Directing

Kourosh Ahari

Born

1981-01-01 (45)

Place of birth

Mashhad, Iran

Known for

Directing

Credits

11 titles

Kourosh Ahari (کوروش آهاری) is an Iranian filmmaker. He moved to United States at the age of 19 to pursue his passion of filmmaking. In 2016, he co-founded the independent film production company with Alex Bretow.

Known for

Behind the camera

Medium Rare poster
NR

A man trapped inside a bar, where reality begins to unravel in increasingly disturbing ways.

Medium Rare

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The Night poster
5.6

An Iranian couple living in the US become trapped inside a hotel when insidious events force them to face the secrets that have come between them, in a night that never ends.

The Night

2021

The Night poster
5.6

An Iranian couple living in the US become trapped inside a hotel when insidious events force them to face the secrets that have come between them, in a night that never ends.

The Night

2021

The Night poster
5.6

An Iranian couple living in the US become trapped inside a hotel when insidious events force them to face the secrets that have come between them, in a night that never ends.

The Night

2021

Parallel poster
6.2

Grief-stricken after the loss of her child, Vanessa takes refuge at a lake house only to be met with an aberration of herself from a parallel universe and realizes the multiverse gates hold the key to releasing her grief or trapping her forever.

Parallel

2024

Kukeri poster
NR

Mammoth Pictures has inked a deal out of Cannes with the Bulgarian production company Bazuka to exclusively develop and produce a narrative feature take on the cultural tradition spotlighted in Kukeri, their documentary short produced for The New Yorker.

Kukeri

2025

Kukeri poster
NR

Mammoth Pictures has inked a deal out of Cannes with the Bulgarian production company Bazuka to exclusively develop and produce a narrative feature take on the cultural tradition spotlighted in Kukeri, their documentary short produced for The New Yorker.

Kukeri

2025

Kukeri poster
NR

Mammoth Pictures has inked a deal out of Cannes with the Bulgarian production company Bazuka to exclusively develop and produce a narrative feature take on the cultural tradition spotlighted in Kukeri, their documentary short produced for The New Yorker.

Kukeri

2025

No artwork available
NR

A struggling artist paints a new portrait.

Artist’s Lament

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The Yellow Wallpaper poster
4.0

Based on the 1892 short story of the same name by Charlotte Perkins Gilman. Eleanor struggles with post-partum depression, however, when Eleanor's over-protective husband refuses to recognize her illness, he confines her to a room. Slowly, Eleanor loses sight of her sanity, and the patterns in the yellow wallpaper come to life.

The Yellow Wallpaper

2016

Generations poster
NR

A tragedy at work and family secrets revealed at home provoke a 70-year-old surgeon to discover the truth about himself and his lineage.

Generations

2018