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name: "Pooyan Aghababaei"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/pooyan-aghababaei"
fi1m_id: "pooyan-aghababaei"
tmdb_id: 4315305
roles: ["Cinematographer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-30T22:29:06.044294+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."
---

# Pooyan Aghababaei

## Identity

Pooyan Aghababaei

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/pooyan-aghababaei
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** pooyan-aghababaei
- **TMDB ID:** 4315305
- **Same entity:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4315305

Cinematographer.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4315305

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*The Seed of the Sacred Fig*](https://film.one/film/the-seed-of-the-sacred-fig.md) (80)

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## Biography

Pooyan Aghababaei is a cinematographer. He worked as director of photography on Mohammad Rasoulof's *The Seed of the Sacred Fig* (2024), a feature filmed in secret in Iran.

His other credits include the feature *Mysteries of the Lake* (2018) and shorts such as *Last Lullaby in Tehran* (2021), *The Feast of the Goat* (2019) and *Prehistoric* (2026).

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, metacritic.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Seed of the Sacred Fig* (2024), Fi1m 80, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/the-seed-of-the-sacred-fig.md)

## Complete filmography (11)

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

- *Somewhere Between Memories* (2026), Cinematography
- *Prehistoric* (2026), Director of Photography
- *High Copy* (2025), Director of Photography, Colorist
- *Sonata Of Good Women* (2024), Director of Photography
- *Wait Until Spring* (2024), Director of Photography
- *The Seed of the Sacred Fig* (2024), Director of Photography — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/the-seed-of-the-sacred-fig.md)
- *Fading Dream* (2024), Director of Photography, Color Grading
- *Alpha* (2023), Colorist
- *Adelaide* (2023), Camera Department Manager
- *Adjustment* (2022), Director of Photography
- *The Angel  and the Gamekeeper*, Director of Photography

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