Iranian Directors: Best to Worst
by Javad-tk | created - 24 Oct 2011 | updated - 18 Sep 2020 | PublicThis list is contained ranking and rating of Iranian directors. I considered movies that I have seen from each director.
Total score for each director is defined as the average of the director movie scores.
Some Points:
1. The score of each movie and each director is out of 10.
2. For each movie that I've seen, 0.02 is added to total score of each director.
101. Fereydoun Jeyrani
Writer | Khafegi
Fereydoun Jeyrani is known for Asphyxia (2017), Red (1999) and The Last Supper (2002).
Pink (2002): 6.5
Red (1998): 6
Shaam-e-akhar (2001): 6
Salad-e fasl (2004): 6
Dastane Avazi (2012): 5.5
Setareh Bood (2005): 5.5
Ab va Atash (2000): 5
Setareh Mishavad (2005): 5
Man Madar Hastam (2010): 4.5
Setare ast (2005):3
Parkway (2006):3
Khab Zadeha (2013):3
Total Score: 5.0
102. Homayoon Ass'adian
Director | Tala va mes
Homayoon Ass'adian is known for Gold and Copper (2010), Kissing the Moon-Like Face (2012) and A Special Day (2017).
Marde aftabi (1996): 7.5
Shoukhi (1999): 7
Akhar-e Bazi (2000): 6.5
Nish (1995): 6
10 Raghami (2008): 4
Tala va mes (2011) : 0
Total Score: 5.0
103. Ghodratollah Solh Mirzayi
Director | Zendegi shirin
Ghodratollah Solh Mirzayi is known for Sweet Life (2009), A Flower for the Bride (2005) and The Little Man (1994).
Shakhe Goli Baraye Aroos (2004): 5.5
Deldadeh (2008): 5.5
Hadafe asli (2006): 5
Zendegi Shirin (2009): 4.5
Total Score: 5.0
104. Niki Karimi
Director | Yek shab
Born in 1971 in Tehran, Niki Karimi is the most famous, internationally acclaimed Actress and filmmaker in Iran. She began her work as an actress with films such as "Sara" by Dariush Mehrjouii, which she won best actress award at "San Sebastian" film festival and in "Nantes film festival in 1992. ...
Yek shab (2005): 5.5
Sout-e payan (2011): 5
Total Score: 5.0
105. Reza Attaran
Actor | I Feel Sleepy
Reza Attaran was born in Mashhad, Khorasan, I.R.Iran. He is an Iranian actor, singer, writer and director. He has appeared in both films and television shows. Attaran won the Best Actor award at the 2008 Gol Aga Comedy Film Festival. He made his big introduction in 1995 when he was cast in Saate ...
Khabam miad (2012): 5.5
Red Carpet (2014): 5
Total Score: 5.0
106. Saeed Soheili
Director | Chahar-angoshti
Saeed Soheili is known for Four Fingered (2007), Pig Gene (2019) and Marriage in the Extra Time (2010).
Gashte ershad (2011): 6
Mardi shabih-e baran (1997): 5.5
Charchanguli (2006): 5.5
Gene Khuk (2019): 5.5
Shab-e berehne (2001): 5
Sang kaghaz gheychi (2006): 5
Kalashnikov (2014): 5
Gashte ershad 2 (2016): 5
Ezdevaj dar vaghte ezafeh (2009): 2
Total Score: 4.9
107. Mohammad Ali Sajjadi
Director | Jenayat
Mohammad Ali Sajjadi is known for The Crime (2003), Boof-e koor (The Blind Owl) (2022) and Bastoor (2022).
Bazigar (1998): 6
Tardast (2005): 6
Chon baad (1988): 5.5
Rang-e shab (2001): 5
Shifteh (2000): 4.5
Asiri (2001): 4
Shoorideh (2006): 4
Total Score: 4.9
108. Alireza Davoudnejad
Writer | Niaz
Alireza Davoudnejad was born in 1954 in Tehran, Iran. He is a writer and director, known for The Need (1992), The Disarmament (1993) and Sweet Agony (1999).
Nazanin (1975): 7
Ghadeghan (1978): 6.5
Niaz (1991): 6.5
Asheghane (1995): 6.5
Masaebe shirin (1999): 5.5
Marham (2010): 5.5
Molaghat Ba Tooti (2002): 5
Tigh-zan (2008): 2.5
Havoo (2006): 2.5
Kelase honarpishegi (2013): 1
Total Score: 4.8
109. Bahman Goodarzi
Director | The Record Is Equal To The Document
Bahman Goodarzi is known for The Record Is Equal To The Document (2017), We Are So Cool (2018) and Ransom (2015).
