Parviz Kimiavi
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Place of Birth: Tehran, Iran
Biography: Parviz Kimiavi (Persian: پرويز کيمياوی; Born 1939, Tehran) is an Iranian (Persian) film director, screenwriter, editor and one of the most prominent figures of Persian cinema of the 20th century. Kimiavi studied photography and film at l'École Louis Lumière (Louis Lumiere School of Cinematography) and IDHEC. His works gained critical success and won several prizes in important international events such as Berlin and Cannes.
Movies
The Mongols
A director of a television series on the history of cinema, who has been grappling with the screenpl...
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Qu'est-ce qu'on attend pour être heureux!
In this film that sends up the foibles of filmmaking, a standard crew of actors, stage-hands, direct...
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Image Latent
"Image Latent" explores the life of Parviz Kimiavi, a key yet underappreciated figure in Iran’s avan...
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Concerning Nice
Anthology of short films about the French city of Nice, by various directors. A homage to Jean Vigo ...
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The Hills of Qaytariyeh
A strange and mischievous documentary on an archeological site in the Qaytarieh hills in Tehran. Thi...
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Razor's Edge: The Legacy of Iranian Actresses
An examination of the work and lives of actresses in the Iranian film industry prior to the 1979 rev...
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A Season for Cinema: The documentary vision
The final part of the 14-part documentary series which discovers cultural roots and aesthetics of mo...
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