Ghasideh Golmakani was born in Tehran. At eighteen, she moved to Paris to pursue her studies and earned her PhD with a dissertation on the struggles of Iranian women filmmakers before and after the Revolution. After returning to Iran, she began her career in film by making behind-the-scenes films for prominent directors. She has since directed numerous short films, including Limbo (2017), Violet (2019), and Spring in Autumn (2021). She made her feature debut with Head to Head, which was screened in the Discovery Section at the Toronto International Film Festival.
