"He has been called a "gifted filmmaker," (The Wall Street Journal), "frankly brave," (NPR)"provocative" (San Francisco Chronicle)  and as carrying out "an attack on Islam" by Ayatollah Khamenei's regime in Iran

On 18 November 2017, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and the Sanctuary for Independent Media said, "For the past decade he has made fearless, multiple award winning films about faith, identity, religious extremism and social justice.