Omid Iranikhah

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

Birthday 1998-03-09 (26 years old)

Omid Iranikhah

Biography

Iranian-American writer/director and actor Omid Iranikhah focuses on stories dealing with the Iranian and Iranian Diaspora experience. His 2021 narrative short film "Don't Be a Stranger," a meditative drama about an Iranian couple's struggle to accept their drug addict son back into their life, played at a number of film festivals and won the Jury Award for Best Short Film at Accord CineFest. His accolades also include winning the Michael Collyer Fellowship in Screenwriting and placing as a semifinalist in the Academy Nicholl Fellowships for his Iran-set folk horror screenplay.

Known For

Director

2024
2023
Coffee With Baba

as Director

2021
2019
Dear Abbas...

as Director

2018
Charlie

as Director

Actor

2024
Mannequin's Waltz

as Shopper #2

2023
The Sovereign

as T.D.2 Taunting Resident

2023
2018
Charlie

as Son

Writer

2023
2021
2019
Dear Abbas...

as Writer

2018
Charlie

as Writer

Producer

2023
Coffee With Baba

as Executive Producer

Crew

Editor

2024