Mahmoud Kalari (Persian: محمود کلاری; born in Tehran) is an Iranian cinematographer, screenwriter, film director, and photographer who has worked with number of renowned Iranian directors such as Abbas Kiarostami, Jafar Panahi, Asghar Farhadi, and Mohsen Makhmalbaf.

[citation needed] After completing photography courses in the United States, he held his first photo exhibition titled "Visit with People Around Us" at Tehran University in 1976.

Kalari moved back to Iran and from 1982 to 1984 worked as the supervisor of the Tehran National TV Photography Unit.

He has shot more than 65 films since then, including some of the most critically acclaimed and talked about movies in Iran and internationally.

In 2005 he won the best cinematography award for Bab'Aziz (2005), directed by Tunisian-French director Nacer Khemir, from the Tatarstan International Muslim Film Festival.