FILM DIRECTOR

Dariush Mehrjui

1939 - 2023

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Dariush Mehrjui (Persian: داریوش مهرجویی‎; 8 December 1939 – 14 October 2023) was an Iranian filmmaker and a member of the Iranian Academy of the Arts.Mehrjui was a founding member of the Iranian New Wave movement of the early 1970s, which also included directors Masoud Kimiai and Nasser Taqvai. His second film, The Cow (1969), is considered to be the first film of this movement. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dariush Mehrjui has received more than 285,301 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Dariush Mehrjui is the 207th most popular film director (up from 793rd in 2019), the 151st most popular biography from Iran (up from 304th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Iranian Film Director.

Memorability Metrics

  • 290k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 60.40

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.48

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.30

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Over the past year Dariush Mehrjui has had the most page views in the with 2,217,530 views, followed by English (137,697), and French (19,982). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Turkish (7,309.26%), German (1,501.38%), and Persian (1,399.17%)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Dariush Mehrjui ranks 207 out of 2,041. Before him are Vsevolod Pudovkin, Vincente Minnelli, Mike Newell, Amos Gitai, Douglas Sirk, and Claude Lanzmann. After him are Danny Boyle, Lina Wertmüller, Joe D'Amato, Thea von Harbou, Alan J. Pakula, and Mahesh Bhatt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Dariush Mehrjui ranks 73. Before him are Marco Bellocchio, Gangubai Kothewali, Leland H. Hartwell, Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, Helmut Haller, and Gilberto Rodríguez Orejuela. After him are Susumu Tonegawa, Claudio Magris, Joaquim Chissano, Ratko Janev, Milva, and Amarildo Tavares da Silveira. Among people deceased in 2023, Dariush Mehrjui ranks 94. Before him are Frank Borman, Viktor Belenko, Gianni Vattimo, Thomas Williams, Françoise Gilot, and Luis Garavito. After him are Ruud Geels, Dmitry Utkin, Matteo Messina Denaro, Shane MacGowan, Bo Larsson, and Hélène Carrère d'Encausse.

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Dariush Mehrjui ranks 151 out of 631. Before him are Teispes (-675), Phraates IV (-90), Al-Bayhaqi (994), Hussein-Ali Montazeri (1922), Forough Farrokhzad (1935), and Abu Nasr Mansur (960). After him are Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni (864), Amytis of Media (-630), Al-Khazini (1077), Al-Karaji (953), Vologases IV (150), and Ibn Babawayh (918).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Iran

Among film directors born in Iran, Dariush Mehrjui ranks 2. Before him are Abbas Kiarostami (1940). After him are Jafar Panahi (1960), Barbet Schroeder (1941), Asghar Farhadi (1972), Shirin Neshat (1957), Majid Majidi (1959), Mohsen Makhmalbaf (1957), Masoud Kimiai (1941), Ali Hatami (1944), Hossein Shahabi (1967), and Bahman Ghobadi (1969).

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Filmography

The Music Man
Director
Ali is son of a well-off family who plays the santoor (an Iranian instrument) and has earned some reputation through his concerts and teaching music but is rejected by his family because of this profession, which they despise. He falls for one of his music students but after a short blissful period, life doesn't treat him as well as before and also his addiction agonizes him in his numbered days before redemption.
Apr 1o 20076.76 / 10
Leila
Director
This film tells the story of a semi modern Iranian couple, who are trying to fight the old beliefs & old generation. This is a failing battle because the man is not strong enough.
Feb 1o 19977.38 / 10
The Cow
Director
An old villager deeply in love with his cow goes to the capital for a while. While he's there, the cow dies and now the villagers are afraid of his possible reaction to it when he returns.
Jan 1o 19697.776 / 10