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 started 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 Gondwana's Children Harmattan, the Traveler and the Dream Catcher Films Waiting for Godot at De Gaulle Without my Daughter Rubina doesn't live here anymore.. Chosen Rooted Kokonainen TV series Finnish Cinema Great Finns: Lönnrot References External links Dream Catcher SixDegrees Magazine Helsinki Times Finnish writers Finnish film directors Iranian emigrants to Finland Iranian writers Iranian film directors People from Kermanshah 1961 births Living people Finlandia Junior Prize winners Finnish people of Kurdish descent Iranian Kurdish people