Esfandiar Ahmadieh

Esfandiar Ahmadieh (Persian: اسفندیار احمدیه; 1929–2012)^[1] was an Iranian animation film director. He is regarded as the "father of the Iranian animation".^[1] His most significant works include the films Molla Nasreddin, Satellite, Jealous Duck, Wheat Crop, and Where Are You Going Kite? He drew many of his animations with pencil.^[2]

His 90-minute film Rostam and Esfandiar (no relation to filmmaker) tells the story of the legendary hero Esfandiar, originally told if Ferdowsi's epic Shahnameh.