SPECIAL GUEST: REZA BADIYI

Reza Badiyi was born in Tehran, Iran on April 17th 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 Mission: Impossible, Hawaii Five-O, Mannix, The Six Million Dollar Man, Starsky and Hutch, The Rockford Files and Police Squad!
In the 1990s, he directed episodes of Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Buffy the Vampire Slayer (the episode "Out of Mind, Out of Sight") and Sliders.

SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 17, 2006,

At 7:00 PM

Due to some time conflict, this program is moved from September 10, 2006 to September 17, 2006.

A TRIBUTE TO REZA BADIYI, ACCLAIMED IRANIAN DIRECOR

Click Play button to see clips of Badiyi's works

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POLITICAL CINEMA

HOW A FILM IS MADE?
A Talk with Reza Badiyi

Mr. Badiyi’s career spans over half a century in American Cinema and Television.

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THE SPY WHO NEVER WAS

A Film by:
REZA BADIYI

Starring: Jason Robards, Hardy Kruger, and Gila Almagor

The Spy That Never Was portrays the Middle East and the fighting that has continued there for over a hundred years. In fact, the fighting has been continuous for so long that the rest of the world seems almost willing to take The Middle East for granted.
Is The Middle East a testing ground for all the newest and the most sophisticated weaponry?