Yousefinejad slipped into a coma after the stroke but soon passed away.
He worked as a film critique for many years. Then Yousefinejad became a cinematographer and director.
His career as a filmmaker resulted in movies āEvā (Turkish word for The Home) and āThe Dollā.
The Home won the Crystal Simorgh for the best movie in the art and experience section of the Fajr Film Festival.
But The Doll was disqualified from contesting the festival.
His debut was however āYou canāt hear the rain of dreamsā (2003) in which Iranian actress Yekta Nasser starred.