Died 2001 (aged 82–83) Nationality Iranian Armenian | Name Joseph Vaezian | |
Born 1918 Hamadan, Iran Occupation film director, and producer | ||
Joseph Vaezian (Armenian: Ժոզէֆ Վաէզեան) was Iranian Armenian Film producer and director.
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Biography
Vaezian wad born in 1918 in Hamadan. He was a businessman before turning to cinema. Having an interest in art, he co-founded, with Aramais Aghamalian, Arman, and Samuel Khachikian, the Armenian Troup Theater in 1947. Ten years later he set up «Azhir Film Studio» with Khachikian and Dr. Shahrokh Rafi'e and started a new career as film producer. Storm in Our Town (khachikian, 1958), produced by him and Rafi'e, was the first of 15 films he produced up to 1967. In mid 1960s, he left Azhir Film to try his hands in other capacities, and wrote and directed The Wandering Man (1966) which was followed only by two fillms: Desperados and Fighting the Devil However, producing Khachikian's films highlights his film credit best. He died in 2001.