# Houman Seyyedi

Houman Seyyedi (Persian: هومن سيدی, born November 29, 1980) is an Iranian actor, director, screenwriter, and editor. He has received various accolades, including six Crystal Simorghs–making him the only director to have three wins in Special Jury Prize category–two Hafez Awards, five Iran's Film Critics and Writers Association Awards, a NETPAC Award and an Asian New Talent Award. His sixth film, World War III (2022) won the Orizzonti Award for Best Film at the 79th Venice International Film Festival.
Seyyedi introduced many actors to cinema through his films, most of whom had been trained at his 8mm Film School. Among these actors are Amir Jadidi, Navid Pourfaraj, Azadeh Samadi, Marjan Ettefaghian, Mahsa Hejazi, Amin Sherbaf, Yasna Mirtahmasb, Ladan Zhavehvand, Navid Nosrati, Nima Mazaheri, Ashkan Hassanpour, Ehsan Mansouri, and Hadi Taslimi.

## Career

Houman Seyyedi is an Iranian theater, television and cinema actor & director, known for his role in " The Endless Way " series.
His directing of short movies, including ’35 Meters Below Sea Level’ and ‘Blue Tooth’, earned him several awards at Tehran International Short Film Festival. He also directed his first long movie ‘Africa’ in 2010.
Seyyedi, who was the writer as well as editor of ‘Africa’, managed to receive an award for Best Movie in video works section of the 29 Fajr International Film Festival.
He has participated in several movies, including ‘Fireworks Wednesday’ (2005), ‘Barefoot in Heaven’ (2005), ‘He Who Goes to Sea’ (2006), ‘The Wound on Eve’s Shoulder’ (2007), ‘The Freeway’ (2010), ‘Thirteen’ (2012), ‘The Exclusive Line’ (2013), ‘Confessions of My Dangerous Mind’ (2014), ‘Buffalo’ (2014), ‘I am Diego Maradona’ (2014), ‘Sleep Bridge’ (2015) and ‘Profiles’ (2015).

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes |
| 2005 | A Piece of Bread | Gheys | Kamal Tabrizi | |
| 2006 | Fireworks Wednesday | Abdolreza | Asghar Farhadi | |
| 2006 | Barefoot in Paradise | Yehya | Bahram Tavakoli | |
| 2006 | He Who Goes to the Sea | Soldier | Arash Moayerian | |
| 2007 | Eve’s Shoulder Wound | | Hossein Ghena'at | |
| 2011 | Africa | | Houman Seyyedi | also as screenwriter and editor |
| 2012 | The Freeway | Morteza | Abbas Rafiee | |
| 2014 | Thirteen | | Houman Seyyedi | also as screenwriter and editor |
| 2014 | Night, Outdoor | | Kaveh Sajjadi Hosseini | |
| 2014 | The Exclusive Line | | Mostafa Kiaee | |
| 2015 | Buffalo | | Kaveh Sajjadi Hosseini | |
| 2015 | I Am Diego Maradona | Babak | Bahram Tavakoli | |
| 2015 | Confessions of My Dangerous Mind | iPod man | Houman Seyyedi | as screenwriter and editor |
| 2015 | In the Specified Time | Saeed | Vahid Amirkhani | |
| 2016 | Profiles | | Iraj Karimi | |
| 2016 | Nobody One Does Not Die | Ashkan | Hossein Kondori | |
| 2016 | Bridge of Sleep | Mohsen | Oktay Baraheni | |
| 2016 | Sound and Fury | | Houman Seyyedi | also as screenwriter and editor |
| 2017 | Azar | Saber | Mohammad Hamzei | |
| 2017 | Human Comedy | | Mohammad Hadi Karimi | |
| 2017 | Mothering | Saeed | Roghayeh Tavakoli | |
| 2018 | Confiscation | Zakaria | Mehran Ahmadi | |
| 2018 | Sheeple | | Houman Seyyedi | also as screenwriter and editor |
| 2019 | Gold | Mansour | Parviz Shahbazi | |
| 2022 | Without Her | | Arian Vazirdaftari | as producer |
| 2022 | World War III | | Houman Seyyedi | also as screenwriter and editor |

### Web

| Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes | Platform |
| 2016 | The Romance | Peyman Rastag | Manouchehr Hadi | Main role | Video CD |
| 2018 | Golshifteh | Houman | Behrouz Shoeibi | Main role | Filimo |
| 2020–2021 | The Frog | Amirali Shamsabadi | Houman Seyyedi | Supporting role; also as screenwriter and editor | Namava |
| 2021 | Gisoo | Peyman Rastag | Manouchehr Hadi | Main role | Namava |
| 2021 | Mutual Friendship | Himself | Shahab Hosseini | Talk show; 1 episode | Namava |
| 2022 | Party | Himself | Iraj Tahmasb | Guest appearance | Namava |
| 2023 | Vertigo | Reza Badiee | Behrang Tofighi | Main role | Namava |
| 2024 | Viper of Tehran | Himself | Saman Moghaddam | Cameo | Filmnet |
| 2025 | The Savage | | Houman Seyyedi | Also as screenwriter | Filmnet |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Director | Network |
| 2007 | Endless Path | Mansour Pourvatan | Homayoun Assadian | IRIB TV3 |
| 2009–2010 | In the Eye of the Wind | | Masoud Djafari Djozani | IRIB TV1 |
| 2010 | The 30th Day | Siavash Kiani | Javad Afshar | IRIB TV1 |
| 2011 | Up to The Sky | Hamid | Sirous Moghaddam | IRIB TV1 |
| 2013 | Mehr Abad | | Farid Sajadi Hosseini | IRIB TV5 |