● Birthplace: Tehran
● Died: 23 June 2018 in Tehran
Biography
He started working as a face painter in late 1930s, attending Caravan Film Studio and working in fields of: titration, decor and special effects from those years. He started his artistic activity as a teenager in 1943 in Pars, Nasr and Dehghan theaters. He continued his work in the weekly: Tehran, illustrated by the little ones, with the privilege of Abdollah Vala and the editor of Labat Sheibani. During this period, he met people such as: Dr. Fathollah Vala, then director of Nasr Theater and Theater, Dr. Shervan, Dr. Kooshan, Sarang, Master Nosratollah Mohtasham and Mehdi Raees Firooz, and since then he has been working and continuing in Barbad community. Became active. The life of Master Iraj Safdari is mentioned as one of the pioneers and pioneers of the makeup designer industry. He started his first official work in 1958, in Nasr Theater, in the play Death of a Mouse, directed by Dr. Fathollah Vala, and in the field of cinema, in 1959, in the movie Asmoon Jal, directed by Nusratullah Vahdat. In the first years of the revolution, his wife, Ms. Fatemeh Jafari, worked with him as a make-up artist, and then his second son, Abdollah Safdari, learned the profession from him as an assistant, and then began working independently in the field of make-up. The late Iraj Safdari, in addition to his main profession, due to the prevailing conditions in the workspaces of that time, also worked in other fields such as acting, caption design, special effects, stage designer and production manager. He worked as a make-up artist and make-up designer in many famous works of pre-revolutionary and post-revolutionary cinema. Some of his famous works in the field of portraiture include: Tangsir, Mirza Kuchak Khan, The Man Who Became a Mouse, and Mirza Nowrouz Shoes. During his career in some movies as an actor, he has been in front of the camera, some of which are Sardar Jangal, Silent Hunting and The Sound of the Sea.
Cinema
Work/Director/Title
1959 – Asmoun Jol – Nosratullah Vahdat / Designer and performer of makeup designer
1962 – Laleh Atashin – Mahmoud Nozari / Designer and performer of makeup designer, titration
1963 – Mountain Girl – Mohammad Ali Jafari / Designer and performer of makeup designer, titration
1963 – A Traveler from Paradise – Nosratollah Vahdat / Actor, Titration
1964 – Ofogh Roshan – Mehdi Amir Ghasemkhani / Designer and performer of makeup designer, titration, production manager
1964 – Rural Songs – Saber Rahbar / Designer and Performer, Production Manager
1964 – River Path – Saber Rahbar / Designer and Executor of makeup designer, Titration, Production Manager
1964 – Arous Farangi – Nusratullah Vahdat / Titration
1965 – Closed tongue – Nusratullah Vahdat / Designer and performer of makeup designer, production manager
1965 – A man in a cage – Nusratullah Vahdat / Designer and performer of makeup designer, titration
1965 – Big Chance – Shokrallah Rafiei / Designer and Performer of makeup designer, Titration
1966 – Kadkhoda’s daughter – Mehdi Raees Firooz / Designer and performer of makeup designer, titration
1966 – Valamtali – Azizullah Rafiei / Designer and performer of makeup designer
1966 – One Step to Heaven – Nusratullah Vahdat / Designer and Performer, Stage Designer, Titration, Production Manager
1967 – Carousel – Saber Rahbar / Designer and performer of makeup designer
1967 – Beauty and the Hero – Mehdi Zhork / Designer and Make-up Artist, Stage Designer, Titration
1967 – Starless Man – Azizullah Bahadori / Designer and performer of makeup designer
1967 – Miracle – Mehdi Mirsamadzadeh / Designer and performer of makeup designer
1967 – Nim Wajbi – Nusratullah Vahdat / Designer and performer of makeup designer, production manager
1968 – Bridge to Heaven – Mohammad Zarrin Dast / Designer and performer of makeup designer
1968 – Gift of India – Mehdi Jurk / Designer and performer of makeup designer
