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Film and television director

Reza Sayed Badiyi, Iranian film and television director. Recipient gold medal of art, Government Iran, 1953. Member of Academy television Arts and Sciences, Directors Guild American.

Background

Badiyi, Reza Sayed was born on April 17, 1936 in Arak, Iran. Son of Mehdi Sayed and Nazeneen Bagom (Messy) Badiyi.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Drama School Iran, 1950. Masters in Literature, U. Tehran, 1953. Master of Arts, Syracuse University, 1955.

Career

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.

Achievements

  • Reza Sayed Badiyi has been listed as a noteworthy film and television director by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member of Academy television Arts and Sciences, Directors Guild American.

Connections

Married Barbara Turner, April 5, 1968. 1 child Mina Alexis.

Father:
Mehdi Sayed Badiyi

Mother:
Nazeneen Bagom (Messy) Badiyi

Spouse:
Barbara Turner

child:
Mina Alexis Badiyi

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Education

Awards

  • Recipient gold medal of art, Government Iran, 1953.