Varuzh Karim-Masihi
Known for

Editing

Credits

17

Gender

Man

Birthday

24 Mar 1952 (72)

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
Credits
YearMovie / TV show / OtherRole
2013The Last 50 StepsEditor
2009DoubtDirector
2009DoubtWriter
2009DoubtEditor
2006The Last Queen of the EarthEditor
1999Once Upon a Time in TehranEditor
1998Love + 2Editor
1998SarayEditor
1997Punishment CommitteEditor
1991The Last ActDirector
1988Maybe Some Other TimeEditor
1980SalandarDirector
1979Ballad of TaraExecutive Producer
1975Prince EhtejabAssistant Director
1975The CuckooDirector
1973Resurrection of LoveSound Assistant
1973Resurrection of LoveAssistant Director