Masoud Kimiai

Masoud Kimiai atau Masud Kimiaei (Orang Persia: مسعود کیمیایی‎‎, lahir 29 Juli 1941 di Teheran) adalah seorang sutradara, penulis skenario, dan produser asal Iran. Kimiai memulai karirnya sebagai asisten sutradara dan memulai debutnya, Come Stranger, pada tahun 1968. Dengan film keduanya, Qeysar (1969), ia dan Dariush Mehrjui dengan film The Cow, menyebabkan perubahan sejarah dalam industri film Iran. Namun film Dariush Mehrjui yang lebih bernilai artistik telah mempertahankan tingkat kehebatannya sepanjang sejarah perfilman Iran. Qeysar sukses besar di box office dan membuka jalan bagi para pembuat film muda berbakat yang belum pernah memiliki peluang di industri ini sebelumnya. Film-filmnya berhubungan dengan orang-orang yang terpinggirkan dalam masyarakat dengan karakter anti-pahlawannya yang mati pada akhirnya. Banyak sutradara film komersial yang meniru Kaiser/Qeysarnya selama kurang lebih 6 tahun, namun dalam dekade terakhir ia fokus pada tokoh antagonis muda. Dia biasanya menulis skenarionya, menggunakan dialog-dialog gaul berdasarkan dialek masyarakat tradisional, namun beberapa orang Iran menganggap dialog-dialog tersebut tidak realistis dan aneh. Pada tahun 1991, ia dianugerahi hadiah di Festival Film Internasional Berlin ke-41 untuk Taring Ularnya. Ini bukan satu-satunya penghargaan internasional yang diraihnya. Pada festival Film Internasional Kairo tahun 1979 ia mendapat Penghargaan OCIC dari International Catholic Organization for Cinema (OCIC) untuk filmnya The Journey of the Stone. Juri internasional OCIC memberikan penghargaannya kepada film ini karena The Journey of the Stone mengecam eksploitasi manusia oleh umat manusia dan menyerukan tatanan sosial yang lebih adil. Kriminal disutradarai oleh Kimiai Pemenang Film Terbaik Crystal Simorgh di Festival Film Internasional Fajr 2011. Dia telah menikah 3 kali. Ia menikah dengan mendiang penyanyi pop Iran Giti Pashaei hingga tahun 1991, setelah itu ia menikah dengan penyanyi pop Iran Googoosh.

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.