27 Notable alumni of University of Art
Updated: June 07, 2026 EliteDegrees
University of Art is ranked #8,159 in the world and #126 in Iran by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 27 notable alumni from University of Art sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. Many individuals affiliated with University of Art won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Aliyeh Ataei
1981-. (aged 45)
screenwriter
novelist
writer
playwright
poet
Aliyeh Ataei is an Iranian-Afghan novelist and screenplay writer who has written several books and short stories for multiple magazines such as Guernica and Michigan Quarterly Review. The main focus of her works is dedicated to the literature of immigration. She has won several literary awards, including Mehregan Adab.
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2. Fatemeh Emdadian
1955-. (aged 71)
artist
sculptor
Fatemeh Emdadian is a contemporary Iranian sculptor based in Mehrshahr, Karaj, Iran. She often creates sculptures using wood, bronze, and various casting materials.
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3. Shahriyar Jamshidi
1971-. (aged 55)
musician
Shahriyar Jamshidi is a Kurdish-Canadian kamānche player and composer. His focus is mainly on Kurdish music.
4. Isaiah Aram Minasian
1986-. (aged 40)
violinist
orchestrator
cellist
Isaiah Aram Minasian, is a British violinist, cellist and orchestrator.
5. Massoud Mehrabi
1954-2020 (aged 66)
caricaturist
writer
journalist
Massoud Mehrabi was an Iranian journalist, writer and caricaturist. He studied cinema at the Faculty of Dramatic Arts of the University of Art (1977–1982). and later passed a film production management course at the Industrial Management Institute (1983–84). Mehrabi started his professional career as a journalist in 1970, writing articles for several papers. He was the president and publisher of...
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6. Rosa Jamali
1977-. (aged 49)
translator
playwright
poet
writer
Rosa Jamali is an Iranian poet, translator, literary critic, and playwright.
7. Ahmad Jafari
1938-. (aged 88)
architect
Ahmad Jafari is an Iranian-American architect whose career began in the 1960s. He worked as an architect and art director at Walt Disney Imagineering from 1966 to 2004, collaborating with Walt Disney and several individuals later recognized as Disney Legends. In 2006, he received the NFFC Disney Legend Award.
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8. Esmael Barari
1965-. (aged 61)
film producer
teacher
film director
Esmael Barari; (born 1965), is an Iranian filmmaker, film director, screenwriter, film editor and film producer. He is director of World Iranian Film Center, a member of The Union of Iranian Cinema Producers and a member of international jury of Mostra Valencia Film Festival.
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9. Majid Beheshti
1955-. (aged 71)
television director
film director
film producer
actor
Majid Beheshti is an Iranian actor, film producer, and theater director. He has also acted in various Television series. He has garnered most of his popularity and fame from his participation in these programs.
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10. Amir Noroozi
1986-. (aged 40)
actor
Amir Norouzi is an Iranian actor and screenwriter. He is best known for his roles in I Want to Live (2021), Once Upon a Time Mars (2022–2023), and The Lost Prestige (2023). Norouzi received critical acclaim and a Crystal Simorgh for Best Actor nomination for his performance in the drama film Mom (2021).
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11. Houshang Beheshti
1923-1991 (aged 68)
television actor
stage actor
actor
film actor
Houshang Beheshti was an Iranian actor.
12. Reza Abedini
1967-. (aged 59)
calligrapher
graphic designer
designer
professor
Reza Abedini is a visual artist and graphic designer from Tehran, Iran. Between 1985 and 1990, he studied for degrees in design and the visual arts at the School of Fine Arts in Tehran and the Art University of Tehran. Subsequently, he has been working as a graphic designer since 1989. Abedini founded his studio, Reza Abedini Studio, in 1993....
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13. Houshang Golmakani
1954-. (aged 72)
writer
film director
journalist
short story writer
Houshang Golmakani is an Iranian journalist, film critic and director. He was born in Gorgan on March 23, 1954. Houshang Golmakani started his professional career in 1972 as a journalist and film critic for Tehran Economist. He graduated in cinema and television from the College of Dramatic Arts of Tehran in 1982.
