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Biography
Ramin Bahrani is an American director and screenwriter. Film critic Roger Ebert listed Bahrani's film Chop Shop as the 6th best film of the decade and hailed Bahrani as "the director of the decade." Bahrani was the recipient of the prestigious 2009 Guggenheim Fellowship, and was the subject of several international retrospectives including the MoMA in New York City, Harvard University, and the La Rochelle Film Festival in France.
Awards & recognition
- Guggenheim Fellowship · 2009
- Academy Award — Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay · 2021 · nominated
Filmography17 titles

The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey
2022Executive Producer
2022Executive Producer

Life Itself
2014as Self - Filmmaker
2014as Self - Filmmaker

Joyland
2022Executive Producer
2022Executive Producer

7 Prisoners
2021Producer
2021Producer

Treadstone
2019Director, Executive Producer
2019Director, Executive Producer

The White Tiger
2021Director, Editor, Writer
2021Director, Editor, Writer

Man Push Cart
2005Director, Editor, Producer, Screenplay
2005Director, Editor, Producer, Screenplay

Goodbye Solo
2008Director, Editor, Producer, Screenplay
2008Director, Editor, Producer, Screenplay

Luzzu
2021Producer
2021Producer

99 Homes
2014Director, Editor, Producer, Story, Writer
2014Director, Editor, Producer, Story, Writer

Chop Shop
2007Director, Editor, Writer
2007Director, Editor, Writer

2nd Chance
2022Director, Producer, Writer
2022Director, Producer, Writer

Socrates
2018Producer
2018Producer

Fahrenheit 451
2018Director, Executive Producer, Screenplay
2018Director, Executive Producer, Screenplay

A Little Prayer
2023Executive Producer
2023Executive Producer

At Any Price
2012Director, Producer, Screenplay
2012Director, Producer, Screenplay

The End
2024Executive Producer
2024Executive Producer