Dariush Mehrjui

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   Dariush Mehrjui ( born 8 December 1939 in Tehran) also spelled as Mehrjui Mehrjoui, and Mehrjuyi, is an Iranian director, screenwriter, producer, and film editor. As an Iranian New Wave cinema icon, Mehrjui is regarded to be one of the intellectual directors of Iranian cinema. Most of his films are inspired by literature and adopted based on Iranian and foreign novels and plays.