1968 – Samarkand Golden Road – Nasser Malek Motiee / Designer and performer
1968 – Gypsy Wrath – Ismail Riahi / Designer and performer of makeup designer
1968 – Delavar Doran – Ebrahim Bagheri / Designer and performer of makeup designer
1968 – Sultan of Hearts – Mohammad Ali Fardin / Designer and performer of makeup designer
1968 – Husband hunting – Nusratullah Vahdat / Designer and performer of makeup designer
1968 – Loti of the twentieth century – Reza Safaei / Designer and performer of makeup designer
1968 – A Man with Two Faces – Reza Beyk Imanverdi / Designer and performer of makeup designer
1969 – Sons of Qarun – Reza Safaei / Designer and performer of makeup designer
1969 – A World of Hope – Ahmad Shirazi / Designer and performer of makeup designer
1969 – Separation – Reza Safaei / Designer and performer of makeup designer
1969 – Golden Palace – Mohammad Ali Fardin / Designer and performer of makeup designer
1969 – Blind Cat – Sardar Sagar / Designer and make-up artist
1970 – Adam and Eve – Amir Shervan / Designer and performer of makeup designer
1970 – Hassan Kachel – Ali Hatami / Designer and performer of makeup designer
1970 – Coin of Chance – Iraj Ghaderi / Designer and performer of makeup designer
1970 – A man from the south of the city – Saber Rahbar / designer and make-up artist
1960 – Ruby Three Eyes – Aramais Aghamalian / Designer and Make-up Artist
1970 – Window – Jalal Moghadam / Designer and performer of makeup designer
1971 – Wild Jungle – Robert Eckhart / Designer and Make-up Artist
1971 – A man in a city – Amir Shervan / Designer and performer of makeup designer
1971 – Samad and Hazrat Soleiman rug – Parviz Sayad / Designer and performer of makeup designer
1971 – Haidar – Mehdi Zhork / Designer and performer of makeup designer
1971 – Rashid – Parviz Nouri / Designer and performer of makeup designer
1971 – Inverted Life – Nusratullah Vahdat / Designer and performer of makeup designer
1971 – Se Qap – Zakaria Hashemi / Designer and performer of makeup designer
1971 – Gholam Jandarm – Aman Manteghi / Designer and performer of makeup designer
1971 – Escape from the trap – Jalal Moghadam / Designer and performer of makeup designer
1971 – Loti – Khosrow Parvizi / Designer and performer of makeup designer
1972 – Baluch – Masoud Kimiaei / Designer and performer of makeup designer
1972 – Man – Sirus Alvand / Designer and performer of makeup designer
1972 – Gharibeh – Shapoor Gharib / Designer and performer of makeup designer
1973 – Port – Kamran Qadakchian / Designer and performer of makeup designer
1973 – Greg Bizarre – Maziar Parto / Designer and performer of makeup designer
1973 – Footwear – Ismail Poursaid / Designer and performer of makeup designer
1973 – Tangsir – Amir Naderi / Designer and performer of makeup designer
1973 – Khoros – Shapoor Gharib / Designer and performer, actor
1974 – Maid – Kamran Qadakchian / Designer and Make-up Artist, Assistant Director
1974 – Sharaf – Azizullah Bahadori / Designer and performer of makeup designer
1975 – Sada e-Sahra – Nader Ebrahimi / Designer and performer of makeup designer
1975 – Oath – Amir Shervan / Designer and performer of makeup designer
1975 – The Fifth Rider of Destiny – Saeed Motalebi / Designer and performer of makeup designer
1976 – Mr. Mostafa’s father – Nasser Mohammadi / Designer and performer of makeup designer
1976 – Three people on the line – Abdullah Ghayabi / Designer and performer of makeup designer
1977 – Soothedlan – Ali Hatami / Chehre Pardaz
1977 – Safe place – Morteza Aghili / Designer and performer of makeup designer
1977 – Southern Shark – Samuel Khachikian / Designer and Make-up Artist, Actor
1977 – Intermediaries – Hassan Mohammadzadeh / Designer and performer of makeup designer
1977 – Dying a thousand times – Jalal Mehraban / Designer and performer of makeup designer
1978 – Above the Skies – Mohammad Ali Fardin / Designer and performer of makeup designer
