Anahita Ghazvinizadeh

Anahita Ghazvinizadeh

Known For
Writing

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Known For
Writing

Biography

Anahita Ghazvinizadeh (b1989, Tehran, Iran) got her BFA in cinema from Tehran University of Art and her MFA in studio arts from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Anahita has studied with Abbas Kiarostami and is influenced by his cinematic style. Since 2011 she started to work on a trilogy of short films with children as main characters. When the Kid was a Kid (2011, Iran) and Needle (2013, US) are the first two finished pieces. Needle was premiered in Cannes Film Festival, Cinefondation selection and won the Premier Prix. Anahita was selected as one of the 25 New Faces of Independent Cinema in 2013 by the Filmmaker Magazine. She is also the co-writer of the acclaimed feature film, Mourning (2011).

Anahita Ghazvinizadeh's LGBTQ+ Titles

They
They
Director

Directing (7)

2024
My Life is Wind (a letter) • Director
• Director
2018
They • Director
• Director
2016
Break the Silence • Director
• Director
2016
What Remains • Director
• Director
2015
Baron In The Trees • Director
• Director
2013
Needle • Director
• Director
2011
When The Kid Was A Kid • Director
• Director

Production (1)

2011
When The Kid Was A Kid • Producer
• Producer

Editing (2)

2018
They • Editor
• Editor
2011
When The Kid Was A Kid • Editor
• Editor

Writing (5)

2018
They • Writer
• Writer
2015
Baron In The Trees • Screenplay
• Screenplay
2013
Needle • Writer
• Writer
2011
Mourning • Screenplay
• Screenplay
2011
When The Kid Was A Kid • Writer
• Writer