Mansour Forouzesh is an Iranian-born, Hungary-based filmmaker, photographer, and interdisciplinary artist working across narrative cinema, documentary, and visual arts since 2005. He has directed and produced short fiction films, feature-length documentaries, experimental works, and commercial videos. His films have been showcased at over 70 international film festivals, including Fajr International Film Festival and Cork International Film Festival.

Notable works include the observational documentary Lost Whispers in the Distance, recognized among the top 10 Iranian documentaries of 2021 by FIGAR, and the cross-cultural short film When I Killed the Cat, co-produced with Mythberg Films (Hungary) and Bart Film (UK). His latest short, The Elephant’s Tango, a Mongolian-language film exploring how reality forms within fictional narrative structures, is in its final stages of post-production. He is currently developing his feature film JACKSTONES in collaboration with Bart Films (UK).

Forouzesh has led master classes in cinematic dramaturgy and scriptwriting in Iran, Hungary, and the UK, and has served as a jury member for FEST – New Directors | New Films Festival, Malta Short Film Festival, Fajr International Film Festival, and Parvaz Film Festival. He also co-curated a selection of Iranian short films at FEST and programmed international sections at Parvaz.

Since 2010, photography has become a vital part of his artistic practice. His ongoing visual research project, [IN]VISIBLE MEANING, examines metaphorical language across photographic genres and has been exhibited in solo shows in Iran and Hungary. His curated 2025 exhibition, The Ordinary Moment, was featured in the Budapest Photo Festival. Currently, he is working on the expanded [UN]DISCOVERED series as part of his doctoral research at the Hungarian University of Fine Arts.

He has also translated Batman and Philosophy: The Dark Knight of the Soul into Persian, set for publication by Soureh Cinema Publishing House.