Born in 1959 in Tehran, Hassan Fathi was the director of many popular TV series such as Horses Never Die, Mulla Sadra, The Tenth Night and Brighter than Darkness. Fathi went through a different experience in his debut feature, Marriage Iranian Style which was a successful romantic comedy. After his successful TV series, Zero Degree Turn, Fathi made his second feature film, The Postman Does not Ring the Doorbell Three Times in 2009.