Mahtab Mansour, born in Iran, studied cinema at the Sorbonne. After obtaining her Master’s degree, she returned to Iran and taught film criticism and semiotics at the University of Tehran.

As director of the Institute of Research of Cinematography from 1995-1999, she organized, in collaboration with UNESCO in Paris, the first international seminar on the presence of women in contemporary cinema. She organized the documentary film festival in Isfahan for 3 years, participated in the production of 32 documentaries and short films for Iranian television and wrote scripts.

Mahtab has been producing and directing films for more than 25 years. She focuses on documentaries exploring social situations and unusual conditions in the lives of women.

Currently, Mahtab resides and works in Paris. She is the co-founder of Anarfilm Production since 2016.