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Ramin Bahrani

Screenwriter / Film Director | * 03/20/1975 (49) | North Carolina (United States of America (USA))
Ramin Bahrani (Persian: رامین بحرانی; born March 20, 1975) is an Iranian-American director and screenwriter. Film critic Roger Ebert ranked Bahrani's Chop Shop (2007) as the sixth-best film of the 2000s, calling him "the new director of the decade". Bahrani was the recipient of the 2009 Guggenheim Fellowship. Bahrani is a professor of film directing at his alma mater, the Columbia University School of the Arts. In 2021, Bahrani was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for The White Tiger. He is a BAFTA and Emmy Award nominee. ()
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Ramin Bahrani is an American director and screenwriter. Film critic Roger Ebert listed Bahrani's film Chop Shop as the 6th best film of the decade and hailed Bahrani as "the director of the decade." Bahrani was the recipient of the prestigious 2009 Guggenheim Fellowship, and was the subject of several international retrospectives including the MoMA in New York City, Harvard University, and the La Rochelle Film Festival in France.

Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Documentaries | Thriller

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Awards & Nominations for Ramin Bahrani

Guggenheim Fellowship
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Movies with Ramin Bahrani as Actor(3)

as himself2021 Talking Heads 2021
as Self - Filmmaker2014 Life Itself
as Kaveh Dalaki2000 Strangers

Movies with Ramin Bahrani as Crew(50)

Production/Executive Producer2023 A Little Prayer
Production/Executive Producer2022 Joyland
Directing/Director2022 2nd Chance
Production/Producer2022 2nd Chance
Writing/Writer2022 2nd Chance
Directing/Director2021 The White Tiger
Editing/Editor2021 The White Tiger
Writing/Screenplay2021 The White Tiger
Production/Producer2021 7 Prisoners
Production/Producer2021 Luzzu
Directing/Director2018 Blood Kin
Production/Producer2018 Blood Kin
Writing/Writer2018 Blood Kin
Directing/Director2018 Fahrenheit 451
Production/Executive Producer2018 Fahrenheit 451
Writing/Screenplay2018 Fahrenheit 451
Production/Producer2018 Sócrates
Directing/Director2015 99 Homes
Editing/Editor2015 99 Homes
Production/Producer2015 99 Homes
Writing/Writer2015 99 Homes
Writing/Story2015 99 Homes
Directing/Director2014 Lemonade War
Directing/Director2014 Lift You Up
Production/Producer2014 Lift You Up
Writing/Writer2014 Lift You Up
Directing/Director2012 At Any Price
Writing/Screenplay2012 At Any Price
Directing/Director2009 Plastic Bag
Editing/Editor2009 Plastic Bag
Production/Producer2009 Plastic Bag
Writing/Screenplay2009 Plastic Bag
Writing/Story2009 Plastic Bag
Directing/Director2009 Goodbye Solo
Editing/Editor2009 Goodbye Solo
Production/Producer2009 Goodbye Solo
Writing/Screenplay2009 Goodbye Solo
Directing/Director2008 Chop Shop
Editing/Editor2008 Chop Shop
Writing/Writer2008 Chop Shop
Directing/Director2006 Man Push Cart
Editing/Editor2006 Man Push Cart
Production/Producer2006 Man Push Cart
Writing/Screenplay2006 Man Push Cart
Directing/Director2000 Strangers
Production/Producer2000 Strangers
Production/Casting Director2000 Strangers
Writing/Writer2000 Strangers
Directing/Director1998 Backgammon

TV Shows/Series with Ramin Bahrani as Crew(3)

Production/Executive Producer2022 The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey
Production/Executive Producer2019 Treadstone
Directing/Director2019 Treadstone

Additional Information

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Born: Thursday, 03/20 1975 (March) in North Carolina (United States of America (USA)) (current age: 49 years + 9 days)
Zodiac sign: Pisces (Chinese zodiac sign: Rabbit)
Languages: English (EN)
Educated at: Columbia University
Member of: Writers Guild of America, East
Ramin Bahrani frequently works together with these people:
Alex Camilleri (7x, Crew)
Bahareh Azimi (5x, Crew)
Michael Simmonds (5x, Crew)
Tim Kring (4x, Crew)
Antony Partos (4x, Crew)
Steve James (4x, Crew)
Ava DuVernay (3x, Crew)
Douglas Aibel (3x, Crew)
Mark Sean Haynes (3x, Crew)
M. Lo (3x, Crew)
Dennis Dembeck (3x, Crew)
WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:477995, Added: 10/02/2018, Last updated: 03/22/2024