Sar Sepordeh (2010): 5
Shish o besh (2011): 5
Atishbazi (2015): 5
Total Score: 4.8
110. Varuzh Karim-Masihi
Editor | Pardehe Akhar
Varuzh Karim-Masihi is known for The Last Act (1991), Doubt (2009) and The Broke (2011).
Pardeye akhar (1980): 5.5
Tardid(2008): 4.5
Total Score: 4.8
111. Majid Javanmard
Director | Adam Bash
Majid Javanmard is known for Be a Man (2016), Covoy (1992) and Tigh-e aftab (1990).
Shekar (1987): 7.5
Adam bash (2014): 2.5
Total Score: 4.8
112. Kazem Ma'asoumi
Director | Table Bozorg Zire Paye Chap
Kazem Ma'asoumi is known for Left Food Forward on the Beat (2005), The Thief and the Writer (1987) and The Secret of Kowkab (1990).
Badamha-ye talkh (2000): 7
Raz-e Kowkab (1990): 3
Total Score: 4.8
113. Afshin Sherkat
Director | Arayesh-e marg
Afshin Sherkat is known for The Death Makeup (1994), The Mortal (1989) and Zelzele-ye dovom (1977).
Ashegh (2006): 6
Hamsare Delkhahe Man (2000): 4
Total Score: 4.8
114. Saeed Assadi
Director | Khiabane Bisto Chaharom
Studied Film in United Kingdom, Sweden and United States. Graduated in San Francisco and Returned to Sweden to continue his Film career. He Wrote, Produced, Acted and Directed over 21 Feature films and several Documentaries through the world. Along Film making he founded advanced Film Production ...
Mehman (2007): 7
Avaz-e ghoo (2000): 7
Poshte nime shab: 4
Talafi (2008): 3.5
Khiabane Bisto Chahar (2009): 3.5
Total Score: 4.7
115. Mohammad Rasoulof
Director | Dast-neveshtehaa nemisoosand
Mohammad Rasoulof was born in Shiraz, Iran in 1972. He is an independent director, writer and producer. He studied sociology. Rasoulof started his filmmaking with documentaries and short films. For his first film 'Gagooman'(The Twilight, 2002) Rasoulof won the prize for the best film at the Fajr ...
Jazireh ahani (2005): 5.5
Bé omid é didar (2011): 5
Keshtzar haye sepid (2009): 4
Total Score: 4.7
116. Kamal Tabrizi
Director | Marmoulak
Kamal Mosaffa-ye Tabrizi is an Iranian film director. He was born in Tehran, with his parents having moved there from Tabriz. Kamal Tabrizi graduated from Tehran University of Art at Faculty of Cinema and Theater. He began his career with directing, writing and editing short films in 1980. His ...
Marmoulak (2004): 7
Leily Ba Man Ast (1996): 6.5
Maarmuz (2018): 5.5
Sheida (1999): 5
Tabagheye hasas (2014): 4.5
Yek teke nan (2005): 4
Mehr-E Madari (1999): 3
Hamisheh paye yek zan dar mian ast (2008): 3
Davandeye Zamin (2010): 3
Total Score: 4.6
117. Arash Moayerian
Director | Khaltoor
Arash Moayerian is known for The Potboiler (2017), The Charlatan (2005) and The Redtails (2018).
Coma (2004): 7.5
Sharlatan (2005): 5.5
Shir O Asal (2010): 5.5
Chap dast (2006): 5
Khaltoor (2017): 4.5
Damad Khejalati (2011): 4
Dom sorkhha (2018): 3.5
As o Pas (2016): 3.5
Saate Shologhi (2011): 2.5
Total Score: 4.6
118. Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Writer | Gabbeh
Mohsen Makhmalbaf is known as one of the most influential filmmakers and founders of the new wave of Iranian cinema in the world today.
Many of his films like Salam Cinema, A Moment Of Innocence, Gabbeh, Kandahar and The President have been widely well received across the globe and have brought him ...
Bicycleran (1987): 6
Baykot (1985): 5.5
Aroosiye Khoban (1988): 5.5
Honarpishe (1992): 5
Salaam Cinema (1995): 1.5
Total Score: 4.6
119. Bahram Tavakoli
Writer | Man Diego Maradona hastam
Bahram Tavakoli is an Iranian film director. Winning numerous awards, he is a well-established filmmaker of the new generation of Iranian cinema. One of his most successful works is 'Here without Me (2011). It is a breathtaking adaptation of Tennessee Williams 'The Glass Menagerie' which was not ...
Pa berahneh dar behesht (2007): 6
Parse Dar Meh (2010): 6
Inja bedoone man (2011): 5.5
Man Diego Maradona hastam (2015): 3.5
Asemane zarde kam omgh (2012): 2.5
Total Score: 4.6
120. Rambod Javan
Director | Negar
Rambod Javan is known for Negar (2017), The Sinners (2012) and Gold (2019). He has been married to Negar Javaherian since 2014. He was previously married to Sahar Dolatshahi and Mandana Rouhi.
