Hamid Khozouie Abyane

Hamid Khozouie Abyane was born 1963 in Tehran, Iran. Following his passion for photography, he studied English language and Cinematography. He started his career with professional photography for advertisement and commercial purposes and followed his artistic instinct by traveling around Iran and gathering amazing collection of photos with environmental, historical and social subjects.

In 1990, he started his film career with various documentaries and short movies. He has shot many movies ever since that is well known domestically as well as internationally.

Here is the list of some of his movies: His first feature film L'enfant et le soldat (2000) was awarded "The Silver Balloon" in "Nant 3 Continent" in France.The movie was directed by Reza Mirkarimi and has been screened in various international film festivals such as "Montreal Film Festival","Asia-Pacific Film Festival".Zir-e noor-e maah (2001) received the best cinematography honor diploma by "Fajr International Film Festival" in Iran. The movie quickly became well known by winning the Critic's week grand prize from "Cannes Film Festival and for the best director "Tokyo International film festival". Hamid Khozouie Abyane also received "Crystal Simorgh" for the best Cinematography in technical and artistic achievement in "Fajr International Film Festival" in Iran for the movie Inja cheraghi roshan ast (2003) (Here, a shinning light). Marmoulak (2004) was another one of his cinematography experiences with spectacular record breaking box office in Iran that was only allowed to be screened in movie theaters for short period of two weeks and was banned by Islamic Clerics. This movie was also screened in "Montreal Film Festival" and "London Film Festival".Kheyli Door, Kheyli Nazdik (2005) another one of his movies that was selected to participate in "Oscar" awards as representative of Iranian movies. Among various awards, he received the "Crystal Simorgh" for the best Cinematography in "Fajr International Film Festival",the best artistic contribution for the best cinematography in "29th Cairo International Film Festival"and received the "Cinematography Honor award" that was sponsored by "ARRI" during the "Cinec Salon" in Tehran in 2005.In his next movie, Pa berahne dar behesht (2007) directed by Bahram Tavakoli Hamid Khozouie Abyane received the "Crystal Simorgh" for the best Cinematography in "Fajr International Film Festival" and best cinematography award by "House of Cinema (Iranian alliance of motion picture Guilds)". Molke Soleiman (2010) was one of the major productions in Iran with majority of the post production work including visual effects, sound designer & original music being done in Hong Kong, he received the best cinematography award from the "House of Cinema(Iranian alliance of motion picture guilds)" and the best cinematography from "Iranian Society of Film Critics & Writers(ISFCW) in 2010". He was also awarded for the best cinematography for the movie Parse Dar Meh (2010) (Wandering in the Mist), is another one of his movies that received the best cinematography from "Iranian Society of Film Critics & Writers(ISFCW)". Ici sans moi (2011) received the best actress award in "Montreal Film Festival" and has been screened in Hamburg, Chicago, Boston, University of California in Los Angles(UCLA) Film Festivals and received the award for the best cinematography by the "House of Cinema (Iranian alliance of motion picture Guilds) ceremony". Ye habe ghand (2011) was the first "Super 16 mm" movie in Iran, screened in Montreal, San Francisco and Pousan Film Festivals.. He worked as a camera operator with three Academy Awarded cinematographer Vittorio Storaro in [muhammad the messenger of god] (2015) directed by Majid Majidi. Throughout his career , Hamid Khozouie Abyane worked with many well-known directors and award winners such as Reza Mir Karimi, Bahram Tavakoli, Majid Majidi, Abed Abest.