Abteen Bagheri is a writer and director working internationally across commercial and music projects, narrative fiction, and documentary film. Abteen’s work is personal, playful and it pushes the realms of reality.
His ‘Peso’ for A$AP Rocky earned Abteen a nomination for Best New Director at the UK Music Video Awards. Following this, Abteen released ‘THAT B.E.A.T.’, a documentary short that premiered at Sundance and later was selected for competition at SXSW 2014.
Abteen went on to direct commercials for brands including Apple, Oculus, Rivian, Smirnoff, and Google, among others.
Prior to his career in directing Abteen studied English Literature at Stanford.