Omid Iranikhah
Director
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.
Filmography
The Sovereign
as T.D.2 Taunting Resident 2023
Coffee With Baba
as Amin 2023
Charlie
as Son 2018
Omid’s 21st Birthday Extravaganza!!
as Omid Iranikhah 2019
Don't Be a Stranger
as Nima 2021
Mannequin's Waltz
as Shopper #2 2024
Farsi with Maman
as Children's Show Host 2025
Coffee with Mandy
as Amin 2025