Omid Iranikhah

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.

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  The Sovereign

  T.D.2 Taunting Resident

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  The Stoning of a Temptress

  Director

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  Farsi with Maman

  Children's Show Host

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  Coffee with Mandy

  Amin

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  Dear Abbas...

  Director

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  A Passage of Silence

  Office Worker

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  Mannequin's Waltz

  Shopper #2

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  Charlie

  Son

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  People (Who Need People)

  Director

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  Coffee With Baba

  Amin

• 2026The Stoning of a TemptressDirector
• 2025Farsi with MamanChildren's Show Host
• 2025Coffee with MandyAmin
• 2024People (Who Need People)Director
• 2024Mannequin's WaltzShopper #2
• 2023The SovereignT.D.2 Taunting Resident
• 2023Coffee With BabaAmin
• 2021Don't Be a StrangerNima
• 2019Omid’s 21st Birthday Extravaganza!!Omid Iranikhah
• 2019Dear Abbas...Director
• 2018CharlieSon
• —A Passage of SilenceOffice Worker