Born in 1955 in Iran, Abolhassan Davoodi studied cinema in School of Cinema & Television and Sociology in Beheshti university. He wrote film criticism and reviews in Soroosh & Film magazines for 5 years before professionally starting his filmmaking career. He was the head of the guild of Iranian script writers (1991-1995), the Iranian Alliance of Motion Picture Guilds (Khaneh Cinema) (1999-2002), and the head of the board of directors of the Iranian independent film maker association. He was also on the board of directors of the Iranian alliance of Motion Picture Guilds.