Kaveh Mazaheri

Kaveh Mazaheri was born on Sep 14, 1981 in Iran. Kaveh Mazaheri's big-screen debut came with Tweezers directed by Kaveh Mazaheri in 2005.

Born in 1981 in Tehran, Iran. He has started filmmaking on self-taught in 2005. He has made five short fiction films and more than twenty documentaries. One of his films named "Retouch" which became very successful in Iranian cinema history has won more than 80 international awards and it was qualified at three Academy Awards qualifying film festivals such as Tribeca, Krakow and Palm Springs in 2017. That's why many of his prizes are being kept and showcased at the special "Retouch" booth at Iranian Cinema Museum. "Botox" is his first feature fiction, which won the Best Film and Best Screenplay at the Torino Film Festival in 2020. The film also won the Best First Film Award in its national premiere at the Fajr International Film Festival (Iran's largest film festival).