Amir Ghavidel (Persian: امیر قویدل) (22 March 1947 – 8 November 2009) was an Iranian writer and filmmaker.

[3] Ghavidel started as a screenwriter and an assistant director to Samuel Khachikian for Death in the Rain (مرگ در باران) in 1975.

[2][3] He continued to write Agitation (اضطراب) and The South's Shark (کوسه ی جنوب) and acted as assistant director to Samuel Khachikian for these films in the next three years.

[2] He made his first work, Rain of Blood (خونبارش) as a documentary feature film produced by Rasul Sadrameli in 1980, one year after the revolution.

[7][8] Ghavidel passed away as a result of complications due to liver failure on 8 November 2009 in Tehran.