Omid Iranikhah
Known for Directing
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.
Filmography
Mannequin's Waltz
2024
as Shopper #2
Don't Be a Stranger
2021
as Nima
Coffee with Mandy
2025
as Amin
Farsi with Maman
2025
as Children's Show Host
A Passage of Silence
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as Office Worker
Coffee With Baba
2023
as Amin
The Sovereign
2023
as T.D.2 Taunting Resident
Charlie
2018
as Son
Omid’s 21st Birthday Extravaganza!!
2019
as Omid Iranikhah