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tehran , iran 200px iranian 08 december 1939 1966 -- present dariush mehrjui dariush mehrjoei.jpg dariush mehrjui
 dariush mehrjui film director screenwriter
dariush mehrjui

dariush mehrju'i -lrb- , born 8 december 1939 in ilam -rrb- , also spelled as `` mehrjui '' , `` mehrjoui '' , and `` mehrjuyi '' , is an iranian director , screenwriter , producer , and film editor .
mehrjui was a founding member of the iranian new wave movement of the early 1970s .
his second film , `` gaav '' is considered to be the first film of this movement , which also included masoud kimiai and nasser taqvai .
most of his films are inspired by literature and adapted from iranian and foreign novels and plays .
