Banafcheh Hejazi was born in Iran. She emigrated to France in 1980, living in Paris and Angers before coming to Canada and settling down in Montreal. She graduated from the University of Montreal Medical School in 1997 in family medicine. She currently teaches at McGill Medical University and practices in her own clinic as a family doctor. She studied script writing under the supervision of Elizabeth Johnston at Concordia University and David Sherman of the Association of Quebec Writers. Her studies in script writing, in combination with her real life experience as a doctor, helped her to produce, co-direct and script write for short stories such as Born in Iran and An Indian Tale. She also participated in a documentary called A Place for Me. She lives in Montreal with her husband and son.

Born in Iran
Doc for Radio Canada
Mandana and the Gypsy