Habib Yazdi is an Iranian-American director and writer molded by his upbringing in rural Texas, where his family's Persian traditions collided with a Southern Baptist community. At first it made him cry. Eventually, he laughed. Now Habib has a series on PBS called, United States of Comedy.

Habib is a Sundance x ISF Building Bridges Fellow and recent participant of Gotham Week, the Warner Bros. Discovery Access Directors Program and Mentorship Matters, where he worked with showrunner Matt Tarses on a comedy 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. He prefers foam tops on waves, hard boots on snow, and 6/4 on drums.

say hello:
habibyazdi@gmail.com