Rouzbeh
Heydari

Film Director

Bold, cinematic stories from Toronto. Now booking features, television and commercials.

10+
Years directing
4
Feature films
15+
Projects delivered
1
Film banned by a regime

Stories shaped by exile, resilience and memory, told in the space between truth and perception.

Born in Iran and raised in Canada, Rouzbeh Heydari has spent more than a decade directing, writing, producing and editing across features, television, documentary and global commercial campaigns.

His debut feature, Together Again, was filmed in Iran and became a box-office hit before the Iranian regime banned it. Since then: the psychological thriller Neon Lights with Kim Coates, the drama A Hundred Lies, and episodes of Eli Roth Presents: A Ghost Ruined My Life for discovery+, with collaborations spanning Warner Bros., Netflix and Prime Video along the way.

RolesDirector / Writer / Producer / Editor
LatestMy High School Sweetheart Just Died, 2026
RecognitionWBD x Canadian Academy Directors Program '24
GuildDirectors Guild of Canada, Ontario
LanguagesEnglish / Farsi

Selected work

The road

DebutTogether Again, filmed in Iran. A box-office hit, then banned.
2017Commercial and branded work: Paw Patrol, iOGO (Mowad Inc.)
2018Second unit director on Little Italy, dir. Donald Petrie
2019Creates and directs Cypher, a Telus original series
2021Neon Lights with Kim Coates. eOne, then Netflix in Canada and the U.S.
2022Eli Roth Presents: A Ghost Ruined My Life, discovery+, S2 E5 and E6
2023A Hundred Lies in theatres across Canada, now on Tubi
2024Selected for the Warner Bros. Discovery x Canadian Academy Directors Program
2026My High School Sweetheart Just Died, FCP Film Inc. In post.

Let’s make
something bold

One email starts the film

© 2026 Rouzbeh Heydari, Toronto Set photography: Alex Franklin