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Karzan Kardozi
Bornکارزان کاردۆزی
(1983-05-02)2 May 1983
Sulaymaniyah, Kurdistan, Iraq
🏳️ CitizenshipAmerican
💼 Occupation
Film director, screenwriter, producer
📆 Years active  2007–present

Karzan Kardozi (Kurdish: کارزان کاردۆزی‎; born 2 May 1983)[1][2][3] is a Kurdish American film director,[4] writer[5] and producer.[4]

Early life and education[edit]

Karzan Kardozi was born in Sulaymaniyah, Kurdistan Region, and left with his family in 1999 due to war and conflict.[6] They settled in the United States, in Nashville, Tennessee, where Kardozi studied film directing. In 2010, Karzan graduated from Watkins College of Art, Design & Film with a BA in Film Directing and Cinematography, and in 2014 received Master in Film Production with Distinction from University of Central Lancashire.[7]

Career[edit]

In 2015, Karzan went back to Kurdistan to make the documentary film I Want to Live,[8] about the lives of Kurdish refugees from Syria. The film was shot on a budget of $400. In 2023, Karzan made his first feature film Where is Gilgamesh?, a film noir based on the Epic of Gilgamesh.[9] The film was shot on location in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq with a crew of only five, [10] and a small budget of only $9000.[11]

Filmography[edit]

Director, Writer and Producer[edit]

  • A Walking Shadow (2007)
  • A Day in the Country (2008)
  • Greed Eats the Soul (2009)
  • The Arcturian (2013)
  • A Viewer on a Movie Projector (2014)
  • Yilmaz Guney: Rebel with a Cause (2014)
  • I Want to Live (2015)
  • Where is Gilgamesh? (2024)

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. Casagrande, Orsola, Kurdistan + 100, Comma Press, 2023, pages=219ISBN 9781912697366 Search this book on .
  2. Coleman, David, The Bipolar Express: Manic Depression and the Movies, Rowman & Littlefield, 2014, pages=325ISBN 9780810891944 Search this book on .
  3. Shabnam J. Holliday, Political Identities and Popular Uprisings in the Middle East, Rowman & Littlefield International, 2016, pages=57 ISBN 9781783484508 Search this book on .
  4. 4.0 4.1 "کارزان کاردۆزی". www.kurdcinama.com. Retrieved 2023-11-27.
  5. "Karzan Kardozi". Comma Press. Retrieved 2023-11-27.
  6. Seyder, Ferhad Ibrahim, ed. (2019). The Kurds before a regional transformation: rollback of independence efforts. Konfrontation und Kooperation im Vorderen Orient. Zürich: Lit Verlag. p. 107. ISBN 978-3-643-91037-0. Search this book on
  7. Bridget Haylock,Catherine Barrette, Traumatic Imprints: Performance, Art, Literature and Theoretical Practice, Brill, 2020, pages=265 ISBN 9781848880856 Search this book on .
  8. "I Want to Live". MUBI.
  9. "پۆستەری فیلمی کوردی". nrttv.com. Retrieved 2023-11-27.
  10. "Wedonet Is Revolutionizing Work For Kurdistan's Freelancers". Ideas Beyond Borders. 2022-12-07. Retrieved 2023-11-27.
  11. "Karzan Kardozi". IMDB. Retrieved 2024-03-02.

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