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.

Known For

Coffee with Mandy

Charlie

Don't Be a Stranger

The Sovereign

Farsi with Maman

A Passage of Silence

Coffee With Baba

Mannequin's Waltz

All Movies (9)

• Farsi with Maman2025 · as Children's Show Host
• Coffee with Mandy2025 · as Amin
• Mannequin's Waltz2024 · as Shopper #2
• The Sovereign2023 · as T.D.2 Taunting Resident
• Coffee With Baba2023 · as Amin
• Don't Be a Stranger2021 · as Nima
• Omid’s 21st Birthday Extravaganza!!2019 · as Omid Iranikhah
• Charlie2018 · as Son
• A Passage of Silence— · as Office Worker