Ramin Bahrani
Ramin Bahrani | |
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Bahrani at the 2014 Venice International Film Festival | |
| Born | March 20, 1975 |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Columbia University (BA) |
| Occupation(s) | Director, writer, producer |
| Years active | 2005–present |
Ramin Bahrani (Persian: رامین بحرانی; born March 20, 1975) is an American 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.