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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1975-03-20 (50 years old)

Place of Birth

North Carolina, USA

Ramin Bahrani

Biography:

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.

Known For

Acting

2021

2014

Life Itself as Self - Filmmaker

2000

Strangers as Kaveh Dalaki

1953

The Oscars as Self

Production

2024

The End as Executive Producer

2023

A Little Prayer as Executive Producer

2022

Joyland as Executive Producer
2nd Chance as Producer
The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey as Executive Producer

2021

7 Prisoners as Producer
Luzzu as Producer

2019

Treadstone as Executive Producer

2018

Blood Kin as Producer
Fahrenheit 451 as Executive Producer
Sócrates as Producer

2015

99 Homes as Producer

2014

Lemonade War as Producer
Lift You Up as Producer

2012

At Any Price as Producer

2009

Goodbye Solo as Producer
Plastic Bag as Producer

2006

Man Push Cart as Producer

2000

Strangers as Casting Director
Strangers as Producer

Writing

2022

2nd Chance as Writer

2021

The White Tiger as Screenplay

2018

Blood Kin as Writer
Fahrenheit 451 as Screenplay

2015

99 Homes as Writer
99 Homes as Story

2014

Lemonade War as Writer
Lift You Up as Writer

2012

At Any Price as Screenplay

2009

Goodbye Solo as Screenplay
Plastic Bag as Screenplay
Plastic Bag as Story

2008

Chop Shop as Writer

2006

Man Push Cart as Screenplay

2000

Strangers as Writer

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Amnesty as Screenplay

Editing

2021

The White Tiger as Editor

2015

99 Homes as Editor

2009

Goodbye Solo as Editor
Plastic Bag as Editor

2008

Chop Shop as Editor

2006

Man Push Cart as Editor

Directing

2023

2022

2nd Chance as Director

2021

The White Tiger as Director

2019

Treadstone as Director

2018

Fahrenheit 451 as Director
Blood Kin as Director

2015

99 Homes as Director

2014

Lemonade War as Director
Lift You Up as Director

2012

At Any Price as Director

2010

Future States as Director

2009

Goodbye Solo as Director
Plastic Bag as Director

2008

Chop Shop as Director

2006

Man Push Cart as Director

2005

Dogs as Director

2000

Strangers as Director

1998

Backgammon as Director

-

Amnesty as Director