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Ramin Bahrani (; born March 20, 1975) is an American Film director and screenwriter. Film critic Roger Ebert ranked Bahrani's Chop Shop (2007) as the sixth-best film of the 2000s, calling him "the new director of the decade". Bahrani was the recipient of the 2009 Guggenheim Fellowship. Bahrani is a professor of film directing at his alma mater, the Columbia University School of the Arts.
In 2021, Bahrani was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for The White Tiger. He is a BAFTA and Emmy Award nominee.
Bahrani's second film, Chop Shop (2007), premiered at the 2007 Director's Fortnight of the Cannes International Film Festival, and then screened at the Toronto International Film Festival (2007) and the Berlin International Film Festival (2008) before being released theatrically to wide and positive reviews. Bahrani won the 2007 Independent Spirit Someone to Watch Award, and was nominated for the 2008 Independent Spirit Best Director Award. Bahrani at SpiritAwards.com
Goodbye Solo, Bahrani's third feature film, premiered as an official selection of the Venice Film Festival (2008) where it won the international film critics' FIPRESCI Award for Best Film, and later had its North American premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival (2008). The film was called a "masterpiece" by numerous critics including Roger Ebert, and A. O. Scott of The New York Times. Goodbye Solo: Movie Review The New York Times
In 2009, he made a short film, Plastic Bag, with the voice of German filmmaker Werner Herzog and an original score from Kjartan Sveinsson of the band Sigur Rós. Plastic Bag premiered as the opening night film of Corto Cortissimo in the Venice Film Festival, where Bahrani was also on the jury for Best First Films. It was later screened at Telluride and The New York Film Festival. In 2012, he made a music video of the song "Eg anda" for the Sigur Rós album Valtari.
Bahrani's fourth feature film, At Any Price (2013) stars Dennis Quaid, Zac Efron, Heather Graham, Kim Dickens, Clancy Brown and Chelcie Ross. It was selected to compete for the Golden Lion at the 69th Venice International Film Festival. The film, despite its relative star power and a notable performance by Dennis Quaid, received mixed reviews from most critics and earned less than $500,000 at the box office.
Bahrani's fifth feature film, 99 Homes (2015), opened to strong reviews at the Venice Film Festival, and was nominated for a Golden Globe Award.
Bahrani's film for HBO, Fahrenheit 451, an adaptation of Ray Bradbury's 1953 novel of the same name, was released on May 12, 2018, receiving mostly negative reviews.
In 2021, he adapted Aravind Adiga's 2008 novel The White Tiger as a feature film of the same title on Netflix, to positive critical reception. At the 93rd Academy Awards, the film was nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay, but lost to The Father.
| 1998 | Backgammon | ||||
| 2005 | Dogs | ||||
| 2009 | Plastic Bag | ||||
| 2014 | Lift You Up | ||||
| Lemonade War | |||||
| 2018 | Blood Kin | ||||
Feature film
| 2000 | Strangers | |||||
| 2005 | Man Push Cart | |||||
| 2007 | Chop Shop | |||||
| 2008 | Goodbye Solo | |||||
| 2013 | At Any Price | |||||
| 2015 | 99 Homes | |||||
| 2021 | The White Tiger | Nominated- Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay Nominated- BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay Nominated- Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Screenplay | ||||
| 2022 | 2nd Chance | Documentary | ||||
Television
| 2010 | Independent Lens | |||||
| 2018 | Fahrenheit 451 | TV movie | ||||
| 2019 | Treadstone | Episode "The Cicada Protocol" | ||||
| 2022 | The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey | Episode "Reggie" | ||||
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