Born in Baneh, Iran, in 1979. He began his artistic career as a painter and, later, started to write and direct movies. He directed short films, such as "The Painter" (2000), "Ready for Death" (2008) and "Ask the Wind" (2010), which won the Crystal Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival, and the feature "Mardan" (2014). "The Little Refugee" is his second long-length film.