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name: "Mahyar Abousaeedi"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/mahyar-abousaeedi"
fi1m_id: "mahyar-abousaeedi"
tmdb_id: 1742719
roles: ["Cinematographer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 84
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-03T00:29:27.748259+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Mahyar Abousaeedi

## Identity

Mahyar Abousaeedi

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/mahyar-abousaeedi
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** mahyar-abousaeedi
- **TMDB ID:** 1742719
- **Same entity:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1742719

Cinematographer. Born in Colorado.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Active:** 2009–present
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 88 (1), 2010s 80 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1742719

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Incredibles 2*](https://film.one/film/incredibles-2.md) (80)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Mahyar Abousaeedi is a layout artist and director of photography at Pixar Animation Studios. He began his career there after completing an MFA in animation at the University of Southern California's John C. Hench Division of Animation & Digital Arts in 2004.

Abousaeedi worked as a layout artist on films including *Ratatouille* (2007), *Up* (2009) and *Toy Story 3* (2010), later serving as layout lead on *Cars 2* (2011). He advanced to director of photography (camera and staging) on *The Good Dinosaur* (2015), *Incredibles 2* (2018) and *Turning Red* (2022).

*Sources: pixar.fandom.com, cinema.usc.edu, en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Incredibles 2* (2018), Fi1m 80, Director of Photography, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/film/incredibles-2.md)
- *Up* (2009), Fi1m 88, Layout — [page](https://film.one/film/up.md)

## Complete filmography (6)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Pete* (2022), Cinematography
- *Turning Red* (2022), Director of Photography
- *A Hole* (2019), Cinematography
- *Incredibles 2* (2018), Director of Photography — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/incredibles-2.md)
- *The Good Dinosaur* (2015), Director of Photography
- *Up* (2009), as Layout — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/up.md)

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