About Hashem

Hashem Aliakbari is an Iranian production manager and producer who has recently become a film director. A member of the Iran Cinema Production Managers Guild, he has spent more than twenty years as a production manager in film, television and theater, on over one hundred productions, and now works between Iran and Maryland, USA.

His production management credits include the historical series Gohar Siraf, broadcast on IRIB Channel 2. In recent years he has moved into directing: he wrote and directed the short drama Burial Permit (2025), which won Best Drama Short at Film Club's Lost Weekend XIX and has screened at festivals in the United States, Europe and Asia.