an 8 mm Canon camera and made a number of short documentary films between 1967 and 1969. The Autumn, one of his 8 mm films, was presented 2 years after his death at the 26th session of the Free Cinema Workshop in 1971 in Iran. Throughout his life he wrote and translated eighteen books including: Ethical philosophy of the Ancient Iran, Who was Zoroaster and what He did, The elementary Mazdyasna, Rays of Philosophy in Ancient Iran, Selected Poems from Dehqan Samani and Mirza Abolvahab Golshan Iranpour, The collected poems of Sepanta, and The poems of the Pahlavi Period. Abdolhussein Sepanta has played a fundamental role in the formation and growth of the Iranian movies, who has been known as the father of Iranian sound films in Iran. Sepanta died in Esfahan of a heart attack on 28 March 1969. Filmography 1933 – Lor Girl 1934 – Ferdowsi 1934 – Shirin and Farhad 1936 – Black Eyes 1937 – Layla and Majnun (Persian: لیلی و مجنون, romanized: Leyli va Majnun) References External links Culture of Iran Art of Iran People from Tehran People from Isfahan Iranian film directors Iranian film producers 1907 births 1969 deaths Burials at Takht-e Foulad