[citation needed] After graduation, he married Goli Taraghi, a Persian novelist,[3] and the only daughter of a rich journalist.
His second film "Serpent's Skin -- جلد مار", made in 1964 was based on D.H. Lawrence's "Lady Chatterley's Lover" featuring Fakhri Khorvash and Jamshid Mashayekhi.
He then returned to making two important early social documentaries "But Problems Arose -- ولی افتاد مشکلها" in 1965, dealing with the cultural alienation of Iranian youth, and "Face 75 --چهره 75" a critical look at the westernization of the rural culture, which was a prizewinner at the 1965 Berlin Film Festival.
[4] Finally, he made his only commercially successful film, "Bita" in 1972,[5] about a young woman's struggle to come to terms with social barriers, starring Googoosh.
[6] Darioush was the president of the First International Film Festival of Iran in 1966,[7] and acted as artistic director for National Iranian Radio and Television.