The Gold Teeth

Alireza Kazemipour, is a multi-awarded Iranian-Canadian screenwriter, director, and producer. He has gained his master’s degree in Film directing from the faculty of art at the University of Tehran in 2010 and directed his first short film “Slowness”. He made his second film “The Blue Bed” in 2020 and it has been selected and screened for more than 60 Film Festival around the world, and has been received 12 awards and 14 nominations, including three LEO nominations, and the Best Director Award from the Vancouver Short Film Festival. Recently, he has directed a documentary feature film “Margin vs. Center” (2021), and a short movie “Split Ends” (2021) that will be released soon. Social justice, women’s rights, and immigrant issues are his concerns.

Born in Vancouver, Mattisse grew up traveling at a young age. By the time he was nineteen he had lived in five countries and was fluent in three languages. Discovering a passion for filmmaking in his senior year of high school, he eventually went on to complete a bachelor’s degree in the Motion Picture Arts Program at Capilano University. Currently he works within the Vancouver film industry as a camera dolly operator while directing and producing short films of his own; in addition he uses his experience to help others in the independent film scene as well.