Mehrdad Raissi Ardali Explained

Mehrdad Raissi Ardali
Spouse:Nasim Nezhad Azar (m.2010)
Citizenship:United States, San Diego
Children:2 (Glory & Lily)
Birth Date:17 October 1978
Birth Place:Tehran, Iran
Education:University of Science and Culture (Software Engineering)
Occupation:voice actor, voice acting director, CEO of Glory Entertainment
Years Active:2003–present

Mehrdad Raissi Ardali (Persian: مهرداد رئیسی اردلی), born 1978 10, df=yes) is a prolific Iranian voice actor, dubbing director, founder, director, CEO and Quality Control Manager of Glory Entertainment (The Association of Tehran Young Voice Actors). He has also provided Persian voices for several animation characters, including famous characters such as Donkey in Shrek, Marty in Madagascar, and , Buck in , Bolt in Bolt, Carl Fredricksen in Up, Flynn Rider in Tangled, The Once-ler in The Lorax, RJ in Over the Hedge, Francesco Bernoulli in Cars 2, Mr. Ping in Kung fu Panda, Ramon in Happy Feet 2, The Man in the Yellow Hat in Curious George, Raoul in A Monster in Paris, Kevin in , Barry in Bee Movie, Bunnymund in Rise of the Guardians, Guy in The Croods and Kristoff in Frozen.[1]

Education and career

Mehrdad Raissi studied computer software engineering at University of Science and Culture in Tehran. He started dubbing animations and movies in 2003. Different channels of Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting, i.e. Channel 2, Namayesh, Pouya Cartoon Channel, home video companies having the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance permit, directors, domestic and foreign animation producers, the UN and Radio Javan have broadcast his works. Mehrdad Raissi has received certificates of appreciation from IRIB TV5, the 16th Festival of the Capital Cities of Iran's Provinces' TV-Radio Products and the UN - WFP.

In 2006 he published the first professional dubbing periodical called Dubbing in Iran which provided information on dubbing. He has also directed a 15-episode program called The Eighth Art – each episode 40 minutes long – which was created for IRIB TV5 and was about dubbing and voice acting. Mehrdad Raissi has equipped the Association of Tehran Young Voice Actors with 10 digital recording studios. He has been holding regular voice acting auditions for animations/movies since 2003 and has trained more than 380 up-and-coming voice actors. Mehrdad Raissi has also been auditioning journalists for animation voice acting for free since 2006.

In 2010, during a formal ceremony, he paid tribute to Ali Kassmaei and, pioneers in dubbing in Iran, and named two of the studios of the Association of Tehran Young Voice Actors after them.

In 2011 he, as the head of the policy-making board, published the first and only voice acting magazine called Sedapisheh in Iran.[2] He holds the record for the highest selling dubbed animations in Iran. In 2011 he attended Annecy International Animated Film Festival[3] and met Carlos Saldanha and invited him to come to Iran to exchange information regarding animation making and voice acting. Mehrdad Raissi has written the Persian lyrics for a couple of renown musicals such as A Monster in Paris, Tangled, The Nightmare Before Christmas and Frozen. In 2012 he started an Internet radio station by the name of Voice of Glory which streams children's stories 24/7.

Awards and honors

Director of voice actors

He has also directed Iranian voice actors in several animated feature films such as:

Voice acting

TitleCharacterYear
LightyearBuzz lightyear2022
LucaErcole2021
StorksJunior2016
ZootopiaNick2016
Big Hero 6Tadashi2014
FrozenKristoff2013
Monsters UniversityFrank McCay2013
The CroodsGuy2013
Rise of the GuardiansBunnymund2012
Shrek Forever AfterDonkey2010
TangledFlynn Rider/Yujin2010
Cloudy with a Chance of MeathballsBrent and Flint's ringtone2009
UpCarl Fredricksen2009
Horton Hears A who!Mayor2008
Kung Fu PandaMr. Ping, Grand Master Oogway
Marty
BoltBolt
Shrek the ThirdDonkey2007
RatatouilleAlfredo Linguini2007
Bee MovieBarry2007
TMNT (2007)Casey Jones2007
A Scanner DarklyFreck2006
Ice Age 2: The MeltdownFast Tony2008
Over the HedgeRJ2006
Informer and the French waiter2005
MadagascarMarty2005
RobotsHerb2005
ماجراهای یقنلیNarrator-
Shrek 2Donkey2004
Mickey Mouse and FriendsMickey Mouse1994

Director of voice actors in Tehran 1500

Mehrdad Raissi has directed Iranian voice actors/actors Bahram Radan, Hedieh Tehrani, Mohammad Reza Sharifinia, Gohar Khayrandish, Habib Rezaei, Mahtab Nassirpour, Hessam Navvab Safavi and Mehran Modiri in Tehran 1500[5] which is the first Iranian animation feature directed by Bahram Azimi.

TV Shows Director

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Irandaily - No. 3704 - Art & Culture - Page 12. iran-daily.com.
  2. http://www.sedapisheh.com/ Sedapisheh
  3. http://www.annecy.org/resources/download.php?id=4695 List of Journalists 2011
  4. Web site: Mina va Palang (TV Movie 2012) - IMDb. IMDb.
  5. Web site: Tehran 2121(Animation)-(تهران 1500- انیمیشن) . www.fcf.ir . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131014172201/http://www.fcf.ir/en/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=86:tehran . 2013-10-14.
  6. Web site: RadioJavan. radiojavan.com.
  7. Web site: RadioJavan. radiojavan.com.
  8. Web site: RadioJavan. radiojavan.com.