qarn-e bistom (1,343)
19 - Lezzat gonāh (1,343)
20 - Sāhel-e entezār (1,342)
21 - Nābeqe-ye haftmāhe (1,342)
22 - Vahšat (1,342)
23 - Var paride (1,341)
24 - Varparide (1,341)
25 - Ās-o pās (1,340)
26 - Amu Nowruz (1,340)
27 - Avval-e heykal (1,339)
28 - Cešme-ye āb-e hayāt (1,338)
29 - Telesm šekaste (1,337)
30 - Zālembalā (1,336)
31 - Yusof-o Zoleyxā (1,335)
32 - Rāhzan (1,334)
33 - Šab-e hāye Tehrān (1,332)
writer:29 title
1 - Hayulā (1,355)
2 - Rānde šode (1,354)
3 - Pori-ye xoshgele(1,353)
4 - Arus-e pāberehne (1,353)
5 - Parizād (1,352)
6 - Del-e xod-aš mey xad(1,352)
7 - Ābšār-e talā (1,351)
8 - Toqrol (1,351)
9 - Quz-e bālā quz (1,349)
10 - Bar āsmān nevešte (1,347)
11 - Tange-ye eždehā (1,347)
12 - Šamsi pahlevān (1,345)
13 - Qahremān-e qahremānān (1,344)
14 - Ganj-e Qārun (1,344)
15 - Āqā-ye qarn-e bistom (1,343)
16 - Lezzat gonāh (1,343)
17 - Sāhel-e entezār (1,342)
18 - Nābeqe-ye haftmāhe (1,342)
19 - Vahšat (1,342)
20 - Var paride (1,341)
21 - Varparide (1,341)
22 - Ās-o pās (1,340)
23 - Amu Nowruz (1,340)
24 - Avval-e heykal (1,339)
25 - Bižan-o Maniže (1,337)
26 - Yusof-o Zoleyxā (1,335)
27 - Rāhzan (1,334)
28 - Afsungar (1,332)
29 - Masti-ye ešq (1,330)
producer:18 title
1 - Ābšār-e talā (1,351)
2 - Mard-e hezār labxand (1,350)
3 - Quz-e bālā quz (1,349)
4 - Leyli-yo majnun (1,349)
5 - Bar āsmān nevešte (1,347)
6 - Tange-ye eždehā (1,347)
7 - Dālāhu (1,346)
8 - Tufān-e Nuh (1,346)
9 - Šamsi pahlevān (1,345)
10 - Qahremān-e qahremānān (1,344)
11 - Ganj-e Qārun (1,344)
12 - Āqā-ye qarn-e bistom (1,343)
13 - Lezzat gonāh (1,343)
14 - Var paride (1,341)
15 - Varparide (1,341)
16 - Ās-o pās (1,340)
17 - Amu Nowruz (1,340)
18 - Avval-e heykal (1,339)
