Karzan Kardozi
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- May 2, 1983
- Birthplace
- Sulaymaniyah, Kurdistan region, Iraq
Karzan Kardozi was born in Sulaimani, Kurdistan and left with his family in 1999, they settled in Nashville, US, where Karzan pursued his passion for film directing. He graduated from Watkins College of Art, Design & Film with a degree in Film Directing and Cinematography. In 2015, he went back to Kurdistan to make a low budget documentary film titled "I Want to Live" about the lives of Kurdish refugees from Syria. In 2023, he wrote, produced, and directed "Where is Gilgamesh?", a film noir based on the Epic of Gilgamesh. Independently produced with a small budget and only seven crew members, the film was shot on location in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. Also a writer, Kardozi wrote a series of books in Kurdish titled "100 Years of Cinema, 100 Directors," that chronicle the history of cinema.
Filmography
Anfa 8 2026
Director, Editor, Music, Screenplay, Producer, Sound Designer
Where is Gilgamesh? 2024
Director, Screenplay, Producer, Editor, Sound Mixer, Colorist, Sound Designer, ADR Engineer, Music, Writer
I Want To Live 2015
Sound Designer, Writer, Producer, Cinematography, Editor, Sound Editor, Director
Yilmaz Guney: Rebel with a Cause 2014
Director, Writer, Editor, Producer
A Viewer on a Movie Projector 2014
Director, Editor, Cinematography
The Arcturian 2013
Director, Editor, Producer, Screenplay, Sound Designer
Greed Eats the Soul 2009
Director, Editor, Writer, Producer
A Day in the Country 2008
Director, Writer, Producer, Editor
A Walking Shadow 2007
Cinematography, Director
1001 Apples 2013
Assistant Director
Credits from TMDB.