Bahman Ghobadi
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- February 1, 1969
- Birthplace
- Baneh, Kurdistan, Iran
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.
Filmography
Trees are Watching 2026
Director, Writer, Producer
The Four Walls 2021
Writer, Producer, Director, Original Music Composer
Life on the Border 2015
Producer
A Flag Without a Country 2015
Director, Editor, Music, Producer, Screenplay
Words with Gods 2014
Director, Screenplay
Mardan 2014
Producer
Rhino Season 2012
Director, Writer, Screenplay, Producer, Production Design
About 111 Girls 2012
Editor, Producer
No One Knows About Persian Cats 2009
as Bahman, Director, Producer, Screenplay, Production Design
All My Mothers 2009
Consulting Producer
Turtles Can Fly 2006
Director, Producer, Production Design, Screenplay
Half Moon 2006
Director, Art Direction, Producer, Screenplay
Iran: A Cinematographic Revolution 2006
as Self
Daf 2003
Director, Screenplay
Searching for Meaning: Jeonju Digital Project 2003
Director
Marooned in Iraq 2002
Director, Screenplay, Producer
A Time for Drunken Horses 2000
Director, Art Direction, Producer, Screenplay
Blackboards 2000
as Rebwar
The Wind Will Carry Us 1999
Actor, Assistant Director
Life in Fog 1999
Director, Writer
Credits from TMDB.