---
name: "Reza Badiyi"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/reza-badiyi"
fi1m_id: "reza-badiyi"
imdb_id: "nm0046172"
tmdb_id: 79317
wikidata_id: "Q709082"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "16 April 1929"
died: "20 August 2011"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 82
average_as: "director"
average_over: 5
updated: "2026-09-24T07:03:11.542954+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Reza Badiyi

## Identity

Reza Badiyi

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/reza-badiyi
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** reza-badiyi
- **IMDb ID:** nm0046172
- **TMDB ID:** 79317
- **Wikidata ID:** Q709082
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reza_Badiyi, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q709082, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0046172/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/79317

Director. Born 16 April 1929 in Arak, Iran. Died 20 August 2011.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 16 April 1929, Arak, Iran
- **Died:** 20 August 2011
- **Active:** 1966–1997
- **Also known as:** Reza S. Badiyi
- **Frequently works with:** [Alexander Singer](https://film.one/person/alexander-singer.md), [Gabrielle Beaumont](https://film.one/person/gabrielle-beaumont.md), [Harry Harris](https://film.one/person/harry-harris.md), [Victor Lobl](https://film.one/person/victor-lobl.md), [Alan J. Levi](https://film.one/person/alan-j-levi.md), [Bernard L. Kowalski](https://film.one/person/bernard-l-kowalski.md), [Bruce Kessler](https://film.one/person/bruce-kessler.md), [Charles S. Dubin](https://film.one/person/charles-s-dubin.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 82, as director, over 5 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1960s 82 (1), 1970s 83 (1), 1980s 81 (1), 1990s 82 (2)
- **Score spread:** 5 at 80+, 0 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 5, Crime 3, Action & Adventure 2, Sci-Fi & Fantasy 2, Comedy 1, Mystery 1
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reza_Badiyi, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q709082, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0046172/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/79317

## Streaming the US now

- **The Roku Channel:** [*The Rockford Files*](https://film.one/tv/the-rockford-files.md) (83), [*Cagney & Lacey*](https://film.one/tv/cagney-and-lacey.md) (81)
- **Paramount+:** [*Star Trek: Deep Space Nine*](https://film.one/tv/star-trek-deep-space-nine.md) (85)
- **Apple TV:** [*Mission: Impossible*](https://film.one/tv/mission-impossible-1966.md) (82)
- **Disney+:** [*Buffy the Vampire Slayer*](https://film.one/tv/buffy-the-vampire-slayer.md) (80)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Reza Badiyi was an Iranian-born American film and television director. Born in Arak, Iran, he began his career making documentaries there before moving to the United States in 1955. He studied at Syracuse University and later directed numerous episodes of American television series from the late 1960s onwards.

Badiyi directed episodes of series including *Mission: Impossible*, *Hawaii Five-O*, *Get Smart*, *The Rockford Files*, *The Incredible Hulk*, *Cagney & Lacey*, *Star Trek: Deep Space Nine*, *Baywatch*, *Sliders* and *Buffy the Vampire Slayer* (the 1997 episode 'Out of Mind, Out of Sight'). He also developed the title sequence montages for *Mission: Impossible*, *Hawaii Five-O*, *Get Smart* and *The Mary Tyler Moore Show*. He set a Directors Guild of America record for the most hours of episodic series television directed.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, latimes.com, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (5)

- *Buffy the Vampire Slayer* (1997), Fi1m 80, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/buffy-the-vampire-slayer.md)
- *Star Trek: Deep Space Nine* (1993), Fi1m 85, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/star-trek-deep-space-nine.md)
- *Cagney & Lacey* (1982), Fi1m 81, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/cagney-and-lacey.md)
- *The Rockford Files* (1974), Fi1m 83, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-rockford-files.md)
- *Mission: Impossible* (1966), Fi1m 82, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/mission-impossible-1966.md)

