Ramin Bahrani
Known for: Directing
Born: March 20, 1975
Place of birth: 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 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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Filmography
33 movies · 3 TV shows, newest first
10.0
Zejtune
2026
6.0
Extremist
2025
5.7
A Little Prayer
2025
5.2
The End
2024
10.0
If Dreams Were Lightning
2023
NR
The Audition Tape
2023
6.5
2nd Chance
2022
7.4
Joyland
2022
7.6
The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey
2022
7.1
7 Prisoners
2021
6.8
Luzzu
20211.0
Talking Heads 2021
2021
7.0
The White Tiger
2021
7.1
Treadstone
2019
6.3
Socrates
2018
5.0
Blood Kin
2018
5.5
Fahrenheit 451
2018
6.8
99 Homes
20155.0
Lemonade War
2014
5.5
Lift You Up
2014
7.5
Life Itself
2014
7.7
Sigur Rós: Valtari Film Experiment
2013
5.4
At Any Price
2012
7.4
Plastic Bag
2009
6.9
Goodbye Solo
2009
6.7
Chop Shop
2008
7.0
Man Push Cart
2006NR
Dogs
2005
7.0
11’09”01—September 11: India
2002
8.0
Strangers
2000
6.7
Backgammon
1998
7.0
The Oscars
1953
NR
Amnesty
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NR
Last Meals
—NR
Vegas: A Love Story
—NR
The Rancher
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