Director
Omid Iranikhah
Born 1998
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.
Directed

People (Who Need People)
Director · 2024

Don't Be a Stranger
Director · 2021

Coffee with Mandy
Director · 2025

Charlie
Director · 2018

The Stoning of a Temptress
Director · 2026

Dear Abbas...
Director · 2019

Farsi with Maman
Director · 2025
Omid’s 21st Birthday Extravaganza!!
Director · 2019

Coffee With Baba
Director · 2023
Acting

Don't Be a Stranger
Nima · 2021

A Passage of Silence
Office Worker

Coffee with Mandy
Amin · 2025

Charlie
Son · 2018

Mannequin's Waltz
Shopper #2 · 2024

The Sovereign
T.D.2 Taunting Resident · 2023

Farsi with Maman
Children's Show Host · 2025
Omid’s 21st Birthday Extravaganza!!
Omid Iranikhah · 2019

Coffee With Baba
Amin · 2023