Alireza Kazemipour

Alireza Kazemipour is a multi-award-winning Iranian-Canadian screenwriter and director with a master's degree in Cinema Studies from the University of Tehran. During a prolific screenwriting career in Iran spanning more than 2 decades, he has written for 32 series and mini-series (more than 750 episodes), 4 feature films, and 14 MOW as a series creator, writer, head-writer or co-writer in various genres. Since immigrating to Vancouver, Canada in 2016, he has written and directed 3 short films that have been screened in more than 180 Film festivals around the world, including Palm Springs, Interfilm Berlin, Short Shorts, Tirana, and Fribourg Film Festival, and have received 64 awards and nominations, including a LEO award for best screenwriting in Short Drama in 2023, Best Direction Award from the Reelworld Film Festival in 2022 and Best Directing Award from the Vancouver Short Film Festival in 2020. Alireza's work is often concerned with social justice, women's rights, and immigrant issues.