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Kimiai, Masoud |
Date of birth
31 July 1941, Tehran, Iran
Director | Producer | Writer | Editor
Massoud Kimiai (July 31st, 1941, Tehran, Iran)
Massoud Kimiai was born in Tehran in 1941. He became well known when in 1969 directed his second film, Gheisar, which was considered a turning point in the Iranian cinema.
He depicted the ethics and morals of the romanticised poor working class of the Ganj-e-Qarun (1965) genre through his main protagonist, the titular Gheisar.
But Kimiai's film generated another genre in Iranian popular cinema: the tragic action drama.
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.
“No film can beg or plead for its immortality. The power should come from within the work.”
He recalls how he used to spend hours outside the movie theaters of Tehran, listening to the sound track of the films blaring from the defective loudspeakers fixed outside the cinema, and trying to visualize the action with the help of oral synopsis furnished by friends who had seen the movie.
His other lively memory from his childhood is the scene of battle between Rostam and Ashkbous (heroes of Ferdowsi's Book of Kings) painted on the back of the cart in which his father carried flour for bakeries.
When the cart was in motion, the combatants seemed animated to the young Massoud who habitually walked behind the cart and tried to guess the end of the battle.
Kimiai had difficult childhood. He was restless and often got into fights which at times ended in the police station.
Then came the period when Kimiai directed his energies to the books. He read voraciously, specially books on cinema.
That was followed by frequent visits to film studios in search of a job, until he met film director Samuel Khachikian, from whom he learned the first lessons in the techniques of film making, and began his film career in 1965 as Khachikian's assistant.
But he was too young to be allowed independent work, and for some time he had to be content with preparing publicity materials for American films.
When he first proposed a screenplay on which to make a film, the head of studio wouldn't believe Kimiaei could make a film until the ambitious young man made a one minute scene form his screenplay and that convinced the studio bosses that he could make professionally acceptable films.
Kimiai's works:
Come Stranger | Biganeh Biya, 1968 Qeysar | Gheisar, 1969 Reza Motori | Reza Motorcyclist, 1970 Dash Akol, 1971 Khaak | The Soil, 1973 Baluch, 1972 Gavaznha | The Deer, 1974 The Horse (short film) The Oriental Boy (short film), 1974 Ghazal, 1976 Safar-e Sang | The Journey of the Stone, 1978 Khat-e Ghermez | Red Line, Censored, 1982 Tigh-o Abrisham | The Blade and the Silk, 1987 Sorb | The Lead, 1988 Dandan-e Maar | Snake Fang, 1990 Goroohban | The Sergeant, 1991 Rad-e Paye Gorg | The Wolf's Trail, 1992 Fist, 1995 Tejarat | Trade, 1995 Ziyafat | The Feast, 1996 Soltan, 1996 Mercedes, 1998 Faryaad | Cry, 1999 Eteraz | Protest, 2002 Sarbazan-e Jomeh | Future Soldiers, 2004 The Command, 2005 The Boss, 2006 Trial on the Street, 2009 Crime, 2011 Qeysar 40 years later (Documentary), 2011 Metropole, 2014 Domestic Killer, 2016 Blood done, 2019 Reverse, 2019 There Was Blood, 2020 Killing a Traitor, 2022
Selected filmography of
Kimiai, Masoud
2005
Verdict | Hokm (2005)
2004
Friday's Soldiers | Sarbaz-haye jome (2004)
2000
Protest | Eteraz (2000)
1999
The Cry | Faryaad (1999)
1998
Mercedes (1998)
1994
The Wolf's Trail - Radd-e pay-e gorg (1994)
1990
Snake's Fang | Dandan-e-mar (1990)
1988
The Lead | Sorb (1988)
1986
The Blade and The Silk | Tigh va Abrisham (1986)
1982
The Red Line | Khatte ghermez (1982)
1979
Journey of the Stone | Safar-e sang (1979)
1976
The Deer | Gavaznha (1976)
1975
Ghazal (1975)
1973
Soil | Khaak (1973)
1972
Baluch (1972)
1971
Dash Akol (1971)
1970
Reza, the Motorcyclist | Reza Motori (1970)
1969
Gheisar | Qaysar (1969)
1968
Come stranger - Bigane biya (1968)
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