## Complete filmography (88)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Way Back Home* (2006), Director
- *She Spies* (2002), series, Director
- *Mortal Kombat: Final Battle* (2001), Director
- *The First of May* (1999), Executive Producer
- *Mortal Kombat: Conquest* (1998), series, Director
- *Mortal Kombat: Queen* (1998), Director
- *Buffy the Vampire Slayer* (1997), series, Director — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/buffy-the-vampire-slayer.md)
- *La Femme Nikita* (1997), series, Director
- *Early Edition* (1996), series, Director
- *The Cape* (1996), series, Director
- *Eye of the Stalker* (1995), Director
- *Baywatch Nights* (1995), series, Director
- *Nowhere Man* (1995), series, Director
- *Cagney & Lacey: Together Again* (1995), Director
- *Sliders* (1995), series, Director
- *In the Heat of the Night: A Matter of Justice* (1994), Director
- *Models Inc.* (1994), series, Director
- *Trade Winds* (1993), series, Director
- *Star Trek: Deep Space Nine* (1993), series, Director — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/tv/star-trek-deep-space-nine.md)
- *Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman* (1993), series, Director
- *FBI: The Untold Stories* (1991), series, Director
- *Dinosaurs* (1991), series, Director
- *Dark Justice* (1991), series, Director
- *The Trials of Rosie O'Neill* (1990), series, Director
- *Baywatch* (1989), series, Director
- *Nightingales* (1989), series, Director
- *A Fine Romance* (1989), series, Director
- *Superboy* (1988), series, Director
- *HeartBeat* (1988), series, Director
- *In the Heat of the Night* (1988), series, Director
- *Jake and the Fatman* (1987), series, Director
- *Sledge Hammer!* (1986), series, Director
- *The Wizard* (1986), series, Director
- *Blade in Hong Kong* (1985), Director
- *Crazy like a Fox* (1984), series, Director
- *Policewoman Centerfold* (1983), Director
- *Boone* (1983), series, Director
- *Trauma Center* (1983), series, Director
- *Joe Dancer III: The Big Trade* (1983), Director
- *White Water Rebels* (1983), Director
- *Bring 'Em Back Alive* (1982), series, Director
- *Cagney & Lacey* (1982), series, Director — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/cagney-and-lacey.md)
- *The Phoenix* (1982), series, Director
- *T. J. Hooker* (1982), series, Director
- *Police Squad!* (1982), series, Director
- *Fame* (1982), series, Director
- *Modesty Blaise* (1982), Director
- *Falcon Crest* (1981), series, Director
- *Of Mice and Men* (1981), Director
- *Joe Dancer: The Big Black Pill* (1981), Director
- *Tenspeed and Brown Shoe* (1980), series, Director
- *Knots Landing* (1979), series, Director
- *Hart to Hart* (1979), series, Director
- *240-Robert* (1979), series, Director
- *Stop Susan Williams* (1979), series, Director
- *Mrs. Columbo* (1979), series, Director
- *The Girl Who Saved the World* (1979), Director
- *The Incredible Hulk* (1977), series, Director
- *Man from Atlantis III: Killer Spores* (1977), Director
- *Eight Is Enough* (1977), series, Director
- *The Spy Who Never Was* (1976), Director
- *Matt Helm* (1975), series, Director
- *Starsky & Hutch* (1975), series, Director
- *Switch* (1975), series, Director
- *Joe Forrester* (1975), series, Director
- *Bronk* (1975), series, Director
- *S.W.A.T.* (1975), series, Director
- *Baretta* (1975), series, Director
- *The Rockford Files* (1974), series, Director — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-rockford-files.md)
- *Police Woman* (1974), series, Director
- *Kodiak* (1974), series, Director
- *The Six Million Dollar Man* (1974), series, Director
- *The Magician* (1973), series, Director
- *Faraday and Company* (1973), series, Director
- *Trader Horn* (1973), Director
- *Banyon* (1972), series, Director
- *The Eyes of Charles Sand* (1972), Director
- *Inside O.U.T.* (1971), Director
- *Hawaii Five-O* (1969), series, Director
- *The Good Guys* (1968), series, Director
- *The Mod Squad* (1968), series, Director
- *The Doris Day Show* (1968), series, Director
- *Mannix* (1967), series, Director
- *N.Y.P.D.* (1967), series, Director
- *Mission: Impossible* (1966), series, Director — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/mission-impossible-1966.md)
- *Get Smart* (1965), series, Director
- *Carnival of Souls* (1962), as Bus Ticket Customer (uncredited) · Assistant Director
- *The Delinquents* (1957), Assistant Director

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