Habib Yazdi is an Iranian-American playwright and filmmaker. He produced and directed the PBS series United States of Comedy.

A Sundance x ISF Building Bridges Fellow, Habib has participated in Gotham Week, the Warner Bros. Discovery Access Directors Program, and Mentorship Matters, where he collaborated with showrunner Matt Tarses on a comedy pilot about the 1953 American coup in Iran. His short films have screened at festivals worldwide, including St. Louis, Brisbane, Brooklyn, Vail, and Pan African, as well as venues like the Barbican Centre, the de Young Museum, and the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum.

Habib earned his MFA from NYU Tisch, where he received the Oliver Stone Screenwriting Award and the Goldberg Play Prize. His play, Ajax, premieres in spring 2026.

When not writing, Habib rides foam tops on waves, hard boots on snow, and 6/4 on drums.

say hello:
habibyazdi@gmail.com