Background
Badiyi, Reza Sayed was born on April 17, 1936 in Arak, Iran. Son of Mehdi Sayed and Nazeneen Bagom (Messy) Badiyi.
Badiyi, Reza Sayed was born on April 17, 1936 in Arak, Iran. Son of Mehdi Sayed and Nazeneen Bagom (Messy) Badiyi.
Bachelor of Arts, Drama School Iran, 1950. Masters in Literature, U. Tehran, 1953. Master of Arts, Syracuse University, 1955.
Cameraman, Ministry of Culture and Art, Iran, 1953-1954, Horizon Prodns., Kansas City, Missoury, 1956-1960, Robert Altman Company, 1960-1964. Associate producer Talent Production, New York City, Los Angeles, 1965-1967. Director television shows including: Mission Impossible, 1969-1975, Hawaii Five O, 1968-1979, Baretta, 1977-1978, Incredible Hulk, 1978-1979, Rockford Files, 1977-1978, White Water, 1982, Cagney & Lacey, 1982.
Films include: Death of a Stranger, 1972, Trader Horn, 1973.
Director television films: The Eyes of Charles Sand, 1972, The Big Black Pill, 1981, Of Mice and Men, 1981, White Water Rebels, 1983, Murder One, Dancer O,1983, Policewoman Centerfold, 1983.
Member of Academy television Arts and Sciences, Directors Guild American.
Married Barbara Turner, April 5, 1968. 1 child Mina Alexis.