Zia Mohajerjasbi

Zia Mohajerjasbi is an Iranian-American filmmaker from Seattle, a city that has served as the primary focus of his work. He has directed acclaimed music videos for Macklemore, Blue Scholars, Jake One and Common Market, as well as a 2007 mockumentary short with stand-up comedian Hari Kondabolu, "Manoj." In 2009, Zia became the youngest winner ever of the "Genius Award," presented by The Stranger, a Seattle weekly. In 2015, he wrote and directed the award-winning narrative short "Hagereseb," and is also the cinematographer and director of an ongoing storytelling series, "The Charcoal Sky." In April 2022, Zia's debut feature film "Know Your Place," which he wrote and directed, premiered at the Seattle International Film Festival where it was awarded the New American Cinema Grand Jury Prize and the Golden Space Needle Award for Best Film. Zia splits his time between both Los Angeles and Seattle.