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Poulad Kimiayi
Poulad Kimiayi (or Poulad Kimiai; Persian: پولاد کیمیایی) is an Iranian actor, film director, and musician. He is best known for his role in the Gradual Death of a Dream series (2008) by Iranian director Arpa Foundation award-winning Fereydoun Jeyrani and the film series Guidance Patrol (2012–2017–2020) which was temporarily banned six days after its initial release.[1] Early life and educationPoulad Kimiayi was born in 1980 in Tehran to Masoud Kimiai and Giti Pashaei. His childhood and teenage was mostly spent in Germany.[2][3] when he was 5, his mother gave him his first musical training to play piano. He debuted at age eight with a minor appearance in his father's film, The Lead, in 1988. He came back to Iran after playing in the movie Trade and following his mother's sickness. Since Masoud Kimiai had decided to make a movie starring Googoosh, he traveled to Cuba and Canada with his father in 2009.[4] He studied Digital Media at Seneca polytechnic and returned to Iran after graduation in 2002. CareerPoulad Kimiayi started his film career as cast in his father's movies, which received much criticism. To answer the Press and criticisms, explained that the roles he has played in Masoud Kimiai movies were both an opportunity and a hindrance.[5] In an attempt to avoid criticism for always playing male hero roles in Masoud Kimiai movies, he took on a different gender role in the film "Guidance Patrol". His performance earned him a nomination for the Crystal Simorgh award for the second role of a man from the 30th Fajr Film Festival. In 2019, he wrote the screenplay for the film Reverse and directed it as his very first movie.[6] This film was screened in the New Look section of the 37th Fajr Film Festival.[7] He pursued his interest in theater and made his debut in 2023 with a role in the Concert show "The Story of Lasting Songs" at Roudaki Hall in Tehran.[8][9] FilmographyFilm
As director and writer
Television series
Theatre
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