Top Iranian Directors
by edrisfatahstudent | created - 18 Feb 2020 | updated - 18 Feb 2020 | PublicTop Iranian Directors
1. Mohammad Hossein Mahdavian
Director | Istadeh Dar Ghobar
Mohammad Hossein Mahdavian is known for Standing in the Dust (2016), Lottery (2018) and Mortal Wound (2021).
2. Majid Majidi
Writer | Bacheha-Ye aseman
Majid Majidi was born on April 17, 1959 in Tehran, Iran to a middle class family. He started acting in amateur theater groups at the age of fourteen. After receiving his high school diploma, he started studying art at the Institute of Dramatic Art in Tehran. After the Islamic Revolution of 1979, ...
3. Ebrahim Hatamikia
Director | Be name pedar
Ebrahim Hatamikia, who is internationally renowned for his role in the cinema of Iran in the 1990s, was born in 1961 in Tehran, Iran from an Azarbaijani's family. He left the Art University where he studied script writing. He began his directing career with the film "The Identity" in 1986 and some ...
4. Saeed Roustayi
Writer | Baradaran-e Leila
Saeed Roustayi (born 14 August 1989) is an Iranian film director and screenwriter. He graduated from Soore University with a Bachelor of Film and Television in Directing. Life+1 Day is his first major cinematic work. At the Fajr International Film Festival, Roustayi won 2 Crystal Simorghs for best ...
5. Narges Abyar
Director | Shabi Ke Mah Kamel Shod
Narges Abyar graduated in Persian literature; She started writing books in 1997. Up to the present, she has written more than thirty story and fiction books for children, young adults and adults. She was selected as an Oscar Academy member in 2020.
Her famous novels are namely: . Mountain on the ...
6. 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 ...
7. Ali Hatami
Director | Hezardastan
Abbas Ali Hatami was born in Tehran, Iran in 1944. He graduated from the College of Dramatic Arts and began his professional career as a writer of short TV screenplays and also as a playwright. Among his plays are: The Demon and the Bald Hassan, Adam and Eve, The Fisherman's Story, City of Oranges,...
8. 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...
9. Asghar Farhadi
Writer | Forooshande
Asghar Farhadi was born in 1972 in Iran. He became interested in cinema in his teenage years and started his filmmaking education by joining the Youth Cinema Society of Esfahan in 1986 where he made 8mm and 16mm short films. He received his Bachelors in Theater from University of Tehran's School of...
10. Davood Mir-Bagheri
Director | Dandoon tala
Davood Mir-Bagheri is known for Gold Tooth (2016), Traveller of Rey (2001) and Snowman (1995).
12. 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).
13. Mohsen Tanabandeh
Actor | Paytakht
Mohsen Tanabandeh is an Iranian actor, director and screenwriter. In 2022, he won the Orizzonti Award for Best Actor at the 79th Venice International Film Festival for his performance in World War III (2022). He has received various accolades, including three Crystal Simorgh and four Hafez Awards.
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14. 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 ...
15. Mehran Modiri
Director | Pavarchin
Mehran Modiri is considered to be the leading artist in social satire in Iran. His various series which have been broadcast through IRIB have set records in terms of viewership (an estimated 85% viewership when he is on air), as well as make him a popular personality among masses. In 2008 Modiri ...
16. Javad Razavian
Actor | Pavarchin
Javad Razavian is known for On Tiptoes (2002), On the Side Lines (2015) and Snake Venom (2019).
17. Saeed Aghakhani
Actor | Khodahafezi Toolani
Saeed Aghakhani was born on February 23, 1972 in Bijar, Iran. He is an actor and director, known for The Long Farewell (2015), It Turned Into Blood (2020) and Noon Khe (2019).
18. Majid Salehi
Actor | Shomare 10
Majid Salehi was born on September 17, 1975 in Tehran, Iran. He is an actor and director, known for Number 10 (2023), Siavash (2021) and Columbus (2018).
19. Tahmineh Milani
Writer | Nimeye Penhan
Tahmineh Milani (born 1 September 1960) is a professional film director, screenwriter, and producer who came to the limelight by breaking all the traditional and conventional norms about women and their presence in Iran's society. Being sentenced to prison have not stopped her from expressing their...
20. 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).
21. Reza Mirkarimi
Producer | Be hamin sadegi
Reza Mirkarimi was born in 1967 in Tehran and graduated from the Fine Arts University in Graphic Arts. His cinema activities began in 1987 with a series of shorts followed by two TV series aimed at young people. His 1999 first feature, 'The Child and The Soldier', has won several national and ...
22. Rakhshan Banietemad
Director | Zir-e poost-e shahr
Graduated in the field of film directing from The Faculty of Dramatic Arts and joined the Iranian TV in 1973 beginning her career as continuity girl and assistant director. Later on, she made a number of short documentaries and directed her first picture 'Kharej az Mahdudeh (1986)'. Her next films ...
23. Ali Rooyintan
Writer | Del Shekasteh
Ali Rooyintan is known for Heart Broken (2009), The White Heart of Dandelions (2014) and Donya (2003).
24. Hatef Alimardani
Director | Columbus
Hatef Alimardani is known for Columbus (2018), The Nameless Alley (2015) and Dying in September (2014).
25. Shahram Assadi
Director | Avinar
Shahram Assadi is known for Avinar (1991), The Fateful Day (1995) and Look at Me (2002).
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