Ahmadlou, Shahed (born 1974, Tehran)

Ahmadlou is a graduate of painting and made his cinematic debut by performing a small role in the movie ‘The Lead’ (1988), directed by Masoud Kimiyaee.

He has also performed in the movies ‘Snake Fang’ (1989), ‘Sergeant’ (1990), ‘The Moth Hill’ (1991), ‘The Ransomer’ (2003), ‘Mouse’ (2007) and ‘Ekbatan’ (2011), and the series ‘Freedom’ (2014).

In addition to acting, he has also directed full-features, including ‘How Much You Want to Cry?’ (2005), ‘Catch me if You can’ (2006), ‘Mouse’ (2007), ‘Three Shares Each’ (2011), ‘Rental Home’ (2012) and ‘Mr. & Mrs. Sangi’ (2015).

He has also directed a number of short films, some of which have won awards from Iranian and international festivals.

In 2001, he successfully made the film ‘After Silence’ using backstage shots of Naser Taghvaee’s feature film ‘Unruled Paper’ (2001).

Shahed Ahmadlou is the son of Iranian actor and film production manager Vali Ahmadlou.