Ramin Bahrani

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Ramin Bahrani

Directing 51 March 20, 1975

North Carolina, USA

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 direc…

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The White Tiger

The White Tiger

7.0 2021 Movie
Fahrenheit 451

Fahrenheit 451

5.5 2018 Movie
99 Homes

99 Homes

6.8 2015 Movie
7 Prisoners

7 Prisoners

7.1 2021 Movie
The Oscars

The Oscars

7.0 1953 TV Show
Treadstone

Treadstone

7.1 2019 TV Show
Life Itself

Life Itself

7.5 2014 Movie
At Any Price

At Any Price

5.4 2012 Movie
Joyland

Joyland

7.4 2022 Movie
The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey

The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey

7.6 2022 TV Show
The End

The End

5.1 2024 Movie
Goodbye Solo

Goodbye Solo

6.9 2009 Movie

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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.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2026
    Zejtune

    Movie Producer

  2. 2025
    Extremist

    Movie Executive Producer

  3. 2025
    A Little Prayer

    Movie Executive Producer

  4. 2024
    The End

    Movie Executive Producer

  5. 2023
    If Dreams Were Lightning

    Movie Director

  6. 2023
    The Audition Tape

    Movie Thanks

  7. 2022
    2nd Chance

    Movie Director

  8. 2022
    Joyland

    Movie Executive Producer

  9. 2022
    The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey

    TV show Executive Producer

  10. 2021
    7 Prisoners

    Movie Producer

  11. 2021
    Luzzu

    Movie Producer

  12. 2021
    Talking Heads 2021

    Movie Self

  13. 2021
    The White Tiger

    Movie Director

  14. 2019
    Treadstone

    TV show Director

  15. 2018
    Socrates

    Movie Producer

  16. 2018
    Blood Kin

    Movie Writer

More credits
  1. 2018
    Fahrenheit 451

    Movie Director

  2. 2015
    99 Homes

    Movie Director

  3. 2014
    Lemonade War

    Movie Director

  4. 2014
    Lift You Up

    Movie Director

  5. 2014
    Life Itself

    Movie Self - Filmmaker

  6. 2013
    Sigur Rós: Valtari Film Experiment

    Movie Director

  7. 2012
    At Any Price

    Movie Director

  8. 2009
    Plastic Bag

    Movie Director

  9. 2009
    Goodbye Solo

    Movie Director

  10. 2008
    Chop Shop

    Movie Director

  11. 2006
    Man Push Cart

    Movie Director

  12. 2005
    Dogs

    Movie Director

  13. 2002
    11’09”01—September 11: India

    Movie Extras Casting

  14. 2000
    Strangers

    Movie Kaveh Dalaki

  15. 1998
    Backgammon

    Movie Director

  16. 1953
    The Oscars

    TV show Self

  17. —
    The Rancher

    Movie Director

  18. —
    Last Meals

    Movie Director

  19. —
    Vegas: A Love Story

    Movie Director

  20. —
    Amnesty

    Movie Director