Sohrab Shaheed Salles or Sohrab Shahid-Saless (Persian: سهراب شهید ثالث; June 28, 1944 in Tehran, Iran – July 2, 1998 in Chicago, Illinois, U.S.) was an Iranian film director and screenwriter and one of the most celebrated figures in Iranian cinema in the 20th century.

After the revolution aftermaths in Iran and with restrictions faced by film makers and the difficulties of acquiring raw 35 mm film rolls, he made his first feature, the milestone film A Simple Event (1973), he describes the everyday life of a ten-year-old boy living in a small town with an ill mother and a father struggling to make a living smuggling fish.

In 1976 on moving to Germany Sohrab released Diary of a Lover (1976), Time of Maturity (1976), and Utopia (1983).

In the course of his oeuvre, he viewed the role of cinema as "to make conscious of indignity and inhumanity of life".

[2] Short Features & TV movies Sohrab Shaheed Salles won 12 professional film awards and 3 nominations during his career.