Masoud Kimiai

Directing·Jul 29, 1941·Tehran, Iran

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Masoud Kimiai or Masud Kimiaei (Persian: مسعود کیمیایی‎‎, born 29 July 1941 in Tehran) is an Iranian director, screenwriter and producer. Kimiai started his career as an assistant director and made his debut, Come Stranger, in 1968. With his second film, Qeysar (1969), he and Dariush Mehrjui with The film The Cow, caused a historical change in Iranian film industry. But Dariush Mehrjui's film with more artistic values has sustained its level of greatness through history of Iranian cinema. Qeysar became a great success at the box office and opened the way for young, talented filmmakers who never had a chance in the industry before. His films deal with people at the margin of the society with his anti-hero characters that die at the end. Many directors of commercial films imitated his Kaiser/ Qeysar for about 6 years, but in the last decade he focuses on young antagonists. He usually writes his screenplays, using slang dialogs based on ordinary traditional people’s dialect but some Iranians find those dialogues unrealistic and weird. In 1991, he was awarded a prize in 41st Berlin International Film Festival for his Snake Fang. This was not his sole international prize. At the Cairo International Film festival in 1979 he got from the International Catholic Organisation for Cinema (OCIC), the OCIC Prize for his film The Journey of the Stone. The international OCIC jury gave its award to this film because The Journey of the Stone denounced the exploitation of mankind by mankind and called for a more just social order. Crime directed by Kimiai Winner Crystal Simorgh Best Film in Fajr International Film Festival 2011. He has been married 3 times. He was married to the late Iranian pop singer Giti Pashaei until 1991, afterwards he married the Iranian pop singer Googoosh.

Film	Credit
Pure White2022 · Self	Self
Khoon Shod2020 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Domestic Killer2017 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
The Last Hero2017 · Actor	Actor
Cahiers du Film2016 · as himself	as himself
Metropole2014 · Writer, Director, Producer	Writer, Director, Producer
Crime2011 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
Trial on the Street2009 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Mohakate Ghazaleh Alizadeh2009 · self	self
Dead End2008 · as Himself	as Himself
The Boss2007 · Producer, Director, Writer	Producer, Director, Writer
Verdict2005 · Director, Writer, Producer	Director, Writer, Producer
A Good Time for Tragedy2005 · Himself	Himself
Friday's Soldiers2004 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
Protest2001 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
Cry1999 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
Mercedes1998 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Soltan1997 · Writer, Producer, Director	Writer, Producer, Director
The Feast1996 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
The Trade1996 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
The Wolf's Trail1993 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
The Sergeant1992 · Producer, Director	Producer, Director
Snake's Fang1990 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
The Lead1989 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Shirak1988 · Producer	Producer
The Blade and the Silk1987 · Producer, Director, Writer	Producer, Director, Writer
The Red Line1982 · Director, Producer, Writer	Director, Producer, Writer
First Case, Second Case1979 · Self	Self
JJourney of the Stone1978 · Producer, Director, Writer	Producer, Director, Writer
Ghazal1976 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
The Deer1976 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
The Horse1976 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Oriental Boy1975 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
The Soil1973 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Baluch1972 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Dash Akol1971 · Screenplay, Director	Screenplay, Director
Reza, the Motorcyclist1970 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
Qeysar1969 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Biganeh Biya1969 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
FannizadehHimself	Himself