Valiollah Khakdan
Film director
1923 – 1996
Who was Valiollah Khakdan?
Valiollah Khakdan was an Iranian art 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. He immigrated to Iran in 1938. Due to his background in painting, he became a set designer in theatres of Tabriz. He is known as a pioneer of set designing in Iranian cinema. He moved to Tehran in 1946 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 for IRIB 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, 1955
⁕Yousuf and Zoleikha, 1956
⁕Ladder of Progress
⁕Jacob Leis, 1957
⁕Bizhan and Manizheh
⁕Ray of Hope
⁕The Broken Spell, 1958
⁕Spring of Life Water, 1959
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