Navid Khonsari

In 2006, he left Rockstar Games and has since worked on a number of games including Alan Wake and Homefront. He met his wife, Vassiliki, while directing the award-winning documentary Pindemonium. He co-founded iNK Stories and produced another documentary, "Pulling John", which premiered at South by Southwest. iNK Stories is presently completing a graphic novel titled Bedouin, and in 2016 launched 1979 Revolution: Black Friday.

Khonsari broke onto the gaming scene with his work on Grand Theft Auto III and Max Payne when he joined Rockstar Games in 2000. His first short film was titled Arcade Angels, which focused on video game burnouts who robbed a video rental store in an attempt to open an arcade. He wrote and produced The Contract, his first film with Billy Dee Williams.

Khonsari was born in Montreal, Quebec, and was raised in his homeland Iran until 10. He left for Canada after the 1979 Revolution with his family. He graduated from the University of British Columbia and the Vancouver Film School.

Navid Khonsari (Persian: نوید خونساری ‎) (born 1970) is an Iranian–Canadian video game, virtual/mixed reality, film and graphic novel creator, writer, director and producer.