Alexis Kouros

Alexis Kouros (born 1961, in Kermanshah, Iran) is an Iranian-Finnish writer, documentary-maker, director, and producer.

His first book, Gondwana's Children, won the Finlandia Junior Award in 1997. His first film was the 2000 documentary, Waiting for Godot at De Gaulle, the story of Mehran Karimi Nasseri.

He also directed a documentary called Without My Daughter in response to the 1991 Hollywood movie, Not Without My Daughter. He started his production company Dream Catcher. The company began publishing Finland's first English language monthly called SixDegrees in 2003. Helsinki Times, a weekly English newspaper, was established by Dream Catcher in April 2007. Kouros went on to become the editor-in-chief for the Helsinki Times.

Kourosh is an Iranian Kurd.

Books

 * Harmattan, the Traveler and the Dream Catcher
 * Harmattan, the Traveler and the Dream Catcher

Films

 * Waiting for Godot at De Gaulle, 2000
 * Without my Daughter, 2003
 * Rubina doesn't live here anymore.., 2002
 * Chosen, 2003
 * Rooted
 * Kokonainen, 2005

TV series

 * Finnish Cinema
 * Great Finns: Lönnrot