Alireza Kazemipour


Alireza Kazemipour is an Iranian-Canadian screenwriter and film director. He started his career in 1999 and followed it mainly by writing scripts for TV series. His screenplays have been nominated or winner in different national and local festivals.

Biography

After graduating from university with a Bachelor in Physics, he opted to follow his passion for writing by attending a screenwriting course. Thereafter, he started his career as a screenwriter in 1999 by writing for TV series. Although he had some scripts for movies and TV movies on his resume, his main area of focus in writing remains scriptwriting for TV series.
He has experience teaching Screenwriting for TV and Cinema as part of the Faculty of Art at the University of Tehran. He has held several screenplay writing workshops and has also participated in different festivals as jury.
He emigrated to Canada in the 2010s and is currently based in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Education

  • Master of Art in Cinema, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran 2010
  • Bachelor of Science in Physics, Industrial University of Amir Kabir, Tehran, Iran 1998
  • Certificate in Screenwriting, School of Screenwriting, Tehran, Iran 1999

Filmography

Movies

  • The Loser - 2004, directed by Ghasem Jafari
  • Like a Butterfly - 2010, directed by Ghasem Jafari
  • Me and Sharmin - 2016, directed by Bijan Shirmarz
  • Into Schrodinger's Box - 2020, directed by Amir Ganjavi and Nasim Taghavi

TV series

  • Traveler from India ; directed by Ghasem Jafari
  • Lost ; directed by Rambod Javan
  • Sea Hearts ; directed by Siroos Moghaddam
  • Just for You; directed by Akbar Mansour-Fallah
  • Help Me; directed by Ghasem Jafari
  • Oddly ; directed by Ghasem Jafari
  • She Was an Angel ; directed by Alireza Afkhami
  • Fly with Bubbles ; directed by Sirous Moghaddam
  • The Breathless; directed by Ghasem Jafari
  • The Forbidden Fruit ; directed by Hassan Fathi
  • The Last Invitation ; directed by Hossein Soheili-zadeh
  • Tears and Smiles ; directed by Hassan Fathi
  • Sweethearts ; directed by Hossein Soheili-zadeh
  • The Stepmother ; directed by Saied Aghakhani
  • Colonizers ; directed by Saeid Aghakhani
  • Fortune ; directed by : Hassan Fathi
  • Sounds of Rain ; directed by Hossein Soheili-zadeh
  • Troubles of Azim ; directed by Borzou Niknejad )
  • Troubles of Azim ; directed by Borzou Niknejad
  • Wheel of Fortune ; ; directed by Azizolah Hamid-Nejad
  • Romance ; directed by Manouchehr Hadi
  • Blowout ; directed by Borzou Niknejad

Plot for TV series (written by others)

  • The Heir ; directed by Kazem Balouchi
  • Cold fever ; directed by Alireza Afkhami
  • The Days of protest ; directed by Hossein Soheili-zadeh
  • Eve's Daughters ; directed by Hossein Soheili-zadeh
  • A Housewife's Notes ; directed by Masoud Keramati

Consultant

  • In Order ; directed by Saeid Soltani
  • Outbreak ; directed by Mahmoud Moazami

TV movies

  • This is my house ; directed by Ali Pakarian
  • A simple mistake ; directed by Ebrahim Sheibani
  • Mother forever ; directed by Shahed Ahmadlou
  • The Report of an execution ; directed by Ebrahim Sheibani
  • Paper Daddy ; directed by: Alireza Eshaghi
  • Life without me ; directed by Hossein Hekmatjoo
  • The Eyewitness ; directed by Mehdi Golestaneh
  • The Reverse gear ; directed by Hassan Fathi
  • Zigzag; directed by Majid Tavakolli
  • Goodbye Tehran; directed by Mohammad Reza Rostami
  • Boomerang; directed by Esmaeil Fallah-Pour
  • A seat for 4 years ; directed by Mohsen Tavakoli
  • Stranger to himself ; directed by Jamshid BayatTork
  • Tal'khoon ; directed by Alireza Amini

Director

  • Slowness - 2010
  • The Blue Bed - 2019
  • Split Ends - 2022
  • The Gold Teeth - 2022
  • Hatch - 2024

Awards and nominations

  • Winner the prize of the Best Screenplay in IRIB Annual Awards for The Lost
  • Winner the prize of the Best Screenplay in IRIB Annual Awards for A passenger from India
  • Winner the prize of the Best Screenplay in Hafez Awards for The Forbidden Fruit
  • Nominated for Best Screenplay in 14th Donya-ye Tasvir Award for Sounds of Rain
  • Nominated for Best Screenplay in 17th Donya-ye Tasvir Award for A Romance
  • Nominated for best TV Movie screenplay in Shahr Film Festival for The Reverse Gear
  • Nominated for best TV Movie screenplay in Jaam-e-Jam Film Festival for The Reverse Gear