Hamid Samandarian Persian: حمید سمندریان‎; May 6, 1931 – July 12, 2012) was an Iranian film and theater director and translator.[1] 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.[2]