MIRZA featured in controversial new film to be screened in Cannes Film Festival: http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/readResonnances/56403.html Born in 1971 in Tehran, Babak Mirzakhani is a self-taught guitarist who first picked up the guitar in 1990. In 1996 started his university studies in Theater in which he performed as an actor, wrote music for student plays, directed two plays,and graduated with a B.A in 2000. After graduation he has acted as assistant director in several movies, and from 2002 has focused his efforts and music compositions on a theater troupe created by his collegue Jalal Tehrani. As of 2006 he has written scores for 7 plays and 3 movies, and was nominated for best soundtrack for the play "Hey Big Man Don't Cry" from the Fajr Art Festival. He is also a guitar tutor and currently teaches Blues Guitar at the Tehran Conservatory of Music. He recorded the album "Beyond the Seas" as a demo but was not able to publish it.