Her debut documentary Ninnoc won 7 international prizes, among others at film festivals like Berlinale and International Documentary Film Festival (IDFA). Her second film, and first feature film, All you see was the opening film of the IDFA and won the award for 'best feature documentary' by the Dutch Directors Guild. She comes up with, writes and directs stories for children, youth and adults. She is specialized in youth. She wrote the sex education book ‘Dokter Corrie geeft antwoord’ that sold out and from which the second edition will appear soon. Niki is born in Tehran, Iran. Ze studied photography at the New School University in New York, did an orientation year at the art academy ‘Rietveld academie’ and got her masters at the University of Amsterdam (UvA) specializing in ‘Youth & media’ and ‘Perception’.