Habib Yazdi is an Iranian-American director and comedic writer molded by his upbringing in rural Texas, where his family's Persian traditions collided with a Southern Baptist community. Now he is finalizing a PBS docuseries on comedians across the United States.

Habib is a Sundance Building Bridges Fellow and recent participant of Gotham Week, the Warner Bros. Discovery Access Directors Program and Mentorship Matters, where he worked with show-runner Matt Tarses on a pilot about the 1953 American coup in Iran.

Habib earned his MFA from NYU Tisch, where he received the Oliver Stone Screenwriting Award and Goldberg Play Prize. The play, Ajax, was part of the BIPOC Playwright's Festival and is also about the 1953 coup. It's become something of an obsession...

Habib prefers rhythms in 6/4.

say hello:
habibyazdi@gmail.com