I WAS BORN IN SALMAS (WEST AZERBAIJAN-IRAN) IN 1985. I PASSED MY PRELIMINARY AND HIGH SCHOOL EDUCATION IN THAT CITY. THEN, WE MIGRATED TO TABRIZ (EAST AZERBAIJAN-IRAN) FOR SOME PERSONAL REASONS. IN THE SAME YEAR, I WAS ACCEPTED BY PNUS (PAYAM E NOUR UNIVERSITY OF SHABESTAR) AND I BECAME ELIGIBLE TO GO TO UNI. FINALLY I GRADUATED WITH A BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN ENGLISH TRANSLATION (2009). SIX OR SEVEN MONTHS LATER, I WAS SENT TO TAHRAN FOR DOING MY MILITARY SERVICE. AFTER 17 MONTHS, I COULD PASS THESE HARD DAYS AND COME BACK HOME. OF COURSE, IT WAS COINCIDENT WITH MY INITIAL FAMILIARITY WITH CINEMA. I WENT TO IYCS'S (IRANIAN YOUTH CINEMA SOCIETY) LONG-TERM CINEMA COURSES. ONE YEAR LATER, I MADE MY FIRST FILM NAMED "KHORTDAN (THE BOGEYMAN)".