Jamil Rostami

Jamil Rostami جمیل رستمی (Born 1971, Sanandaj, Iran) is an Iranian film director of Kurdish origin.

In 2002 he made his first short film titled The Trouble of Being a Boy which was screened in 24 domestic and international Festivals and was awarded several prizes.

He made his first feature length film, Requiem of Snow, as a joint Iran-Iraq project. Fariborz Lachini one of the most famous Iranian film music composers, made the music of the film. The photography of the film was done by Morteza Poursamadi, a celebrated Iranian photographer. The movie was awarded prestigious Fajr's Simorgh for the best director in Asia and Middle East. Iraq selected the movie as its entry in the competition for the Academy Award for Best Foreign film in 2006.