Nouri started his career as a freelance writer for
Setareh Cinema, and a number of other publications including
Omid Iran,
Sepid-o-Siah and
Ferdowsi Magazine. Nouri was promoted to the editor of
Setareh Cinema in 1959 and began an era in the magazine's history promoting and introducing Iranian film enthusiasts to great directors such as
Ingmar Bergman,
Alfred Hitchcock,
Federico Fellini,
Howard Hawks and
John Ford. After his tenure at Setareh Cinema, which ended in 1963, Nouri self-published a number of independent magazines, including
Film, and
Honar and Cinema (Arts and the Movies). He began his film production career as a screenwriter. In 1970, he directed his first film,
Se Ta Jahel, followed in the next year by his highly acclaimed
Rashid, starring
Behrouz Vossoughi. In 1972 Nouri directed one of the blockbusters of the year,
Hakimbashi, starring
Nosrat Karimi. Nouri and Karimi's collaboration continued in 1973 with another popular blockbuster in
Ayalvar. Nouri's last pre-revolution film,
Khosh-Gheirat, was banned, forcing him to explore directing opportunities in the blossoming Iranian Television industry. He produced two highly popular series,
Khanevadeh Haj Lotfollah, and
Hezar-0 Yek Shab (One Thousand and One Nights). After the Islamic Revolution of 1979 in Iran, Nouri directed
Toloo-e Enfejar, (Dawn of Explosion) starring his childhood friend
Davoud Rashidi. In the following years, Nouri wrote a number of screenplays which included,
Bazi Tamam Shod,
Sadeh-Loh,
Shetab Zadeh, and
Hamsar. In 2010 Parviz and his wife returned to Iran for a short visit and starred in
Dariush Mehrjui's
Tehran Tehran. He occasionally wrote articles for
Film Monthly,
Bani Film and
24 Magazine. ==Death==