Parviz Kimiavi

•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.

Known For Movies

7.7

The Mongols

1973-10-01

A director of a television series on the history of cinema, who has been grappling with the screenpl...

6.0

Qu'est-ce qu'on attend pour être heureux!

1982-02-01

In this film that sends up the foibles of filmmaking, a standard crew of actors, stage-hands, direct...

0.0

Image Latent

2013-05-01

"Image Latent" explores the life of Parviz Kimiavi, a key yet underappreciated figure in Iran’s avan...

5.1

Concerning Nice

1995-09-13

Anthology of short films about the French city of Nice, by various directors. A homage to Jean Vigo ...

0.0

The Hills of Qaytariyeh

1969-04-29

A strange and mischievous documentary on an archeological site in the Qaytarieh hills in Tehran. Thi...

3.0

Razor's Edge: The Legacy of Iranian Actresses

2016-12-31

An examination of the work and lives of actresses in the Iranian film industry prior to the 1979 rev...

0.0

A Season for Cinema: The documentary vision

1998-04-03

The final part of the 14-part documentary series which discovers cultural roots and aesthetics of mo...

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