Shoja Azari

Shoja Azari
Shoja Azari at the Vienna International Film Festival in 2009
Born	(1957-09-18) September 18, 1957 (age 59) Shiraz, Iran
Occupation	Artist, filmmaker, photographer

Shoja Azari is an Iranian-born visual artist and filmmaker based in New York City, known for Women Without Men (2009), Windows (2006) and K (2002) based on 3 of Franz Kafka's short stories ("The Married Couple," "In the Penal Colony" and "A Fratricide").

Azari was born in Shiraz, Iran, trained as a filmmaker in New York in the 1970s before returning to Iran for the Revolution in 1979. He then permanently returned to the U.S., where he later became artistic and romantic partners with artist Shirin Neshat. Azari's film and multimedia installations have been increasingly showcased in galleries and museums around the world. He is ethnic Persian despite the last name.