An award winning filmmaker at the exceptionally early age of 20, Iranian-born film director Sohrab Mirmontazeri was named the “Filmmaker to Watch” by Digital Filmmaker Magazine UK after his film “The Beautiful Wind” garnered the prestigious Audience Choice Award in 2005, at the New York International Film Festival.

Mirmontazeri has truly immersed himself in independent filmmaking, with over fourteen narrative directing titles, including his feature Blue Door, and the upcoming Sci-Fi/Thriller “Mars.” “The Freemason” is his first collaboration with Joseph James Films LLC and both are thrilled to highlight the benefits of filmmaking in Utah.

Mirmotazeri is the nephew of acclaimed filmmaker and Palm D'or Winner Abbas Kiarostami, whom many credit as the catalyst inspiring Sohrab’s early filmmaking pursuits. As chief executive at MirMont Pictures, Sohrab has tirelessly produced narrative and documentary film projects for CBS, Sundance Channel, HBO, MTV, NYU Abu Dhabi, Emirates University, among countless others.
Mirmotazeri’s films have reached audiences worldwide and won him numerous international awards. He is a recipient of the Utah Film Critic Association's Critic's Choice Award and CEO of the Utah Film Company.