Farook Abdul Rahiman (born 5 November 1966) is an Indian filmmaker and writer.

[1] Starting his career as an Assistant Director in television films of Dooradarshan, Farook was drawn into independent film making after his debut feature film[2][3][4][5] Farook Abdul Rahiman was born in Thattamangalam, Chittur of Palakkad, to Abdul Rahiman and Ayisha He attended Seri Sahib Memorial High School at Thathamangalam, and completed his Bachelor in Commerce at Chittur Government College.

He started his professional career in Television films at the age of 18 as Assistant Director on Dooradarshan Malayalam television film "Nangema kutty"[6](1984) and then assisted Malayalam Director [2] P.N.

His directorial debut was the television film "Vyathiyanam"-Digression - Story of a young man with unusual thoughts and his life in Malayalam, broadcast by Dooradarshan Thiruvananathapuram.

[6] He directed Kaliyachan (The Master of the Play) based on P. Kunhiraman Nair's poem of the same name which won Kerala State Film Award for the Best Debutant director (2015).