Hassanpour, Fereidoun (born 1961, Ramsar)

Fereidoun Hassanpour graduated in Theater Directing from the University of Tehran. He made his artistic debut as an assistant director in Jafari Jozani’s ‘Stone Lion’ in 1986.

Hassanpour has written and directed many films, including ‘Summer Vacation’ (1995), ‘The Rich and the Poor’ (1999), ‘Sunflower Field’ (2003), ‘While Everyone Was Asleep’ (2005), ‘The Memento’ (2007) and ‘On Foot’ (2008).

He has also been the assistant director on cinematic productions such as ‘In the Storm's Path’ (1988), ‘Shadow of Illusion’ (1990), ‘Avinar’ (1991) and ‘Mr. Governor’ (1991).