Hossein Shahabi

Hossein Shahabi is an Iranian film director, screenwriter and film producer. He was born in 1967 in Tabriz, Iran. After graduation from studying classical music at Tehran University, he spent a few years teaching music,In 1996 he made his first (short) film (Hundred Times Hundred), on the occasion of 100th anniversary of cinema, and received a prize at the (one off) festival, established for the same occasion.Since then he has written, directed and produced 20 shorts, 10 fictional features (for video release in the Iranian market) and 3 features, for the theatrical release, some of which have won prizes in the local and international film festivals. The Bright Day (2013) has been his debut, which was well received by the critics and it was nominated in four categories in Fajr International Film Festival, Tehran (Feb. 2013) and won two Honorary Diplomas.