Kiarash Ardeshirpour
 born in 1992, is an Iranian filmmaker based in Tehran. After leaving a software engineering program to pursue acting, he transitioned into cinema, gradually discovering his voice through screenwriting and directing. He later earned a BA in Film Editing from Tehran University of Applied Science and Technology in 2023. He wrote Hamster, a France-Iran co-production directed by Fatima Nofely, which premiered at the Brussels International Film Festival 2024. Besieged, his debut short film as a director, unfolds in Tehran.