Haideh Moradi was born in 1974 in Ardabil province and studied directing at Sooreh university of Tehran .

Rakhshan Banietemad, born in 1954 Tehran, began to make documentaries for the Iranian National Television in 1979, right after graduating from the University of Dramatic Arts, Tehran. From 1979 to 1987 she focused on making only documentaries. In 1987, she directed her first feature film Off the ...

Mojtaba Mirtahmasb is one of the most renowned Iranian documentary filmmakers. He started filmmaking in 1990, after admission to the University of Tehran where he received a BA in Handicrafts from the School of Art. He has conducted research, scriptwriting, directing and producing for nearly 40 d...

Iranian-Canadian documentarian, writer, and cinematographer Shahin Parhami’s visual style and creative experimentation came together to create heartfelt documentaries. His interest and experiments in poetry, painting, and music were beautifully displayed in his films. He presented each of his sub...

Caveh Zahedi is an Iranian-American autobiographical filmmaker whose feature-length films include The Sheik and I (2012), I Am A Sex Addict (2005), In The Bathtub of the World (2001), I Don’t Hate Las Vegas Anymore (1994), and A Little Stiff (1991). He is also the writer/director of the BRIC TV s...

Hossein Torabi, director of the acclaimed For Freedom (1979), which the British Film Institute hailed as a documentary that “shook the world,” was born in 1936. His oeuvre includes many well-received documentaries and screenplays. He served as a jury member in a number of film festivals, includin...

As a New York-based Iranian multidisciplinary artist, Hamid Rahmanian brings together his passion for filmmaking and transregional store of knowledge to create documentaries that aim to bridge the gap between East and West. For over two decades, Rahmanian’s documentaries have courageously sought ...

Saffarian’s method of documentary filmmaking alternates between a poetic style and a more reflexive style. Those that are poetic contemplate love, loss, life, and pleasure through the use of poetry, music, and, in a few instances, politics. It is evident that he not only aims to showcase a partic...

Kamran Heidari was born in Gachsaran, near Shiraz, in 1978. He is a freelance documentary filmmaker and photographer, with an interest in street photography, graffiti, and ethno-music. His work focuses on film and photography about the people of Shiraz (Fars province) and the south of Iran.

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Kamran Shirdel was born in 1939 and studied first architecture and then film at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia in Rome. After graduating in 1964, Shirdel returned to Tehran and joined a group of film-makers producing documentaries for the Ministry of Culture. Over the next few years, S...