Bahman Ghobadi
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Bahman Ghobadi at a press conference at the San Sebastián Film Festival 2006
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September 2, 1968 Ilam, Iran |
| Education | Iran Broadcasting University |
| Occupation | Director, Producer, Writer |
| Website | [1] |
Bahman Ghobadi (Persian: بهمن قبادی; Kurdish: بههمهن قوبادی / Behmen Qubadî) is an Iranian film director, producer and writer of Kurdish ethnicity. He was born on February 1, 1969 in Chovar, Ilam. Ghobadi belongs to the "new wave" of Iranian cinema.
He was born in Chovar, a Kurdish city in Iran. He belongs to the Malekshahi tribe. His family moved to Sanandaj in 1981. Ghobadi received a Bachelor of Arts in film directing from Iran Broadcasting College. After a brief career in industrial photography, Ghobadi began making short 8 mm films. His documentary Life In Fog won numerous awards. Bahman Ghobadi was assistant director on Abbas Kiarostami's The Wind Will Carry Us.
Bahman Ghobadi founded Mij Film in 2000, a company with the aim of production of films in Iran about its different ethnic groups. His first feature film was A Time for Drunken Horses (2000), the first Kurdish film produced in Iran. The film won the Caméra d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival. His second feature was Marooned in Iraq (2002), which brought him the Gold Plaque from the Chicago International Film Festival. His third feature, Turtles Can Fly, followed in 2004, winning the Glass Bear and Peace Film Award at the Berlin International Film Festival and the Golden Shell at the San Sebastian International Film Festival.
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