Hassan Yektapanah

{{short description|Iranian filmmaker}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Hassan Yektapanah

| image = Jektapanah Hasan, Wwa, fot Ivonna Nowicka.jpg

| caption = Hassan Yektapanah in Warsaw in 2004.

| native_name = حسن یکتاپناه

| native_name_lang = Fa

| birthname =

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1963|05|26}}[http://www.sourehcinema.com/People/People.aspx?Id=138112210177] Hassan Yetapanah on Sooreh Website

| birth_place = Tehran, Iran

| occupation = Film director, screenwriter

| years_active = 1984-

| known_for = Jom'e

| nationality = Iranian

| education =

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| awards = Caméra d'Or (2000)

}}

Hassan Yektapanah (born 1963, in Tehran) is an Iranian (Persian) filmmaker and screenwriter.{{cite book|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xhzzDwAAQBAJ&dq=%22Story+Undone%22+2004&pg=PA517|pages=516–517|chapter=Yektapanah, Hassan|title=Historical Dictionary of Middle Eastern Cinema|author=Terri Ginsberg, Chris Lippard|year=2020|isbn=9781538139059|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield}}

He started his career as an assistant director, first with Jafar Panahi on "The Mirror" (1997) and then on Abbas Kiarostami's film "Taste of Cherry" (1997).

The first film he directed was Jom'e, winning the Caméra d'Or for the best first-time entry at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival.{{cite web |url=http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/5148/year/2000.html |title=Festival de Cannes: Djomeh |accessdate=2009-10-14|work=festival-cannes.com}}