Iranian Film Festival - San Francisco®

Gohar Kheirandish, actress and director, was born in 1954 in the city of Shiraz, state of Fars, Iran. She began her acting career in 1970 while in High School in association with a theater group in the city of Shiraz. Her first movie is named "Rooz haye Entezaar" [The days of waiting] that was screened in 1986. She earned her Acting and directing degree from the University of Tehran, "Daneshkadeh-ye- Honarhaye Zeeba" which translates to "The College of Beautiful Arts." This college and it's well known faculty and alumni are the most respected among all artists and art lovers in Iran as well as around the world. Her first nationally successful movie is called "Baanoo" [The Lady].  After Baanoo, her artistic career began souring to the heights seldom reached by well loved actors and it vividly set her apart from commercial only actors in the society. As of July 2009, she has starred in 41 popular movies and many popular Television Series.