Mini biography

Jalal Moghadam ( April 30, 1929, Nishabour, Iran - April 18, 1996, Tehran, Iran)

Jalal Moghadam (1929-1996) is an Iranian actor, film director and writer.

In early 1951, Moghadam began working with the cinema press, and in 1958 he wrote the screenplay for the film "downtown".

After 1968 he helped as consultant Reza Ghotbi, the head of Iran's national Radio & Television Broadcasting.

During his artistic career he finished writing of seven screenplays. And from 1966 to 1986 he directed 8 feature length films.

After making his last film, Suitcase, in 1986, he didn't make any other movies and continued his activities only as an actor.

Since then and until his death in 1996 in a car accident on April 17, he played in 17 movies.

Filmography

As director

     1986   The Suitcase (Chamedan)
     1984   Love Nest (Ashianeye mehr)
     1972   Samad va Dive Fouladzereh
     1971   Raze Derakht-e Senjed
     1971   Escape from Trap (Farar az Taleh)
     1970   The Window (Panjereh)
     1968   Three crazy
     1966   House of God

Director - Selected filmography

1. The Suitcase | Chamedan (1986)
   
2. The Secret of the Oleaster Tree | Raze derakhte senjed (1972)
   
3. Samad and Foolad Zereh, the ogre | Samad va Foolad Zereh deev (1971)
   
4. Escape from the Trap | Farar az Taleh (1971)
   
5. The Window | Panjereh (1970)