Mohammadreza Eyni

Mohammadreza Eyni is an Oscar-nominated director and producer whose work bridges boundaries and connects diverse global perspectives. He is a Sundance Grand Jury Award winner for Cutting Through Rocks, which has also won awards at Woodstock, IDFA, Dok Leipzig, and Visions du Réel, among others. A Directors Guild of America (DGA) nominee, Mohammadreza’s cinematic approach has been praised as “uniquely propulsive,” “practically magical” (Variety), and “delivering simple moments into cinematic poetry” (Hammer to Nail).

His film received a New York Times Critic’s Pick and was released in theaters across the U.S. and worldwide. Mohammadreza is the founder of Gandom Films Production and continues to work across both fiction and nonfiction filmmaking.