Reza Badiyi was born in Arak, Iran on April 17, 1930. He is the father of Mina Badie and the stepfather of Jennifer Jason Leigh. Badiyi is well known for directing episodes of many popular (and quite distinct) television series.
Early in his career, he directed episodes of Get Smart, Mission: Impossible, Hawaii Five-O, The Incredible Hulk, Mannix, The Six Million Dollar Man, Starsky and Hutch, The Rockford Files and Police Squad!. His credits also include developing the memorable opening montages for Hawaii Five-O and The Mary Tyler Moore Show. He also directed the definitive “fashion show” sequence of the third season of the popular “Doris Day Show”. There were lowlights, as well, including directing the unsold pilot for “Inside O.U.T.”, starring Farrah Fawcett and a chimp for Colombia/Screen Gems in 1971.
In the 1980s and 1990s, he directed episodes of Falcon Crest, Cagney and Lacey, Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Buffy the Vampire Slayer (the episode “Out of Mind, Out of Sight“), Nikita, Sliders and Baywatch.
In October 2008 Reza Badiyi received the Lifetime Achievement Award (Persian Golden Lioness)in dramatic arts from The World Academy of Arts Literature and Media – WAALM In May 2010 Reza Badiyi was honored at UCLA for his 80th birthday and his 60th year in the entertainment industry.
Famous Works
- CREDITS
- Film Work
- Assistant director, The Delinquents, 1957
- (As Raza Badiyi) Assistant director, Carnival of Souls, 1962
- Associate producer, Terror at Black Falls, 1962
- Director, Death of a Stranger, Delta Commerz, 1972
- Director, Trader Horn, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1973
- Executive producer, The First of May, First of May Film, 2000
- Television Director
- Movies
- The Eyes of Charles Sand, ABC, 1972
- (With others) Faraday and Company, NBC, 1973
- Of Mice and Men, NBC, 1981
- The Big Black Pill, NBC, 1981
- Murder 1, Dancer 0 (also known as Joe Dancer III and Lights, Camera … Murder), NBC, 1983
- White Water Rebels, CBS, 1983
- Policewoman Centerfold, NBC, 1983
- Blade in Hong Kong, CBS, 1985
- In the Heat of the Night: A Matter of Justice, 1994
- Eye of the Stalker, 1995
- Cagney & Lacey: Together Again, 1995
- Television Work
- Other; Movies
- Assistant producer, Nightmare in Chicago (also known as Once upon a Savage Night), 1964
- Miniseries
- Director, Trade Winds, 1993
- Television Director
- Pilots
- The Eyes of Charles Sand, ABC, 1972
- Modesty Blaise, ABC, 1982
- Inside O.U.T., CBS, 1984
- Dangerous Curves, CBS, 1992
- Episodic
- Get Smart, NBC, 1965-1969 CBS, 1969-1970
- Mission: Impossible, CBS, 1966-1973
- He and She, CBS, 1967-1968
- N.Y.P.D., ABC, 1967-1969
- Mannix, CBS, 1967-1975
Read more: Reza Badiyi Biography (1930?-) http://www.filmreference.com/film/30/Reza-Badiyi.html#ixzz15kuLAY5r
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