Masoud Kimiai or Masoud Kimiaei, (Persian: مسعود کیمیایی, [mæˈsuːd kimiːˈʔiː]; born 29 July 1941) is an Iranian director, screenwriter and producer.
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Biography
Without any academic training in cinema or theater, and with only a few years of experience as assistant director, Kimiai became a historical figure in the Iranian cinema. He learned film making from the movies, and of his early days of contact with the cinema.
Kimiai started his career as an assistant director and made his debut, Come Stranger, in 1968. With his second film, Qeysar (also known as Qaiser and Gheisar) (1969), he and Dariush Mehrjui with the film The Cow, caused a historical change in Iranian film industry as the features that are considered the first films of the "Iranian New Wave". 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 Qeysarin the next couple of years, but he later shifted his focus to young antagonists. He usually writes his screenplays, using slang dialogue based on ordinary traditional people's dialect, which has received attention alongside criticism from Iranians in its unrealistic nature.
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.
He has been married three times. He was married to the late Iranian pop singer Giti Pashaei until 1991, afterwards he married the Iranian pop singer Googoosh.
Filmography
Come Stranger, 1968
Qeysar, 1969
Reza Motorcyclist(Motori) (film), 1970
Dash Akol, 1971
The Soil, 1973
Baluch, 1972
The Deer, 1974
The Horse (short film)
The Oriental Boy (short film), 1974
Ghazal, 1976
The Journey of the Stone, 1978
The Red Line, 1982
The Blade and the Silk, 1987
The Lead, 1988
Snake Fang, 1990
The Sergeant, 1991
The Wolf's Trail, 1992
Fist, 1995
Trade, 1995
The Feast, 1996
Mercedes, 1998
Cry, 1999
Complain, 2002
Future Soldiers, 2004
The Command, 2005
The Boss, 2006
Trial on the Street, 2009
Awards
Nominated Crystal Simorgh Best Director Fajr International Film Festival 2000
Winner Special Jury Prize Montreal World Film Festival 1992
Honourable Mention 41st Berlin International Film Festival 1991
Nominated Crystal Simorgh Best Trailer Fajr International Film Festival 1989
OCIC International Catholic Organization for Cinema 1979
Winner Award for Best Director Cairo International Film Festival 1979
Winner Silver Medal International Filmfestival Mannheim-Heidelberg 1976
Best Script Tashkent International Film Forum 1971
Best Film and Writer Sepas Film Festival 1969
Best Director Sepas Film Festival 1969