Omid Iranikhah

Biography

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.

Directed

1. Don't Be a Stranger (2021) — Director
2. Coffee With Baba (2023) — Director
3. Dear Abbas... (2019) — Director
4. Charlie (2018) — Director
5. Omid’s 21st Birthday Extravaganza!! (2019) — Director
6. People (Who Need People) (2024) — Director
7. Farsi with Maman (2025) — Director
8. Coffee with Mandy (2025) — Director
9. The Stoning of a Temptress (2026) — Director

Also appeared in

1. The Sovereign (2023) — T.D.2 Taunting Resident
2. Coffee With Baba (2023) — Amin
3. Charlie (2018) — Son
4. Omid’s 21st Birthday Extravaganza!! (2019) — Omid Iranikhah
5. Don't Be a Stranger (2021) — Nima
6. Mannequin's Waltz (2024) — Shopper #2
7. Farsi with Maman (2025) — Children's Show Host
8. Coffee with Mandy (2025) — Amin
9. A Passage of Silence — Office Worker