Ramin Bahrani
Academy Award, BAFTA, WGA and Emmy nominee Ramin Bahrani is the Iranian-American writer, director, and producer of such films as Man Push Cart, Chop Shop, Goodbye Solo, 99 Homes, The White Tiger and his debut feature documentary, 2nd Chance. His films have won numerous awards around the globe at festivals such as Venice, Cannes and London. For television, Bahrani has directed several TV pilots for studios like USA and Apple. Film critic Roger Ebert proclaimed Bahrani as “the director of the decade” in 2010. Bahrani is a Guggenheim Fellowship winner and his cinematic oeuvre is housed in the permanent collection at the Museum of Modern Art in NYC. His latest short documentary premiered at Telluride (2023).
As producer, Bahrani’s films include Alex Camilleri’s Sundance and Spirit-award-winning Maltese debut feature Luzzu (2020, Malta’s Oscar Submission), Alexandre Moratto’s Spirit-award-winning Brazilian debut feature, Socrates (2018) and his Venice-award-winning 7 Prisoners (2021, Netflix), Saim Sadiq’s Cannes and Spirit-award-winning Pakistani debut Joyland (2022), Angus MacLachlan’s Sundance premiere A Little Prayer (2023, Music Box) and Academy Award nominated Joshua Oppenheimer’s debut fiction film, The End (Telluride, Neon).
Professor of Professional Practice Ramin Bahrani '96 has started production on his new film, Vegas: A Love Story. Oscar-nominee Bahrani is both a co-writer and director on the project.
The famous John Steinbeck novel The Grapes of Wrath is getting a television reboot, and Associate Professor Ramin Bahrani (CC ‘96) is set to write and direct the series.
The 2022 South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Festival, which ran from March 11-20, featured several projects from Columbia filmmakers.
Associate Professor Ramin Bahrani (CC ’96) is the director and executive producer of Hulu’s upcoming and widely-anticipated new series, Immigrant. The show, which will dive into the surreal origin story of the famous stripper troupe, Chippendales, comes from Robert Siegel, the acclaimed creator of Pam & Tommy.
The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey, a new mini series directed and executive produced by alumnus and Head of Directing Concentration Ramin Bahrani '96 (CC) and executive produced by Adjunct Professor Diane Houslin, premiered on Apple TV+ on March 11. The show, which was adapted for the screen by Walter Mosley from his own novel by the same name, will have a total of six episodes with new episodes being released weekly on Fridays.
The Venice International Film Festival has awarded alumna Maggie Gyllenhaal (CC '99) the honor of Best Screenplay for her film The Lost Daughter.
The 93rd Academy Awards ceremony is scheduled to take place on April 25, 2021, more than two months later than the time of the ceremony last year.
On A Global Scale is a bi-weekly series about international co-productions by Columbia filmmakers.
Associate Professor Ramin Bahrani (CC '96) is set to write, direct and produce the feature film Amnesty based on the novel by Aravind Adiga (CC '97) for Netflix.
The Sundance Film Festival has announced the line-up for its 2021 festival with four films by Columbia filmmakers participating in the official selection.
The White Tiger, written, directed and produced by Associate Professor Ramin Bahrani, will be released by Netflix in January. The film is adapted from Aravind Adiga’s debut novel, The White Tiger, published in 2008. Winner of the 2008 Man Booker Prize, The White Tiger was a New York Times Bestseller. The film trailer can be viewed here.