Ameli (born in Isfahan, Iran in 1953) is an Iranian director, producer and screenwriter. He spent a decade working as a journalist and afterwards made his directing debut with Rahai 1982. His second film Golhaye Davoudi (1985) was very popular with audiences and his film Man, taraneh, panzdah sal daram (2002) won awards for Best Director and Screenplay at the 20th Fajr Film Festival in Teheran. Most of his films are melodramas with topics from family life. His most famous films are Paisan (1987), Ghorbani (1991), Samphony-e Tehran (1993), Dokhtari ba kafsh-haye katani (1999), Dishab babat ra didam, Aida (2005), Night (Shab, 2007), Har shab tanhai (Loneliness Every Night, 2008), Zandegi ba cheshmane baste (2010).