Born in 1980, Houman Seyedi is a prolific director, scriptwriter, editor, and actor in Iranian cinema and theatre. He’s a well-known movie actor in the Iranian film and TV industries and has acted in 44 feature and TV films and series, including Asghar Farhadi’s Fireworks Wednesday. He runs one of the most prestigious film schools in Iran and teaches film acting; he has introduced many young actors to Iranian cinema. He made his feature directing debut with Africa, in 2011, and has received numerous national and international awards for his films.

Selected Filmography: All My Personal Belongings, Moved (short, 09), Asghar Peykan, His Wife and A Little More Unconventional Life (short, 10), Africa (11), 13 (13), Confessions of My Dangerous Mind (15), The Sound and the Fury (16), Sheeple (18), The Frog (15-episode series, 20-21), World War III (22)