Reza Mirkarimi (Persian: رضا میرکریمی; born 28 January 1967; Tehran) is an Iranian screenwriter and film director. He graduated from Fine Arts University in graphic arts in Tehran. Mirkarimi has won seven Golden Simorgh awards at the Fajr International Film Festival and three of his films, So Close, So Far, A Cube of Sugar, and Today, have been presented by Iran for the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar. His cinema activities started from 1987 with a short film named For Him (16mm camera) and wi