, Iran

Iran

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) (in Persian

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: مسعود جعفری جوزانی) is a film director

Film director

A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...

, screenwriter

Screenwriter

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 and film producer

Film producer

A film producer oversees and delivers a film project to all relevant parties while preserving the integrity, voice and vision of the film. They will also often take on some financial risk by using their own money, especially during the pre-production period, before a film is fully financed.The...

. He received an M.A.

Master of Arts (postgraduate)

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 in cinema from the San Francisco State University

San Francisco State University

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 (1977). In his feature films, he generally deals with heroic subjects in the natural environment with a historical and epic tone. Some of his films were awarded local prizes.
His 2009 film In the Wind's Eye, the conclusion to his television series Dar Chashm-e Baad

Dar Chashm-e Baad

Dar Cheshm-e Baad is an Iranian historical TV series directed by Masoud Jafari Jozani. It narrates the Iranian history in a 60 year period from Jungle movement to Iranian revolution and Iraq-Iran War...

, was partially filmed in Los Angeles, making it the first Iranian production to be shot in the United States since the 1979 Iranian Revolution

Iranian Revolution

The Iranian Revolution refers to events involving the overthrow of Iran's monarchy under Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and its replacement with an Islamic republic under Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the leader of the...

. With a budget of US$12 million, it is also among the most expensive films in Iranian history.

He is the brother of producer Fatolah Jafari-Jozani and the father of actress Sahar Jafari-Jozani.

Some of his films

• Jadehay sard
  Jadehay sard
  Jadehay sard is a 1985 Iranian film by Massood Jafari Jozani. The film is based on the story "If Daddy Dies" by Reza Sarshar...
  
  (1985)
• The Stony Lion, 1986
• In the Wind’s Eye, 2009
• A Man and a Bear, 1992
• Heart and Dagger, 1994
• Puberty, 1999

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