A lifelong lover of images and story, Kasra Farahani was born in Iran and raised in Los Angeles after his family fled the Islamic Revolution in 1979. A visual artist and builder from the start, he studied industrial design and worked across disciplines before finding his way to filmmaking.

After nearly a decade as a respected concept artist, art director, and production designer on studio features, Kasra made his writing/directing debut with the short film Noon (2013), which was optioned within 24 hours of release by 20th Century Fox. His second short, Concerning the Bodyguard, premiered at the Toronto Film Festival in 2015 and was later selected for MoMA's New Directors/New Films in 2016.

In 2015, Kasra directed his first feature, The Good Neighbor, starring James Caan. It premiered at SXSW in 2016 and was acquired by Vertical Entertainment. His second feature, TILT (2017), premiered at Tribeca and was subsequently distributed by The Orchard.

In 2020, Kasra production designed Season 1 of Marvel's Loki for Disney+, earning an Emmy nomination and an Art Directors Guild Award win. He returned for Season 2 in 2022, also serving as a writer and directing episode 203. He has since received multiple nominations and wins for his Production Design on Marvel's Fantastic Four: First Steps.

Kasra is also a multi-Clio Award-winning commercial director, collaborating with clients including Samsung, Marvel, Amazon Games, Zillow, ZipRecruiter, and Little Caesars. Across campaigns, he's known for ambitious, design-forward filmmaking — ads built with cinematic scope, bold visual storytelling, and richly crafted worlds.

Having learned in the art departments of filmmakers like Steven Spielberg, Michael Mann, Tim Burton, James Cameron, and David Fincher, Kasra aims to tell stories that fuse expansive visual worlds with the emotional force of deeply realized characters.