Maysam Hasanzadeh [fa:میثم حسن‌زاده], Iranian theatre and film director, was born on 9 August 1987 in Mashhad. In his teenage years, he developed an interest in cinema and attended theatre and film studies courses in ACECR. He was an assistant director of several plays and television films before he entered University of Arts and Architecture to study film directing. In 2008, he started university and at the same time, he enrolled in Karnameh School and was educated by professors such as Asghar Farhadi and Mani Haghighi. He also studied theatre under the supervision of Doctor Farhad Mohandespour and Doctor Mahdi Nasiri.
Because of his enthusiasm in Theatre of Absurd after researching Professor Kamyabi Mask’s works, he wrote a play named “What happened to Vladimir and Estragon?” He worked on the play with Doctor Siavash Tayeb Taher, and was nominated for most of the awards in the thirteenth Student’s Festival, including the Best Play, the Best Playwright and was introduced to foreign Festivals. 
The Next year “What happened to Vladimir and Estragon?” entered Fajr Festival. 
Acting in more than ten plays at university and after graduation, and performing in different festivals are part of his works. 
In those years, while studying at university, Hasanzadeh began film directing by making several documentaries and short films.