Jean was born on a run of freedom somewhere between mountains and he grew up in 3 different countries (Germany, Malaysia, Iran) That might be the reason he does not believe in nationalism.
He grow up in artistic environment where Art and Philosophy was the air to breath. He is being on stage since age of three beside his father who was Director-Play writer and he did his first acting in front of 35mm Cine camera at the age of sixteen.
In 2010 during the shooting of a documentary about Homosexuality in Iran he got arrested and being tortured for his activities...
After a few years of artistic silence in Sweden he decided to move to Berlin where he led film workshops for young refugees (age 9-26) and the result was more than 18 short films made by those youngsters that he is proud of. In 2018 he started working on his first feature "Crowded Village" in Berlin then continued the journey to Lisbon then Istanbul and finished it in Stockholm Sweden where he lives at the moment and produces short films or working as DOP and and editor.
He is world citizen carrying Swedish passport, but the bureaucratic world calls him Iranian/Swedish!