Mohammad Gorjestani is an Iranian-born Director, Photographer, and Multidisciplinary Artist. Working between fiction and non-fiction forms, his distinct aesthetic and point of view emerge from the intersection of the cultures & communities he was raised in.

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In 2014, he was named one of Filmmaker Magazine’s 25 New Faces of Independent Film. His films have received recognition, including the Grand Jury Prize at SXSW, The Tribeca Film Festival “X” Prize, and “Video of the Year” at the Vimeo Awards. Most notably, his film EXIT 12 won six Academy Award qualifying festivals, capped off by an acquisition by Fox Searchlight. His branded and commercial projects for brands like Beats by Dre, CashApp, and Square have earned awards at Cannes Lion, D&AD, The Clios, The One Show, and others. His work has been featured in The New York Times, DAZED, Teen Vogue, The New Yorker, and The Atlantic.

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Mohammad is the artist behind 1-800 Happy Birthday, a voicemail project & public installation honoring the Black and Brown lives killed by Police. He is also a founding member of The Adachi Project, a first-of-its-kind art & media partnership between Even/Odd and the San Francisco Public Defender’s Office.