Background
Khonsari was born in Montreal, Quebec, and was raised in his homeland Iran until 10.
Khonsari was born in Montreal, Quebec, and was raised in his homeland Iran until 10.
He graduated from the University of British Columbia and the Vancouver Film School.
He left for Canada after the 1979 Revolution with his family. Khonsari broke out onto the gaming scene with his work on Grand Theft Auto III and Max Payne when he joined Rockstar Games in 2000. His first short film was titled "Arcade Angels", which focused on video game burnouts who robbed a video rental store in an attempt to open an arcade.
He wrote and produced, The Contract, his first film with Billy Dee Williams.
During his 5 years at Rockstar Games Khonsari worked on Grand Theft Auto III, Vice City, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, Max Payne, Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne, Midnight Club II, Manhunt, Red Dead Revolver, Midnight Club 3: DUB Edition, The Warriors, Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories and Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories. In 2006, he left Rockstar Games and has since worked on a number of games including Alan Wake and Homefront.
He co-founded iNK Stories and produced another award winning documentary, "Pulling John", which premiered at South by Southwest. Ink studios is presently completing a graphic novel titled Bedouin and in development on a new game franchise titled 1979 The Game, based on the events surrounding the Iran Revolution.