Hamid Samandarian Persian: ???? ?????????; May 6, 1931 – July 12, 2012) was an Iranian film and theater director and translator.
He staged numerous dramas during his lifetime, including No Exit by Jean-Paul Sartre, Ghosts by Henrik Ibsen, The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams and Marriage of Mr.
Mississippi by Friedrich Durrenmatt.Having established many acting and directing classes and workshops, Samandarian trained a lot of Iranian talents as actors and directors including; Ezzatolah Entezami, Reza Kianian, Golab Adineh, Mehdi Hashemi, Shahab Hosseini, Hojjat Baqaee? Parviz Poorhosseini, Ahmad Aghalou, etc.
He married Homa Rousta, an Iranian film and theater actress.