--- name: "Mohammad Rasoulof" canonical: "https://film.one/person/mohammad-rasoulof" fi1m_id: "mohammad-rasoulof" imdb_id: "nm1488024" tmdb_id: 935123 wikidata_id: "Q981853" roles: ["Producer","Director"] born: "16 November 1972" reviewed_on_fi1m: 1 average_as: "producer" average_over: 0 updated: "2026-09-30T22:28:44.545092+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." --- # Mohammad Rasoulof ## Identity Mohammad Rasoulof - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/mohammad-rasoulof - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** mohammad-rasoulof - **IMDb ID:** nm1488024 - **TMDB ID:** 935123 - **Wikidata ID:** Q981853 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohammad_Rasoulof, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q981853, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1488024/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/935123 Producer and director. Born 16 November 1972 in Shiraz, Iran. ## Details - **Work:** Producer, Director - **Born:** 16 November 1972, Shiraz, Iran - **Also known as:** محمد رسول اف - **Berlin International Film Festival:** 1 Berlin prize (1 won) - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohammad_Rasoulof, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q981853, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1488024/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/935123 ## Streaming the US now - **Disney+:** [*The Seed of the Sacred Fig*](https://film.one/film/the-seed-of-the-sacred-fig.md) (80) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography Mohammad Rasoulof is an Iranian film director, screenwriter and producer. Born in Shiraz in 1972, he studied sociology at Shiraz University and film editing at Soore University in Tehran. He is known for independent features including *A Man of Integrity* (2017) and *There Is No Evil* (2020), the latter of which won the Golden Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival. His films have repeatedly led to conflict with Iranian authorities, including arrests, passport confiscation and bans on leaving the country. Rasoulof wrote, directed and produced *The Seed of the Sacred Fig* (2024), which premiered in competition at Cannes. In May 2024 he was sentenced to eight years in prison, flogging and a fine; he subsequently fled Iran and now lives in exile in Germany. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, theguardian.com, deadline.com.* ## On Fi1m (1) - *The Seed of the Sacred Fig* (2024), Fi1m 80, Producer, Writer, Director — [page](https://film.one/film/the-seed-of-the-sacred-fig.md) ## Complete filmography (16) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Sense of Water* (2026), Director, Writer - *Seven Days* (2025), Writer - *The Seed of the Sacred Fig* (2024), Director, Producer, Writer — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/the-seed-of-the-sacred-fig.md) - *Intentional Crime* (2022), Director, Writer, Producer - *There Is No Evil* (2020), Director, Producer, Writer - *Son-Mother* (2020), Screenplay, Producer - *The Red Hatchback* (2019), Producer, Writer - *A Man of Integrity* (2017), Director, Producer, Screenplay - *Manuscripts Don't Burn* (2014), Director, Screenplay, Producer - *Goodbye* (2011), Director, Producer, Screenplay - *Gesher* (2010), Producer - *The White Meadows* (2009), Director, Screenplay, Producer - *Head Wind* (2008), Director, Producer, Editor, Screenplay - *Iron Island* (2005), Director, Screenplay, Producer, Production Design - *The Twilight* (2002), Director, Screenplay, Producer - *Grey Matter*, Director ## Gallery - ![Mohammad Rasoulof is an Iranian independent filmmaker (2014)](https://film.one/media/person/4129281/gallery-2055735ba250.jpg) Mohammad Rasoulof is an Iranian independent filmmaker (2014) — Pediakar, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Mohammad_RASOULOF_03.jpg/1280px-Mohammad_RASOULOF_03.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Mohammad Rasoulof is an Iranian independent filmmaker (2020)](https://film.one/media/person/4129281/gallery-2f1d33057975.jpg) Mohammad Rasoulof is an Iranian independent filmmaker (2020) — Pediakar, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Mohammad_RASOULOF_01.jpg/1280px-Mohammad_RASOULOF_01.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Mohammad Rasoulof, Director, screenwriter, at 82nd Venice International Film Festival in Venice, Italy. (2025)](https://film.one/media/person/4129281/gallery-0ad3ace0e03a.jpg) Mohammad Rasoulof, Director, screenwriter, at 82nd Venice International Film Festival in Venice, Italy. (2025) — LucaFazPhoto, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Mohammad_Rasoulof_at_82nd_Venice_International_Film_Festival_%282_of_2%29.jpg/1280px-Mohammad_Rasoulof_at_82nd_Venice_International_Film_Festival_%282_of_2%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Mohammad Rasoulof](https://film.one/media/person/4129281/gallery-134e7056b198.jpg) Mohammad Rasoulof — Kevin Payravi, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Mohammad_Rasoulof_at_2024_Cannes_Film_Festival_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-Mohammad_Rasoulof_at_2024_Cannes_Film_Festival_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Mohammad Rasoulof](https://film.one/media/person/4129281/gallery-78781210e377.jpg) Mohammad Rasoulof — Image via TMDB - ![Mohammad Rasoulof, Director of The Seed of the Sacred Fig, at 2024 Cannes Film Festival closing ceremony](https://film.one/media/person/4129281/gallery-74dafbb44e1a.jpg) Mohammad Rasoulof, Director of The Seed of the Sacred Fig, at 2024 Cannes Film Festival closing ceremony — Ariela Ortiz-Barrantes, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Mohammad_Rasoulof_at_2024_Cannes_Film_Festival_%28The_Seed_of_the_Sacred_Fig_director%29.jpg/1280px-Mohammad_Rasoulof_at_2024_Cannes_Film_Festival_%28The_Seed_of_the_Sacred_Fig_director%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Mohammad Rasoulof, Director of The Seed of the Sacred Fig, at 2024 Cannes Film Festival closing ceremony](https://film.one/media/person/4129281/gallery-2ca3b867f96e.jpg) Mohammad Rasoulof, Director of The Seed of the Sacred Fig, at 2024 Cannes Film Festival closing ceremony — Ariela Ortiz-Barrantes, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Mohammad_Rasoulof_at_2024_Cannes_Film_Festival_%28The_Seed_of_the_Sacred_Fig_director%292.jpg/1280px-Mohammad_Rasoulof_at_2024_Cannes_Film_Festival_%28The_Seed_of_the_Sacred_Fig_director%292.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) ## Awards ### Berlin International Film Festival — 1 won - 2025: Berliner Bär (won) ### Other awards — 2 won, 2 nominated - Lumière Award for Best International Co-Production 2025: Lumière Award for Best International Co-Production (won), for *The Seed of the Sacred Fig* - Time 100 2025: Time 100 (won) - European Film Award for Best Director 2024: European Film Award for Best Director (nominated), for *The Seed of the Sacred Fig* - European Film Award for Best Screenwriter 2024: European Film Award for Best Screenwriter (nominated), for *The Seed of the Sacred Fig* *From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.* --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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