was born in Iran in 1978. He graduated from Tehran University of Art in 2002, and received his BA in cinematography. After graduation, he started working as the cinematographer and editor of documentary and fiction films. Since 2003 he has worked with various channels in Iran making television documentaries. Since 2010, Mehdi Ganji has done extensive research on One Man Filmmaking and has held a few training workshops to teach this type of filmmaking to young filmmakers and the Iranian children.

The White Path, 2000; You Moon Light, 2002; Tehran Diary: The Midwife, Qum Diary: The Cleric, 2008; Living at the gallows, 2011; All My Identity Papers, 2012; My Mother: Manizhe Is a Miner, 2012; I Want to Be a King, 2014.