1978 – Hijrat – Hosseinzadeh / Designer and performer of makeup designer
1979 – Explosion – Samuel Khachikian / Designer and Makeup Artist
1982 – Purgatory – Iraj Ghaderi / Designer and performer of makeup designer
1983 – Banafshehzar – Mohammad Baqer Khosravi / Designer and performer of makeup designer
1983 – Sardar Jangal (Mirza Kuchak Khan) – Amir Ghavidel / Designer and performer, actor
1984 – The Great Controversy – Siavash Shakeri / Designer and performer of makeup designer
1984 – Convicts – Nasser Mohammadi / Designer and performer of makeup designer
1985 – Mirza Nowruz Shoes – Mohammad Motusalani / Designer and Make-up Artist, Actor
1985 – The Man Who Became a Mouse – Ahmad Bakhshi / Designer and Make-up Artist
1986 – Suitcase – Jalal Moghadam / Designer and performer of makeup designer
1986 – Harim Mehrvarzi – Nasser Gholamrezaei / Designer and performer of makeup designer
1986 – High School – Akbar Sadeghi / Designer and performer of makeup designer
1987 – Sangi Valve – Masoud Jafari Jozanikohan / Makeup Designer
1987 – Jamil – Ahmad Bakhshi / Makeup Designer
1987 – Caught – Mansour Tehrani / Makeup Designer
1987 – Night Nurse – Mohammad Ali Najafi / Special effects
1988 – Night of accident – Sirous Alvand / Special effects
1988 – The Cyclist – Mohsen Makhmalbaf / Presenter Decor
1988 – The Marriage of The Blessed – Mohsen Makhmalbaf / Scene manager, presenter Decor
1989 – Silent Hunt – Kiumars poor Ahmad / Sahneh manager, presenter Decor
1989 – Checker – Mohammad Motevasellani / Makeup designer, special effects
1989 – Driven – Jahangir Jahangiri / Makeup designer, presenter decor
1990 – Darya Avaye – Rahman Rezaei / Makeup designer, actor, special effects
1990 – Island Search – Mahdi Sabagh Zadeh / Makeup designer, actor
1991 – Ghorbani – Rasoul Sadr Ameli / Presenter Décor
1992 – Hasanak – Makeup designer, scene designer, costume designer, special effects
1992 – Enough blood – Nasser Gholamrezaei / Makeup designer, special effects
1992 – Mr. Shadi’s mission – Mohammadreza Zahtabi / Makeup designer, actor
1992 – One time forever – Sirus Alvand / special effects
1993 – Never thou – Houshang darvishpour / Makeup designer, presenter decor
1993 – The Secret of smell night – Saeed Khoradian / special effects
1994 – Now what to do – Mohammad Jafari Harandi / Makeup Designer, Sahneh designer, costume designer
1994 – Partner – Seyed Ali Khoshneshin / Makeup Designer
1995 – Day of Visit – Seyed Ali Khoshneshin / Makeup Designer
1995 – Law – Faramarz Gharibian / Makeup Designer
1995 – Seven Passages – Jamshid Heydari / Presenter Decor
1997 – Saghar – Sirous Alvand / special effects
1997 – The Devil at home – Mohammad Reza Zahtabi / Face Designer
1998 – A long day – Ali Shoaghian / Face Designer
1999 – The thigh locomotive – Asghar Nasiri / Face Designer
TV
Name of Work/Director/Title
1977 – Looters TV Series – Mohammad Motevaselani / Designer and Makeup Artist
1989 – Cheragh Khaneh TV Series – Manouchehr Pourahmad / Stage Manager, Decor Host
1996 – Lost Paradise TV Series – Kamran Ghadakchian / Face Designer
Theater
1958 – The Death of a Mouse – Dr. Fathollah Vala / Designer and performer of makeup designer
1962 – August Coffee House Show – Amir Shervan / Designer and Makeup Artist
Awards
1989 – Nominated for Crystal Simorgh for Best Special Effects at the 8th Fajr International Film Festival, for: Search
1983 – Received a plaque of appreciation and sardis of Sardar Jangal, for the movie: Sardar Jangal (Mirza Kuchak Khan)
2008 – Receiving the special award of the Theater House in the fifth celebration of the International Theater Day, after a lifetime of efforts to promote Iranian theater – Theater Week
Celebrating and Honoring
2005 – Celebrating the Cinema House in the ceremony of the second wedding of the veterans of make-up art in Iranian cinema, as a veteran face painter / March 6th
2008 – Celebrating the Association of Face Painters of the Theater House, as a veteran face painter of Iran Theater
