An Iranian documentary director, photographer, curator, and educator. He began working in photography in 1968 and in documentary filmmaking in 1978. He has directed more than 40 documentaries, which have been presented at major international film festivals including Amsterdam, Venice, Tribeca, and Tokyo. As a cinematographer, he worked with Abbas Kiarostami on ABC Africa (2001), Five (2003), and Roads (2005), and his own directorial works about Kiarostami, 76 Minutes & 15 Seconds with Abbas Kiarostami (2016) and Kiarostami at Work (2023), were presented at festivals including the Busan International Film Festival.
