Valiollah Khakdan (1923,
Baku,
Azerbaijan – 1996,
Tehran,
Iran) (
Persian: ولی الله خاکدان) was an Iranian
art director. He graduated from the faculty of painting at the Art School in Baku Azerbaijan and started his career as an art director with Prince's Prisoner (1998, E. Koushan). He immigrated to Iran in 1938. Due to his background in painting, he became a set designer in theatres of
Tabriz. He is known as a pioneer of set designing in
Iranian cinema. He moved to Tehran in 1946 and worked in the bigger theatres. Although he had a limited experience and background in Iranian cinema, made some decorations for historical films which are among the memorable and outstanding examples. He was one of the supervisors for building a small town for
IRIB as the location of historical films and TV series.