Mehrdad Hassani is a writer, director, sculptor and a photographer who is from Rafsanjan (one of the desert areas of Iran). He began his artistic career in his teenage years by joining school theater groups as an actor. In his youth he enrolled in photography and filmmaking classes of the Iranian Youth Cinema Society, and after passing some specialized courses, he produced some short fiction films, and also participated in feature film making as a director’s consultant and costume and scenic designer. He is also a graduate of Bachelor of Art Studies from Sooreh University of Tehran. He has made five fiction short films as a filmmaker so far, which has received more than 50 appearances and 16 international awards.