Homayoun Ghanizadeh (Born, in 1980) is an Iranian avant-garde Film and Theatre director, scriptwriter, and actor. His first movie "A Hairy Tale" has received the special jury prize for the best script from the 35th Warsaw film festival and also has been rewarded with some other awards from international film festivals around the world. His film was successful to attract many critics' attention to the movie and its production technique. Homayoun has written and directed lots of theatres that have been performed and received several awards at international theatre festivals. His theatre projects have been performed in many other countries around the world such as England, Germany, Estonia, Poland, Russia, China, and India. He has been working with the Estonian theater company RAAAM for more than 10 years. "Antigone", "Mississippi Dies Seated", "Daedalus and Icarus", "Caligula", "Waiting for Godot", and "The Beauty Queen of Leenane" are some of his works.
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