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Dariush Mehrjui (Persian: داریوش مهرجویی; born December 8, 1939, also spelled as Mehrjouyi) is an Iranian filmmaker.
He is a member of the Iranian Academy of the Arts.Mehrjui was a founding member of the Iranian New Wave movement of the early 1970s. His second film, Gaav, is considered to be the first film of this movement, which also included Masoud Kimiai and Nasser Taqvai. Most of his films are inspired by literature and adapted from Iranian and foreign novels and plays.
Source: Wikidata , August 2023
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