The screenwriter and director was born in Ahvaz, Iran in 1985. After studying film at the Iranian Youth Cinema Society in Tehran, he worked as a film critic before making his first short film, "Picking the Grape", in 2007. He then worked as a screenwriter and assistant director. In 2015, he began collaborating with Bardia Yadegari. The pair has co-written four screenplays and codirected the short film "Unlimited Internet". Mirhosseini appeared in one of the main roles in "There Is No Evil", the film by Mohammad Rasoulof which won the Golden Bear at the 2020 Berlinale. "Mantagheye payani" is his feature film debut as a director.

Source: 71. Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin (Catalogue)