Walid Taher, born in 1973 in Mosul in Iraq, is a scenarist, director and actor.

From 1992-1997 he studied at the Institute of Fine Arts in Duhok, Iraq. In this period he worked as a film lecturer as well.

In the following years he has been working as an independent filmmaker, actor and director in Iraq, Turkey and the Netherlands.

THE OTHER

(2009)

PAKO

(2015)

A SMILE

(2022)

THE SHADOW OF PARADISE

(2026)