Ramin Hosseinpour (born March 20, 1987, in Tehran, Iran) is an
Iranian film director, Architect And Composer as well as screenwriter, film producer , conceptual artist and rock vocalist
Widely recognized as a film director Hosseinpour pioneered the blending of cinema with architecture, and rock music into a distinctive artistic form.
Since 2014, Hosseinpour has been professionally active in the international film and media landscape, presenting works that merge visual storytelling with spatial design and sonic experimentation. His most acclaimed work is the short film Sculpture (2022), a conceptual video-art documentary that has earned over 69 international awards — including honors from Flickers’ Rhode Island International Film Festival (Academy Award®, BAFTA, and Canadian Screen Award qualifying),Nominee for Best Director & Best Documentary – Toronto International Nollywood Film Festival (TINFF) – A Canadian Screen Award-Qualifying Festival and a Telefilm Canada Qualifying Festival. Winner of the 2025 Jury Award for Best Short Documentary, New York International Film Awards (NYIFA®), Crown Point International Film Festival (Chicago), Accolade Global Film Competition, The IndieFEST Film Awards, Vegas Movie Awards, Global Shorts (Los Angeles), and others.
Before Sculpture, he directed two experimental short films: Ghanimat (2014) and Eshtiagh (2017), which established his signature interdisciplinary style.
Hosseinpour holds a Ph.D. in Architecture and Bachelor’s degrees in Film Directing and Music. He has worked for nearly two decades as an architect, conceptual artist, and university professor, and over a decade in the film industry — with a consistent focus on blending cinema with architecture and rock music.
He founded RH Design Studio in Tehran in 2005. Since then, Amin Hosseinpour has collaborated as the studio’s senior architectural supervisor and chief engineer.