12 Facts About Bahman Ghobadi

Bahman Ghobadi is an Iranian Kurdish film director, producer and writer.

Bahman Ghobadi belongs to the "new wave" of Iranian cinema.

Bahman Ghobadi was born in Baneh, a Kurdish city in Iran.

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.

Bahman Ghobadi's first feature film was A Time for Drunken Horses, the first Kurdish film produced in Iran.

Bahman Ghobadi is currently writing, directing, and producing, and actively participating in supporting human rights and freedom of speech all around the world.

Bahman Ghobadi made a cameo appearance in the 2019 film The Irishman, where he portrayed a prison cook who serves Jimmy Hoffa an ice cream sundae.

Bahman Ghobadi has served as jury president or jury member in many international festivals.

Bahman Ghobadi has played an important role on social media during the protests in Iran following the event of Mahsa Amini's death in September 2022.

Bahman Ghobadi informed public and followers about the incidents happening in Iran, supporting the cause of Iranian people standing for themselves and against oppressive Iranian regime.

Bahman Ghobadi has written an open letter to Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science to invite the film industry to support the democratic cause of his people.