Biography and filmography

Ramin Bahrani

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.

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Movies (35)

Zejtune

Zejtune

2026 · Producer

Extremist

Extremist

2025 · Executive Producer

A Little Prayer

A Little Prayer

2025 · Executive Producer

The End

The End

2024 · Executive Producer

If Dreams Were Lightning

If Dreams Were Lightning

2023 · Director, Producer

The Audition Tape

The Audition Tape

2023 · Thanks

The Journey: A Music Special from Andrea Bocelli

The Journey: A Music Special from Andrea Bocelli

2023 · Self

2nd Chance

2nd Chance

2022 · Director, Producer, Writer

Joyland

Joyland

2022 · Executive Producer

7 Prisoners

7 Prisoners

2021 · Producer

Luzzu

Luzzu

2021 · Producer

Talking Heads 2021

Talking Heads 2021

2021 · Self

Tigre Blanco

Tigre Blanco

2021 · Director, Editor, Writer

Socrates

Socrates

2018 · Producer

Blood Kin

Blood Kin

2018 · Producer, Writer, Director

Fahrenheit 451

Fahrenheit 451

2018 · Director, Executive Producer, Screenplay

99 Homes

99 Homes

2015 · Director, Writer, Editor, Story, Producer

Lemonade War

Lemonade War

2014 · Director, Producer, Writer

Lift You Up

Lift You Up

2014 · Director, Producer, Writer

Life Itself

Life Itself

2014 · Self - Filmmaker

Sigur Rós: Valtari Film Experiment

Sigur Rós: Valtari Film Experiment

2013 · Director

At Any Price

At Any Price

2012 · Screenplay, Director, Producer

Plastic Bag

Plastic Bag

2009 · Director, Screenplay, Story, Producer, Editor

Goodbye Solo

Goodbye Solo

2009 · Editor, Screenplay, Director, Producer

Chop Shop

Chop Shop

2008 · Director, Editor, Writer

Man Push Cart

Man Push Cart

2006 · Producer, Screenplay, Editor, Director

Dogs

Dogs

2005 · Director

11’09”01—September 11: India

11’09”01—September 11: India

2002 · Extras Casting

Strangers

Strangers

2000 · Kaveh Dalaki, Director, Writer, Casting Director, Producer

Backgammon

Backgammon

1998 · Director

Gheddis

Gheddis

1981

Amnesty

Amnesty

· Director, Screenplay

Last Meals

Last Meals

· Director

Vegas: A Love Story

Vegas: A Love Story

· Director, Screenplay, Producer

The Rancher

The Rancher

· Director, Screenplay

TV shows (3)