HAMOON

Dariush Mehrjui was born in Tehran in 1939. One of the most vivid impressions of his childhood was “Bicycle Thieves” by Vittorio de Sica. Mehrjui entered the film department at the University of California in 1959. But studying film directing there did not satisfy Mehrjui. He transferred to the Faculty of Philosophy, and graduated in 1964. In 1965 he returned to Iran, where his active and famous career as a film director was soon launched. From 1981 to 1985 he lived in France, where he also made movies. Then he returned to Iran.