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.
Directed 19
2020s
- 2023
If Dreams Were Lightning
Director
- 2022
- 2021
2010s
- 2019
- 2018
Blood Kin
Director
- 2015
- 2014
Lift You Up
Director
- 2013
Sigur Rós: Valtari Film Experiment
Director
- 2012
2000s
- 2009
Plastic Bag
Director
Goodbye Solo
Director
- 2008
Chop Shop
Director
- 2006
Man Push Cart
Director
- 2000
Strangers
Director
1990s
- 1998
Backgammon
Director
No release date
Amnesty
Director
Last Meals
Director
Produced 22
2020s
- 2026
Zejtune
Producer
- 2025
Extremist
Executive Producer
A Little Prayer
Executive Producer
- 2024
- 2023
If Dreams Were Lightning
Producer
- 2022
- 2021
Luzzu
Producer
2010s
- 2019
- 2018
Blood Kin
Producer
- 2015
- 2014
Lift You Up
Producer
- 2012
2000s
- 2009
Plastic Bag
Producer
Goodbye Solo
Producer
- 2006
Man Push Cart
Producer
- 2002
11’09”01—September 11: India
Extras Casting
- 2000
Strangers
Casting Director, Producer
Wrote 13
2020s
- 2022
- 2021
2010s
- 2018
Blood Kin
Writer
- 2015
- 2014
Lift You Up
Writer
- 2012
2000s
- 2009
Plastic Bag
Story, Screenplay
Goodbye Solo
Screenplay
- 2008
Chop Shop
Writer
- 2006
Man Push Cart
Screenplay
- 2000
Strangers
Writer
No release date
Amnesty
Screenplay
Edited 6
2020s
- 2021
2010s
- 2015
2000s
- 2009
Plastic Bag
Editor
Goodbye Solo
Editor
- 2008
Chop Shop
Editor
- 2006
Man Push Cart
Editor
Acted in 2
2000s
- 2000
Strangers
Kaveh Dalaki
1980s
- 1981
Gheddis
Movie
Appearances3
2020s
- 2023
The Journey: A Music Special from Andrea Bocelli
Self
2010s
- 2014
1950s
- 1953
Thanked in the credits1
2020s
- 2023
The Audition Tape
Thanks