Hossein Khandan

Hossein Khandan is a global citizen and an award winning Iranian-American writer/director with more than forty years experience. He was introduced to making 8mm films at a local library’s workshop in Tehran, in 1979. Soon after, he was chosen as an assistant director with many acclaimed Iranian directors such as Kianoush Ayari and Daruish Mehrjui. He was also the president of Iranian Assistant Director’s Guild for two years in a row before moving to America in 1994. In the United States, he has made several documentaries and short films which were shown at several International film festivals. In 2006, he and his family moved to China where he was teaching filmmaking and photography at international schools and also at the Ningbo Polytechnic University. His short documentary “Silky Eloquence” which was made in China received a 2nd place award and cash prize at the Farhang Foundation Film Festival. He and his family have now moved back to the Chicago area, and “Waiting for Kiarostami” is his latest feature film which received the Best Director Award from the Five Continents International Film Festival.

“My Best Gift” is his first story for children.

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