Ana Lily Amirpour

Ana Lily Amirpour (آنا لیلی امیرپور) is an American filmmaker, screenwriter and actress of Iranian descent. She is best known for her feature film debut A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night, self-described as "the first Iranian vampire spaghetti western" that made its debut at the Sundance Film Festival in 2014, and which was based on a previous short film that she wrote and directed, which won Best Short Film at the 2012 Noor Iranian Film Festival.