Ramin Bahrani

Ramin Bahrani
Bahrani at the 2014 Venice International Film Festival
Born (1975-03-20) March 20, 1975 (age 49)
Winston-Salem, North Carolina, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
Alma materColumbia University (BA)
Occupation(s)Director, writer, producer
Years active2005–present

Ramin Bahrani (Persian: رامین بحرانی; born March 20, 1975) is an Iranian-American director and screenwriter. Film critic Roger Ebert ranked Bahrani's Chop Shop (2007) as the sixth-best film of the 2000s, calling him "the new director of the decade".[1] Bahrani was the recipient of the 2009 Guggenheim Fellowship. Bahrani is a professor of film directing at his alma mater, the Columbia University School of the Arts.[2]

In 2021, Bahrani was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for The White Tiger.[3] He is a BAFTA and Emmy Award nominee.

  1. ^ Ebert, Roger (22 March 2009). "Roger Ebert's Journal". Blogs.suntimes.com. Retrieved 9 November 2013.
  2. ^ "Ramin Bahrani | Columbia University School of the Arts". Archived from the original on 28 January 2012. Retrieved 22 July 2012.
  3. ^ Whitten, Sarah (15 March 2021). "Here is the complete list of Oscar nominees for 2021". CNBC. Retrieved 18 March 2021.