Bahman Ghobadi
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- February 1, 1969
- Place of birth
- Baneh, Kurdistan, Iran
Biography
Bahman Ghobadi was born in 1969 in Baneh, in the province of Iranian Kurdistan, near the Iran-Iraq border. Shortly after graduating from the National Audiovisual School, he made his first short, immediately acclaimed by the local critics. One of these short films, "Life in Fog" (1999) is even considered as the most famous short ever made in Iran. This success allowed Bahman Ghobadi to make several feature films, the best known being his first, "A Time for Drunken Horses" (2000), the first Kurd film in the history of Iran. This film and all the the others made by Ghobadi were hits in the festival circuit, garnered dozens of awards but were little seen or not seen at all in his native country. His last movie to date, filmed without official permit, rapidly and feverishly, "No One Knows About Persian Cats" (2009) is a remarkable semi-documentary about underground indie music in Tehran.
Movies with Bahman Ghobadi
- The Wind Will Carry Us 1999 · ★ 7.1
- No One Knows About Persian Cats 2009 · ★ 6.7
- Blackboards 2000 · ★ 6.7
- Iran: A Cinematographic Revolution 2006 · ★ 6.0
Movies directed by Bahman Ghobadi
- Turtles Can Fly 2006 · ★ 7.8
- A Time for Drunken Horses 2000 · ★ 7.6
- No One Knows About Persian Cats 2009 · ★ 6.7
- Rhino Season 2012 · ★ 5.3
- Half Moon 2006 · ★ 6.5
- Marooned in Iraq 2002 · ★ 7.0
- Words with Gods 2014 · ★ 5.7
- Life in Fog 1999 · ★ 6.3
- A Flag Without a Country 2015 · ★ 3.3
- Daf 2003 · ★ 7.7
- The Four Walls 2021 · ★ 3.5
- Searching for Meaning: Jeonju Digital Project 2003
- Trees are Watching 2026