(Iran, 1973) He studied sociology at Shiraz University, and film editing in Tehran. In 2010, he was sentenced by the Iranian government to six years in prison on charges of ‘assembly, collusion, and propagandizing against the regime’. Since then, Rasoulof makes his film clandestinely. After winning the Un Certain Regard competition in Cannes with A Man of Integrity, he was arrested again.

Filmography

A Man of Integrity (2017), Manuscripts Don't Burn (2013), Goodbye (2011), The White Meadows (2009), Iron Island (2005)