Ramin Hosseinpour

Ramin Hosseinpour (born March 20, 1987, in Tehran, Iran) is an Iranian film director, architect, and composer known for blending cinema with architecture and rock music. He holds a Ph.D. in Architecture and a B.A. in Film Directing and Music. In addition to his directorial work, Hosseinpour is also a screenwriter, film producer, and university lecturer, extending his multidisciplinary practice across both artistic and academic fields.

Hosseinpour maintains an active presence as an architect, conceptual artist, composer, and rock vocalist, recognized for works that integrate visual storytelling with spatial design and experimental sound.

Since 2014, he has been a pioneering innovator in the intersection of cinema, architecture, and rock music on the international film and art scene, presenting projects that merge visual narrative, spatial composition, and sonic experimentation. His signature project is the award-winning short film Sculpture (2022), a conceptual video-art documentary exploring the relationship between form, space, and sound.

Sculpture (2022) has received over 69 international awards and honors, including:

• Third Place (Semi-Finalist) for Best Short Documentary - Flickers’ Rhode Island International Film Festival (Academy Award®, BAFTA, and Canadian Screen Award-qualifying event).
• Nominee for Best Director & Best Documentary - Toronto International Nollywood Film Festival (TINFF), a Canadian Screen Award-qualifying and Telefilm Canada-qualifying festival; Winner of the 2025 Jury Award for Best Short Documentary.
• Best Short Documentary, Official Selection - Festival Internazionale del Cinema di Salerno (Italy, 2024).
• Best Director & Best Screenplay - New York International Film Awards (NYIFA®).
• Best Director - Crown Point International Film Festival (Chicago, 2024).
• Award of Merit: Direction, Documentary Short, Script/Writer - Accolade Global Film Competition (US, 2025).
• Award of Merit: Direction, Documentary Short, Script/Writer - The Impact DOCS Awards (US, 2025).
• Award of Merit: Direction - The IndieFEST Film Awards (US, 2025).
• Winner - Vegas Movie Awards.
• Winner - Global Shorts (Los Angeles).
• Winner - Best Film Awards (US).
• Winner - Gold Star Movie Awards (US).
• Winner - LA Sun Film Fest.
• Winner - International Short Film Awards (US).
• Winner - One-Reeler Short Film Competition (US).
• Winner - Global Music Awards (GMA).
• Winner - Accolade Global Film Competition (US).
• Winner - The IndieFEST Film Awards (US).
• Winner - Berlin International Art Film Festival.

He has also received several other international honors.

Before Sculpture (2022), Hosseinpour directed two experimental short films: "Ghanimat" (2014) and "Eshtiagh" (2017), which laid the foundation for his distinctive approach to audiovisual and spatial poetics.

Ramin Hosseinpour continues to develop avant-garde, boundary-pushing projects across disciplines, exploring new ways in which cinematic language interacts with architecture and rock music. He is currently developing The Pretender, a short animated documentary about Attar during the Mongol invasions of the 13th century.