Massoud Kimiaei ( مسعود کیمیایی ) was born in Tehran in 1941. He became well known when in 1969 he directed his second film, Gheisar (1969), which was considered a turning point in the Iranian cinema; he depicted the ethics and morals of the romanticized poor working class of the Croesus' Treasure (1965) genre through his main protagonist, the titular Gheisar(1969). But Massoud Kimiaei's film generated another genre in Iranian popular cinema: the tragic action drama.
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...cademic training in cinema or theater, and with only a few years of experience as assistant director, Massoud Kimiaei 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. 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.
Massoud Kimiaei had difficult childhood. He was restless and often got into fights, which, at times, ended in the police station.
Then came the period when Massoud Kimiaei directed his energies to books. He read voraciously, especially 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 from which to make a film, the head of studio wouldn't believe Massoud Kimiaei could make a film until the ambitious young man made a one-minute scene from his screenplay and that convinced the studio bosses that he could make professionally acceptable films.
Biography By: mahiii_dodiii
Masoud Kimiai (مسعود کیمیایی) has been a Director in some movies:
The Sultan is about that Kiumars’s real name is Reza, who is also given the title 'Soltan'. He marries his beloved girl; however, a bomb explosion leads to the death of his pregnant wife. Later, Reza and his friend, Naser, are living in a single room located in a deserted area, where once had been the place of Tehran’s wet market. Reza once had a friend who made hand grenades. On a winter day in 1979, as Reza’s friend was leaning against a tree at the corner of a street, he was shot in his forehead and a single grenade is what has left for his son, Adel. Currently, Reza is going to reopen his repair shop and to find his way out of that deserted town. He has another friend as well, named Naser, who is a showman and it is in one of these shows that Reza is entitled as Soltan. One day Naser and Soltan come across a land document, which seemingly belongs to a girl, named Maryam. Thereby, they start looking for her. Some years ago, the owner of a garden where Maryam’s family had served for many years, had given them a land of five hundred meters, which is located on that same garden. The land is now inherited by Maryam. A tower will be built instead of the garden. And in order to build that, the land owned by Maryam is needed as well; however, Maryam wants to keep her land. Soltan opposes against the dealers. While holding a hand grenade, made by an old friend of him, Soltan goes to darkness along with the tower builders and the dealers... In this film Masoud Kimiai (مسعود کیمیایی) collaborates with Hediyeh Tehrani (هدیه تهرانی), Reza Kianian (رضا کیانیان), Zhaleh Olov (ژاله علو), Kianoosh Gerami (کیانوش گرامی), Fariborz Arabnia (فریبرز عرب‌نیا), Parvin Soleymani (پروین سلیمانی), Poulad Kimiayi (پولاد کیمیایی), Bahman Ardalan (بهمن اردلان), Asghar Rafiejam (اصغر رفیعی‌جم), Eshagh Khanzadi (اسحاق خانزادی), Karen Homayounfar (کارن همایونفر), Ahmad Ebrahimi (احمد ابراهیمی), Rouhollah Emami (روح‌الله امامی), Hassan Joharchi (حسن جوهرچی), Mehdi Sabaee (مهدی صبایی), Masoud Valadbeigi (مسعود ولدبیگی), Mehdi Khayyami (مهدی خیامی)
