Ali Asgari was born in Tehran, Iran. He is a graduated of cinema in Italy. He is an alumnus of Berlinale Talent Campus 2013. Two of his short films, More Than Two Hours (2013) and The Silence, co-directed by Farnoosh Samadi (2016), were in short film competition at Festival de Cannes. His short film The Baby premiered in competition of Venice Film Festival 2014. His short films have been screened in more than 600 film festivals around the world, including Sundance, BFI, and Melbourne, winning more than 150 international awards. Disappearance is his first feature film, developed at Cinefondation La Residence of Festival de Cannes. He is a member of the Academy of Oscar.