Joseph Vaezian (; ) was an

Iranian Armenian Iranian Armenians (; ), also known as Persian Armenians (; ), are Iranians of Armenian ethnicity who may speak Armenian as their first language. Estimates of their number in Iran range from 70,000 to 500,000. Areas with a high concentration o ...

film producer and director.

Biography

Vaezian was born in 1918 in the city of

Kermanshah Kermanshah is a city in the Central District (Kermanshah County), Central District of Kermanshah province, Kermanshah province, Iran, serving as capital of the province, the county, and the district. The city is from Tehran in the western pa ...

. He was a businessman before turning to cinema. Having an interest in art, he co-founded, with Aramais Aghamalian,

Arman Arman (November 17, 1928 – October 22, 2005) was a French and American artist. Born Armand Fernandez in Nice, France, Arman was a painter who moved from using objects for the ink or paint traces they leave (''cachets'', ''allures d'objet'') t ...

, and

Samuel Khachikian Samuel Khachikian ( ; ; October 21, 1923 – October 22, 2001) was an Iranian film director, screenwriter, author, and film editor of Armenian descent. He was one of the most influential figures of Iranian cinema and was nicknamed "Iran's Hitch ...

, the Armenian Troup Theater in 1947. Ten years later he set up «Azhir Film Studio» with Khachikian and Shahrokh Rafie and started a new career as film producer. ''Storm in Our Town'' (Khachikian, 1958), produced by him and Rafi'e, was the first of 15 films he produced up to 1967. In the mid 1960s, he left Azhir Film to try his hands in other capacities, and wrote and directed ''The Wandering Man'' (1966) which was followed only by two films: ''Desperados'' and ''Fighting the Devil''. Vaezian died in 2001, in Tehran.

Filmography

; As a producer * 1964 The Devil Is Knocking * 1964 The Strike * 1963 Victim of Sinful Desire * 1962 Anxiety * 1962 A Girl Is Screaming * 1961 One Step to Death * 1961 The Neighborhood Kids * 1960 Lovers' Spring * 1959 The Hill of Love * 1959 In Search of a Groom * 1958 A Messenger from Heaven ; As a director * 1968 Az-jangozashtegan

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Vaezian, Joseph Iranian film directors Iranian film producers Persian-language film directors People from Kermanshah Iranian people of Armenian descent 1918 births 2001 deaths