Bio

Mahyar Mandegar is an Iranian writer, director, and editor based in Los Angeles. His short film WHITE WINGED HORSE premiered at the Berlin Film Festival in 2020 and won Best Film and Best Directing at the Tehran International Short Film Festival. His recent shorts IM FINSTERN and TAHA received the ASC Student Heritage Award in consecutive years.

As an editor, his work has screened at major festivals including Venice, Slamdance, and the Melbourne International Film Festival.

Mahyar holds a BA in Film from the Art University of Tehran and an MFA in Directing from the AFI Conservatory. He also participated in an exchange program with the Film University Babelsberg Konrad Wolf in Berlin, where he directed the documentary MARGARINA BAILARINA.