Bahman Ghobadi
Directing
Bahman Ghobadi was born in 1969 in Baneh, in the province of Iranian Kurdistan, near the Iran-Iraq border. Shortly after graduating from the National Audiovisual School, he made his first short, immediately acclaimed by the local critics. One of these short films, "Life in Fog" (1999) is even considered as the most famous short ever made in Iran. This success allowed Bahman Ghobadi to make several feature films, the best known being his first, "A Time for Drunken Horses" (2000), the first Kurd film in the history of Iran. This film and all the the others made by Ghobadi were hits in the festival circuit, garnered dozens of awards but were little seen or not seen at all in his native country. His last movie to date, filmed without official permit, rapidly and feverishly, "No One Knows About Persian Cats" (2009) is a remarkable semi-documentary about underground indie music in Tehran.
Known for
Directing13
movieThe Four Walls
2021
Director
movieWords with Gods
2014
Director
movieRhino Season
2012
Director
movieHalf Moon Arabic
2006
Director
movieTurtles Can Fly
2004
Director
movieDaf
2003
Director
movieMarooned in Iraq
2002
Director
movieThe Wind Will Carry Us
1999
Assistant Director
movieLife in Fog
1999
Director
Production12
movieThe Four Walls
2021
Producer
movieLife on the Border
2015
Producer
movieMardan
2014
Producer
movieRhino Season
2012
Producer
movieAbout 111 Girls
2012
Producer
movieAll My Mothers
2009
Consulting Producer
movieHalf Moon Arabic
2006
Producer
movieTurtles Can Fly
2004
Producer
movieMarooned in Iraq
2002
Producer
Writing11
movieThe Four Walls
2021
Writer
movieA Flag Without a Country
2015
Screenplay
movieWords with Gods
2014
Screenplay
movieRhino Season
2012
Writer, Screenplay
movieNo One Knows About Persian Cats
2009
Screenplay
movieHalf Moon Arabic
2006
Screenplay
movieTurtles Can Fly
2004
Screenplay
movieDaf
2003
Screenplay
movieMarooned in Iraq
2002
Screenplay
movieA Time for Drunken Horses
2000
Screenplay
movieLife in Fog
1999
Writer
Art5
movieRhino Season
2012
Production Design
movieNo One Knows About Persian Cats
2009
Production Design
movieHalf Moon Arabic
2006
Art Direction
movieTurtles Can Fly
2004
Production Design
movieA Time for Drunken Horses
2000
Art Direction
Acting4
Editing2
Sound2
movieThe Four Walls
2021
Original Music Composer