Ali Karim (Persian: علی کریم, born 10 October 1977) is an Iranian film director, producer, actor, scriptwriter and screenwriter.

He was a theatre actor before appearing in films, such as Killing Mad Dogs (2001) by Bahram Bayzai.

[6] He then served as assistant director on various films, working especially with Dariush Mehrjui on Mum's Guest (Mehman-e Maman).

In 2008, he took part in Abbas Kiarostami's directors’ workshop during which time he made his first short, Yellow, Blue, Red.

On the back of his success Ali Karim finally directed his first feature, Pothole in 2009.