Mansour Forouzesh is an Iranian filmmaker, photographer, and interdisciplinary artist whose work spans fiction, documentary, and visual arts. Active since 2005, he has directed numerous short films, documentaries, and experimental works, with screenings at over 70 international festivals including the Fajr and Cork International Film Festivals. His film Lost Whispers in the Distance was named one of the top 10 Iranian documentaries of 2021, and When I Killed the Cat was produced in collaboration with Mythberg Films and Bart Film.

His latest short, The Elephant’s Tango, a Mongolian-language film exploring how reality is shaped through fictional narrative—is currently in post-production. He is also developing his first feature film, JACKSTONES, with Bart Films (UK).

Mansour is a doctoral researcher at the Hungarian University of Fine Arts, where his thesis and ongoing photography project [IN]VISIBLE MEANING explore metaphor and perception in visual storytelling. His curated exhibition The Ordinary Moment was part of the 2025 Budapest Photo Festival.

He has taught master classes in Iran, Hungary, and the UK, and served as a jury member at FEST, Fajr, Malta, and Parvaz film festivals. He also translated Batman and Philosophy: The Dark Knight of the Soul into Persian, to be published by Soureh Cinema.