Reza Badiyi
Director/ Title Visualizer
About This Interview
Reza Badiyi (1929-2011) was interviewed for four-and-a-half hours in Los Angeles, CA. Badiyi discusses working in his native Iran, where he won awards for documentary filmmaking, and talks about coming to the United States to assist with low budget films, including those directed by a young Robert Altman. He details his innovative title designs for The Mary Tyler Moore Show, That Girl, and for Hawaii Five-O, which featured memorable location footage, jump cuts and slow motion effects. Additionally, Badiyi recalls dozens of series for which he served as a director, including: Get Smart, Mission: Impossible, and Cagney & Lacey. B-roll includes photos from his early years with Robert Altman, as well as an example of his specially organized call sheet, known as the Reza sheet. Karen Herman conducted the interview on November 6, 2003.
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Interview
- Part 1
- On arriving in the United States; on meeting and working with Robert Altman; on doing features with Robert Altman; on working in religious television programming; on using a location he was in to shoot a religious program 25 years later for Of Mice and Men
Clip begins at: 0:26 - On reconnecting with Robert Altman and getting a job at Universal; on sweetening shots for television shows with inserts and title sequences; on creating the title sequence for The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Clip begins at: 16:00 - Part 2
- On the title sequence of The Mary Tyler Moore Show; on title sequences for features; on compensation for and creation of the title sequence of Hawaii-Five-O
Clip begins at: 0:18 - On his style for title visualization; on creation of the title sequence of He & She; on the title sequence of Run Buddy Run
Clip begins at: 24:02 - Part 3
- On the pitch for the title sequence of Run Buddy Run; on joining Talent Associates Production company as an Associate Producer; on working on Get Smart and with Leonard Stein
Clip begins at: 0:25 - On wanting to work on dramas; on directing The Governor and J.J.; on the title sequence of That Girl; on directing Mission: Impossible
Clip begins at: 16:30 - Part 4
- On his favorite episodes of Mission: Impossible - "Homecoming" and the 3 parts of "Falcon"
Clip begins at: 0:16 - On directing Hawaii Five-O, The Doris Day Show, Mannix and The Rockford Files
Clip begins at: 15:33 - Part 5
- On James Garner in The Rockford Files; on directing S.W.A.T. and Starsky and Hutch
Clip begins at: 0:17 - On directing Baretta; on the character "Tony Baretta"
Clip begins at: 14:25 - Part 6
- On how the Iranian Hostage Crisis affected him; on The Incredible Hulk, Falcon Crest and Cagney & Lacey
Clip begins at: 0:26 - On television movie White Water Rebels; on directing Sledge Hammer!, Jake and the Fatman, and In the Heat of the Night
Clip begins at: 11:59 - On directing Baywatch and The Trials of Rosie O'Neill; on "the Reza sheet"
Clip begins at: 20:18 - Part 7
- On the Reza sheet; on what a director wants from a producer; on interactions with network executives
Clip begins at: 0:17 - On his philosphy on rehearsals; on ad-libbing, casting and advice to actors about working with directors; on choosing projects
Clip begins at: 14:11 - On directing Police Squad !, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Sliders
Clip begins at: 22:31 - Part 8
- On winning a DGA Award for his 400th episode of television - never before achieved; on what makes a great story; on enjoying his experiences directing Nowhere Man and Dinosaurs
Clip begins at: 0:16 - On his proudest career achievements and career regrets; on his mentors and what he learned from Robert Altman and Sam Peckinpah
Clip begins at: 11:21 - On photos from film and television productions, many directed by Robert Altman
Clip begins at: 25:03
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HE WAS THE BEST BUT WE DID"T UNDRSTAND IT Because HE WAS IRANIAN AND HE WAS ONLY NOT ONE OG THE BEST HE WAS ONLY BEST TV SHOW LEGEND
RIP - brilliant director
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