Rayka Zehtabchi
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- January 1, 1994
- Birthplace
- Los Angeles, California, USA
Rayka Zehtabchi is an Oscar-winning Iranian-American director based in Los Angeles. Her directorial debut, Madaran, is an Iranian language short that won Jury awards at top film festivals and qualified for the 89th Academy Awards in 2016. She won the Oscar for Best Documentary Short at the 91st Academy Awards for Period. End of Sentence., a documentary about a group of village women in Northern India who start a sanitary pad-making business in an effort to improve feminine hygiene and de-stigmatize menstruation. Along with the film’s release, Rayka helped co-found the non-profit “The Pad Project” to fight the stigma of menstruation and improve feminine hygiene worldwide. Rayka’s passion is telling human stories that bring awareness and action to little-known social causes. In both documentary and narrative, she brings a naturalistic approach to her storytelling, striving for honesty and intimacy on screen.
Filmography
They Came From All Over TBA
Director
The Singers 2026
Executive Producer
You Know Where to Find Me 2023
Producer
The Old Young Crow 2023
Executive Producer
Long Line of Ladies 2022
Director, Producer
Are You Still There? 2021
Director, Writer
A Woman's Place 2020
Director
Just Hold On 2020
Director
Ours to Tell 2020
Director
(SHn(y)o͞of) 2019
Director, Producer
Mammoth 2018
Assistant Director
We Home 2018
Director
Period. End of Sentence. 2018
Producer, Director
Madaran 2016
Director, Writer, Co-Producer
Credits from TMDB.