FILM DIRECTOR

Masoud Kimiai

1941 - Today

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Masoud Kimiai (or Masoud Kimiaei, Persian: مسعود کیمیایی, born 29 July 1941) is an Iranian director, screenwriter and producer. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Masoud Kimiai has received more than 179,958 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Masoud Kimiai is the 785th most popular film director (down from 734th in 2019), the 340th most popular biography from Iran (down from 291st in 2019) and the 9th most popular Iranian Film Director.

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  • 50.62

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  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.40

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.80

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Masoud Kimiai ranks 785 out of 2,041. Before him are Herbert Brenon, Mark Robson, Bryan Singer, Joseph Vilsmaier, George Pal, and Emil Loteanu. After him are Kevin Smith, Revaz Chkheidze, Michael Verhoeven, Sally Potter, Baltasar Kormákur, and Martin Brest.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1941, Masoud Kimiai ranks 312. Before him are Marina Oswald Porter, Domenico Losurdo, Laura Mulvey, Jacques Simon, Tarita Teriipaia, and Richard Speck. After him are Epeli Nailatikau, Karel Urbánek, Ahmed al-Mirghani, Rosa Maria Sardà, Takayuki Kuwata, and Donella Meadows.

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Masoud Kimiai ranks 340 out of 631. Before him are Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf (1961), Ali-Akbar Dehkhoda (1879), Kazim Rashti (1793), Jalil Zandi (1951), Abol-Fath Khan Zand (1755), and Hafiz-i Abru (null). After him are Gholam Reza Azhari (1912), Cassandra Clare (1973), Simin Daneshvar (1921), Anousheh Ansari (1966), Mahmoud Taleghani (1911), and Iraj Mirza (1874).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Iran

Among film directors born in Iran, Masoud Kimiai ranks 9. Before him are Jafar Panahi (1960), Barbet Schroeder (1941), Asghar Farhadi (1972), Shirin Neshat (1957), Majid Majidi (1959), and Mohsen Makhmalbaf (1957). After him are Ali Hatami (1944), Hossein Shahabi (1967), Bahman Ghobadi (1969), Rakhshān Banietemad (1954), Mohammad Rasoulof (1972), and Ali Abbasi (1981).

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Filmography

Gheysar
Director
Gheysar returns home to find that his young sister has committed suicide and his older brother Farman got killed. When he finds that Aghmangol brothers are behind all of this decides to get revenge. His uncle advised him not to go after revenge but he begins to pursue them killing them one by one. Finally, when killing the last brother he himself is getting killed by the police.
Mar 21o 19696.8 / 10
The Deer
Director
Wounded by the police, a thief looks up his old friend in order to leave the proceeds of his theft with him. Instead, he finds that his friend is a drug addict. He sticks around to try and help his friend kick the habit; instead, both men are caught in a shootout with the police and...
Mar 21o 19746.9 / 10
Dash Akol
Director
Dash Akol is greatly respected in Shiraz as an honorable man who has lost his family's money through helping his friends. He has an enemy, however, named Kaka Rostam, a mean and spiteful person. Dash Akol, who is in his forties, falls in love with Marjan, daughter of the late Haji Samad, for whose estate he is the executor. But he keeps his love secret. One day a suitor asks for Marjan's hand, and Dash Akol considers it against his code of honor to refuse. On the night of the wedding, Dash Akol hands over responsibility for the family to the bridegroom. As he is leaving the house, however, Kaka Rostam is waiting for him and a fight ensues. Kaka Rostam stabs him in the back, but Dash Akol succeeds in killing him. On his deathbed, Dash Akol sends his parrot to Marjan with the confession of love he has taught it.
Aug 25o 19716.1 / 10