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.

Cast

The Sovereign

T.D.2 Taunting Resident

Coffee With Baba

Amin

Charlie

Son

Omid’s 21st Birthday Extravaganza!!

Omid Iranikhah

Don't Be a Stranger

Nima

Mannequin's Waltz

Shopper #2

Farsi with Maman

Children's Show Host

Coffee with Mandy

Amin

A Passage of Silence

Office Worker

Crew

Don't Be a Stranger

Director, Writer

Coffee With Baba

Executive Producer, Director, Writer

Dear Abbas...

Writer, Director

Charlie

Director, Writer

Omid’s 21st Birthday Extravaganza!!

Director, Cinematography, Writer

Mannequin's Waltz

Editor

People (Who Need People)

Director

Farsi with Maman

Director, Writer, Producer

Coffee with Mandy

Director, Writer, Executive Producer, Editor