Born in 1982 in Tehran, Iran, Navid Nikkhah Azad majored in English Translation from Sheykh Bahayi University of Isfahan.
          He has translated short stories and cinematic articles for various magazines and papers for six years, during which, he was also the head of Rooz Films subtitle department, and more than one hundred films for Iranian Jam-e jam cable network had been translated and subtitled.
           In 2003, he made a short documentary called "A Story Without Story" which won "The Best Idea for a Short film" from the Iranian festival of "Films From the View of a Handy cam".
          Then he started working as an assistant editor. Aftar a number of short and feature films, he became a film editor. He has edited a number of shorts, and four feature films.
          In 2010, he started making short fiction films. He has directed four short fiction films ever since.

Filmography:
(1) The Sky Above Our Head
(2) Square One
(3)Suddenly, Zinat...
(4)Motherly

Awards:
Best Director "Square One" Trinity Film Festival
Bronze Award "Square One" JamFest Indie Film Festival
Bronze Award "Suddenly, Zinat..." Prestige Film Award
Storyteller Award "Suddenly, Zinat..." Redeptive Film Festival
Special Jury Mention "Suddenly, Zinat..." Jaipur Film Festival