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14. Soudabeh Moradian
1972-. (aged 54)
academic
film director
artist
film editor
Soudabeh Moradian is an Iranian-American independent filmmaker. A number of her movies have been in official selection of various international film festivals and many of them won awards. She has made many documentary series about Iranian rural women, and some independent documentaries about "war and madness" such as "Doomsday Machine"," Story Of The Land On Ashes","Mahin", "Voices Against Them" and...
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15. Arman Arian
1981-. (aged 45)
children's writer
novelist
writer
Arman Arian is an Iranian author, novelist and researcher, best known for his first trilogy, Persians and I (Persian: پارسیان و من: کاخ اژدها). He is the youngest winner of the annual “The Book of The Year of Iran”. In addition to many national awards, he received the honorary diploma in the 31st IBBY World Congress in Copenhagen, Denmark (2008)...
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16. Mitra Hajjar
1977-. (aged 49)
actor
film actor
Mitra Hajjar is an Iranian actress. She has received various accolades, including a Crystal Simorgh, in addition to nominations for three Hafez Award, an Iran Cinema Celebration Award and an Iran's Film Critics and Writers Association Award.
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17. Laya Zanganeh
1965-. (aged 61)
actor
Laya Zanganeh is an Iranian theater and film actress. She got her Bachelor of Arts from college of Dramatic Arts in Tehran. She became famous after playing in the Under Your Protection series at 1994–1995.
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18. Gohar Kheirandish
1954-. (aged 72)
voice actor
actor
Gohar Kheirandish is an Iranian actress and was born in Neyriz. While studying and working in Tehran, Kheirandish started working in television. Her first film, Days of Waiting, was directed by Asghar Hashemi. She then appeared in Lady, directed by Dariush Mehrjoyi.
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19. Sogol Khaligh
1988-. (aged 38)
actor
television actor
stage actor
Sogol Khaligh is an Iranian actress. She is best known for her role as a trans man in The Accomplice (2020), for which she earned a Hafez Award nomination. In 2024, Khaligh received her first Hafez Award for her performance in The Notebook (2023–2024).
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20. Homa Rousta
1946-2015 (aged 69)
actor
translator
film director
Homa Rousta was an Iranian film and stage actress. She was the widow of stage director Hamid Samandarian.
21. Hooman Khalatbari
1969-. (aged 57)
pianist
conductor
musician
Hooman Khalatbari is an Austrian- Iranian music conductor and pianist.
22. Sima Tirandaz
1970-. (aged 56)
actor
film actor
Sima Tirandaz is an Iranian actress.
23. Anahita Dargahi
1987-. (aged 39)
actor
Anahita Dargahi is an Iranian actress. She is best known for her roles in the web series Forbidden (2018–2019), I Want to Live (2021), and The North Pole (2024). Dargahi received a Hafez Award nomination for her performance in The Loser Man (2022).
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24. Tina Pakravan
1977-. (aged 49)
writer
make-up artist
film director
actor
Tina Pakravan is an Iranian film director, writer, producer, and actress.
25. Hootan Shakiba
1984-. (aged 42)
actor
television actor
voice actor
Hootan Shakiba is an Iranian actor. He is best known for his role as Habib Naghavi in Bachelors (2016–2019) which earned him a Hafez Award. Shakiba won the Crystal Simorgh for Best Actor and his second Hafez Award for portraying Abdolhamid Rigi in When the Moon Was Full (2019).
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26. Fariborz Arabnia
1964-. (aged 62)
actor
film director
Fariborz Arabnia is an Iranian actor, writer, and director.
27. Ali Hatami
1944-1996 (aged 52)
film producer
screenwriter
film director
Ali Hatami was an Iranian film director, screenwriter, art director, and costume designer. The Tehran Times dubbed him "the Hafez of Iranian cinema due to the poetic ambiance of his movies."
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