Jalal Moghadam (‎; 30 April 1929 – 18 April 1996) was an Iranian film director, screenwriter, film critic, and actor.
He began collaborating with the Cinema Press by writing a critique of a Canadian film and writing in magazines such as "Peyk Cinema" and "Atashbar". He wrote his first screenplay, South of the City, directed by Farrokh Ghaffari. During his career, he made films like The Window, Fleeing the Trap, 3 Crazies, and Samad and Foolad Zereh, the Ogre.
Jalal Moghadam, who suffered from Alzheimer's, was taken to hospital in March 2009 in a car accident and died on April 5.