Spagetti Dar 8 Daghighe (2004): 6.5
Pesare Adam Dokhtare Hava (2010): 6
Vorood-e-Aghayan Mamnoo(2011): 5
Murphy's Law: Ghanoone Morfi (2019): 1
Total Score: 4.5
121. Rouhollah Hejazi
Director | Otaghe Tarik
Rouhollah Hejazi is known for The Dark Room (2018), Among the Clouds (2008) and Death of the Fish (2015).
Marge Mahi (2015): 5.5
Zendegi-e Khosousi-e Agha Va Khanom-e Mim (2012): 4.5
Setare (2012): 4
Total Score: 4.5
122. Ghasem Jafari
Director | Dokhtaran
Ghasem Jafari is known for Girls (2009), In Love with Leily (2008) and Twilight (2007).
Bazandeh (2004): 7.5
Mah-e mehraban (1996): 6
Majnoone leyli (2008): 4.5
Parvanegi (2011): 0
Total Score: 4.4
123. Kazem Rast Goftar
Director | Chek
Kazem Rast Goftar is known for Cheque (2012), The Lucky Bride (2002) and Mask (2005).
Arouse Khosh-Gadam (2002): 5.5
Pesar Tehrani (2009): 5
Check (2012): 5
Zanane Venusi, Mardane Merikhi (2011): 4
Neghab (2005): 2.5
Total Score: 4.3
124. Farzad Motamen
Director | Khodahafezi Toolani
Farzad Motamen is known for The Long Farewell (2015), White Nights (2003) and When Did You See Sahar Last Time? (2016).
Shabhaye roshan (2003): 7.5
Poopak va Mash Mashallah (2010): 5
Khodahafezi Toolani (2015): 1
Total Score: 4.3
125. Nosratolah Vahdat
Actor | Yek Esfahani dar sarzamin-e Hitler
Nosratolah Vahdat was born in 1925 in Isfahan, Iran. He was an actor and director, known for Yek Esfahani dar sarzamin-e Hitler (1976), The Nobody (1960) and Ki daste gol be ab dade? (1973). He was married to Forough Rajai. He died on October 6, 2020 in Tehran, Iran.
Yek Esfahani dar New York (1972): 5
Arouse farangi (1964): 4
Total Score: 4.3
126. Bahram Kazemi
Director | Padzahr
Bahram Kazemi is known for The Antidote (1994), Giti's Problem (2016) and The Runaway Bride (2005).
Arose Farari (2005): 6
Shabi dar tehran (2007): 3
Total Score: 4.3
127. Keivan Alimohammadi
Director | Shabaane Rooz
Keivan Alimohammadi is known for Day and Night (2010), Cinema Shahre Gheseh (2020) and Gilda (2017).
Arghavan (2014): 6.5
Shabaane Rooz (2011): 2.5
Total Score: 4.3
128. Fereidoun Hasanpour
Director | Vaghti hame khab boodand
Fereidoun Hasanpour is known for When Everybody Was Asleep (2006), Ziba and I (2012) and The Rich and the Poor (1999).
Nardoon (2016): 6
Ziba and I (2012); 3
Total Score: 4.3
129. Iraj Karimi
Director | Az kenar-e ham migozarim
Iraj Karimi is known for Going by (2001), Few Strands of Hair (2005) and Profiles (2016).
Az kenar-e ham migozarim (2001): 7
Kandaloos Gardens (2004): 6
Ravabet (2007): 3
Nasle Jaduee(2006): 1
Total Score: 4.1
130. Reza Sobhani
Director | Zistan
Reza Sobhani is known for To Live (2002), Rahban (1999) and Roya-ye Danube (2010).
Khak-e sard (2006): 5.5
Rejime Talaei (2012): 3
Total Score: 4.1
131. Mostafa Shayesteh
Producer | Gholhak
Mostafa Shayesteh was born in 1958 in Tehran, Iran. He is a producer and director, known for Gholhak (2023), Saghi (2002) and I'm His Wife (2012).
Man hamsarash hastam (2012): 4.5
Khabar e khasi nist (2016): 4
Total Score: 4.1
132. Maziar Miri
Director | Gradually
He, Maziar Miri, was born on 1 February 1974 in Darband neighborhood in Tehran.
He graduated in Film Editing, and started working in Editing Dept of Channel 2 IRIB in 1995. After making a few short films, working as an assistant in the cinema, and editing a few films and serials, He made His first ...
Saadat abad (2010): 6
Padashe sokout (2006): 4.5
Be ahestegi (2006): 4
Howze naghashi (2012): 4
Sara and Ayda (2017): 4
Ketabe ghanoun (2008): 2
Total Score: 4.0
133. Jamshid Heydari
Director | Hamase-ye ghahramanan
Jamshid Heydari is known for The Epic of Heroes (1998), Temptation (1990) and Checkmate (2010).
