- Valiollah Khakdan
Valiollah Khakdan (
1923 ,Baku ,Azerbaijan –1996 ,Tehran ,Iran ) ( _fa. ولی الله خاکدان) was anIran ianart director . He graduated from the faculty of painting at the Art School in Baku Azerbaijan and started his career as an art director with "Prince's Prisoner" (1998 , E. Koushan). He immigrated to Iran in1938 . Due to his background in painting, he became a set designer in theatres ofTabriz . He is known as a pioneer of set designing inIranian cinema . He moved to Tehran in1946 and worked in the bigger theatres. Although he had a limited experience and background in Iranian cinema, made some decorations for historical films which are among the memorable and outstanding examples. He was one of the supervisors for building a small town forIRIB as the location of historical films and TV series.Some of his works:
* "Golden Dreams", 1951
* "The Mother", 1952
* "Shepherd's Daughter"
* "Intrigue"
* "Tehran Nights"
* "Negligence"
* "Missing"
* "Mashdi Ebaad", 1953
* "Eagle of Tous"
* "The Bride of Tigris", 1954
* "Fabulous Amir Arsalan" (first version), 1955
* "Yousuf and Zoleikha" (first version), 1956
* "Ladder of Progress"
* "Jacob Leis", 1957
* "Bizhan and Manizheh"
* "Ray of Hope"
* "The Broken Spell", 1958
* "Spring of Life Water", 1959
* "Arshin Malalan", 1960
* "You Have Mistaken Me, Madam!"
* "Bitter Honey"
* "Midnight's Cry", 1961
* "Aras Khan", 1963
* "Fabulous Amir Arsalan" (second version)
* "Hossein Kurd Shabestary", 1966
* "Diamond 33"
* "Nasim Ay'yar", 1987
* "Dragon Cape"
* "Yousuf and Zoleikha" (second version), 1968
* "Breed of Braves", 1969
* "Leili and Madjnoun", 1970
* "Abbaseh and Djafar Barmaki", 1972
* "The Sleeping Lion", 1977
* "Kamalolmolk", 1984
* "Mirza Norouz's Shoes", 1985
* "The First Deputy", 1986
* "The Magnificent Day" (co), 1988
* "Great Expectation"
* "Kakado" (co), 1994
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