Pirouzfar, Parsa

Parsa Pirouzfar (September 13, 1972, Tehran, Iran)

Parsa Pirouzfar was born on 13th September 1972 in Tehran. 

During 1984 to 1990 when he was at school he designed comic strips without publishing them. He graduated from high school in 1990 having studied the Maths and Physics major.

He began his academic education in painting in 1991 at the University of Tehran’s Faculty of Fine Arts; at the same time, he also started acting on stage, in different university plays.

He worked in film dubbing from 1993 to 1997. He made his film debut by playing a brief part in Dariush Mehrjui’s “Pari” in 1994. 

In the same year, he took a course in Stanislavsky’s acting style with Mahin Oskouie. In 1995, he passed some acting courses at the Samandarian Institute of Dramatic Art.

Parsa received his bachelor’s degree in painting in 1997. He directed Yasmina Reza’s play “Art” in 2001. He gave acting lessons at Karnameh Institute of Culture and Art as well as in the extracurricular acting classes of Allameh Tabatabaie University in 2004 and 2005 and also at Hilaj Film School in 2007, 2010 and 2011.

Since graduation from high school, he has also been involved periodically in sculpture, graphic design and making teasers.

He directed David Mamet's play "Glengarry Glen Ross" in 2011.

2011   Here Without Me | Inja Bedoon-e Man (2011)
2005   The Unwanted Woman - Zane Ziadi (2005)
2004   The Tear of the Cold | Ashk-e sarma (2004)
2000   A Girl Named Tondar | Dokhtari be nam-e Tondar (2000)
2000   Protest | Eteraz (2000)
1998   Mercedes (1998)