Vasvaseh (1990): 6
Keesh O Maat (2010): 4
Gis Borideh (2006): 2.5
Total Score: 4.0
134. Hamid Reza Salahmand
Director | Zamaneh
Hamid Reza Salahmand is known for Time (2001), 3 Degrees of Fever (2011) and Bee's Sting (2009).
Zamaneh (2001): 4.5
Nishe Zanbour (2009): 4
3 Darajeh Tab (2010): 3.5
Total Score: 3.9
135. Hossein FarahBakhsh
Producer | Private Life
Hossein FarahBakhsh is known for Private Life (2012), The Charlatan (2005) and The Hostage (1996).
Atash (2002): 6
Pa to kafshe man nakon (2016):3.5
Abnabat Choobi (2016): 2.5
Total Score: 3.9
136. Shahram Shah Hosseini
Director | Mikhaham zende bemanam
Shahram Shah Hosseini is known for I Want to Live (2021), The Girl's House (2015) and Set Me Free (2023).
Women Are Angels (2007): 5.5
Kalagh Par (2007): 3
Aghaye Haftrang (2008): 3
Total Score: 3.7
137. Amir Ghavidel
Director | Train
Amir Ghavidel was a writer and a pioneer filmmaker in Iranian cinema. He started his artistic life in the field of theater at a young age in Mashad before moving to Tehran to officially begin his writing and filmmaking career. Ghavidel made ten feature films during his professional life and branded...
Rokhsareh (2002): 5
Dousti az jense atash (2010): 2.5
Total Score: 3.6
138. Masoud Dehnamaki
Director | Deportees 3
Masoud Dehnamaki is an Iranian filmmaker , holding numerous box-office records .
Dehnamaki says that he was a member of the decimated army that liberated Khoramshahr in 1982 - a decisive turning point in Iran-Iraq war . In his interview to CNN correspondent Christiane Amanpour , he said that the war...
Ekhrajiha (2007): 5
Ekhrajiha 3 (2010): 4
Ekhrajiha 2 (2008): 3.5
Rosvai (2013): 3
Rosvai 2 (2015): 2.5
Total Score: 3.5
139. Asghar Naimi
Director | Highlight
Asghar Naimi is known for Highlight (2018), Parallel Shadows (2016) and Equator (2023).
Sayehay movazi (2016): 4.5
Bi Vafa (2006): 3.5
Salam Bar Eshgh: 3
Total Score: 3.5
140. Hasan Fathi
Director | Shahrzad
Hasan Fathi is known for Shahrzad (2015), Jeyran (2022) and The Postman Doesn't Knock 3 Times (2009).
Ezdevaj be sabke irani (2006): 4.5
Postchi 3 bar dar nemizanad (2008): 3.5
Keyfar (2010): 2.5
Total Score: 3.4
141. Ali Atshani
Director | Paper Dream
Ali Atshani was born in Isfahan. His first cinematic attempt was during his high school years. It was a short movie called "Namaye Entezar" , which was chosen for the second annual 100 movie festival.
By the time he entered the university to study computer engineering, he had completed some short ...
Katyusha (2018): 5.5
Pooste Moz (2006): 4
Paradise (2016): 1
Total Score: 3.4
142. Ghorban Mohammadpour
Writer | Dokhtar-e Sheytan
Ghorban Mohammadpour is known for Devil's Daughter (2019), Hello Mumbai (2016) and Cousins (2017).
Hello Mumbai: Salaam Mumbai (2016): 6
Anche Mardan Darbareye Zanan Nemidanand (2014): 3.5
Dele Bigharar (2012): 3
Devil's Daughter (2019): 1
Total Score: 3.3
143. Abdolreza Kahani
Director | Bist
Abdolreza Kahani is an award-wining Iranian director. He has a Master of Art in theatre from the University of Tehran. Kahani's career began by making experimental short films and documentaries at the age of thirteen. His first feature film "Dance with the Moon" was debuted in 2004. Kahani created ...
Esterahate Motlagh (2015): 4.5
Bist (2009): 4
Adam (2007): 4
Hich (2010): 3
Asb heyvan-e najibi ast (2011): 3
We Like you Miss Yaya (2018): 1
Total Score: 3.2
144. Houman Seyyedi
Writer | Jang-e jahani sevom
Houman Seyyedi is an Iranian actor, director, screenwriter and editor. He has received various accolades, including six Crystal Simorghs-making him the only director to have three wins in Special Jury Prize category-two Hafez Awards, five Iran's Film Critics and Writers Association Awards, a NETPAC...
Africa (2010): 2.5
Sizdah (2014): 1
Total Score: 1.7
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