Khashayar Mahmoodabadi

Born in Esfahan, Iran in 1978. After graduating from high school, Mahmoodabadi attended the Esfahan Cinema School. After completing his studies he went on to direct several short films, awarded several National and International prizes that were presented in festivals around the world. "There behind the Window", won Best film in the Iranian Youth Cinema Film Festival 2001 and was in competition at the Cannes Film festival in 2001. Having worked as an assistant director with several famous Iranian directors, like Ramin Farooghi and Ali Rafiei. In 2008, a move to the Phillipines where he completed another degree at the IAFT and making more than 20 shorts & documentaries Khashayar has worked on TV series, video clips, theatre productions and taught cinema as well. He wrote and directed his first feature documentary 'Haghighi', about the famous Persian carpet maker Master Haghighi.