Varuzh Karim-Masihi

Personal Info

Known For Editor

Gender Male

Birthday 1952-03-24 (72 years old)

Place of Birth Arak, Iran

Also Known As Varooj Karim Massihi, Varouzh Karim-Masihi, Varoozh Karim-Masihi, Varouzh Karim Masihi, واروژ کریم مسیحی

Varuzh Karim-Masihi

Biography

Varuzh Karim-Masihi (Armenian: Վարուժ Քարիմ Մասիհի; Persian: واروژ کریم مسیحی‎, born 1953 in َArak) is an Iranian-Armenian film director, film editor and screenplay writer. He born in 1952 in Arak, he had his elementary and high school education in his motherland and then moved to Germany to study medicine. There, in the Munich club of Armenians, he met an Armenian actor and changed the course of his life. He developed an interest in cinema and when he returned to Iran in 1971, he was introduced to Bahram Bayzai and assisted him in making The Downpour. He assisted on all of his films up to the Islamic Revolution, as well as other directors like Kamran Shirdel, Amir Naderi, and Bahman Farmanara. He was allowed to study at the College of Dramatic Arts, but turned it over to follow his film making career. In 1975 he made his first short film The Cuckoo, and later, turned a script by Bayzai to another short film titled Salandar. He made his debut feature in 1990, which was extraordinary promising and garnered his eight Crystal Symorghs. It was titled The Last Act and now works as editor for other directors

Known For

Editor

2013
2009
Doubt

as Editor

1998
Love + 2

as Editor

1998
Saray

as Editor

1997
1988

Director

2009
Doubt

as Director

1991
The Last Act

as Director

1980
Salandar

as Director

1975
Prince Ehtejab

as Assistant Director

1975
The Cuckoo

as Director

1973
Resurrection of Love

as Assistant Director

Sound

1973
Resurrection of Love

as Sound Assistant

Writer

2009
Doubt

as Writer

Producer

1979
Ballad of Tara

as Executive Producer