Jamil Rostami (born 1971 in Sanandaj, Kurdistan province, Iran) is a Kurdish film director.
In 2002 he made his first short film titled The Trouble of Being a Boy in Kurdish, which was screened in 24 domestic and international Festivals and was awarded several prizes.
The photography of the film was done by Morteza Poursamadi, a celebrated Iranian photographer.
The movie was awarded prestigious Crystal Simorgh for the best director in Asia and Middle East Films section of the International Fajr Film Festival.
A joint production of Iran and Iraq, Requiem of Snow was the first film to represent Iraq in the Best Foreign Language Film category at the Oscars.