Manijeh Hekmat

Who is Manijeh Hekmat?

Manijeh Hekmat is an Iranian film director. Born in 1962 in Arāk, Iran, she has worked since 1980 as an assistant director and production designer in over 25 films. She directed her first feature film Women's Prison in 2002. This film has been shown at over 80 international film festivals and has received seven prizes. Three Women is Ms Hekmat’s second feature film made in 2007. Ms Hekmat has produced five noted films which include the award-winning feature films The Girl in the Sneakers and A Bunch of Grass, the latter a German-produced film made in the Iranian Kurdistan.

Ms Hekmat is married to the film director Jamshid Āhangarāni. Their daughter, Pegāh Āhangarāni, is a film actress.