Bijan Daneshmand

Bijan Daneshmand
Bijan Daneshmand
Born	August 16, 1958 (1958-08-16) (age 53) Tehran, Iran

Bijan Daneshmand (born August 16, 1958) is a writer, director, actor based in England.

He was educated in England at Eastbourne College, a graduate of King's College London, and trained for acting at the London Centre For Theatre Studies and Philippe Gaulier, Paris. Daneshmand has appeared in a number of films and television shows.

Contents 1 Filmography 1.1 Film 1.2 Television 1.3 As Producer and as Director 1.4 Awards 1.5 Radio 2 External links

Filmography

Film

His film acting credits include:

• 2004- 20 Fingers

• 2005- Munich

• 2006- A Snake's Tail

• 2007- Saddam's Tribe

• 2008- Body of Lies

• 2010- Zanan-e bedun-e mardan

... aka Women Without Men (International: English Title)

• 2010- Green Zone

• 2011- Page Eight

Television

• 2005- Casualty - BBC1

• 2005- Spooks (USA title: MI5) - BBC1

• 2008- Special Forces Heroes - Channel 5

• 2009- The Omid Djalili Show - BBC1

As Producer and as Director

• 2004- Produced and acted in 20 Fingers. This film won the Best Film Digitale at the 2004 Venice Film Festival, The Spirit of Freedom Prize at the 2004 Bahamas International Film Festival, and Best Film at Barcelona Di, screened at over 30 festivals worldwide.

• 2006- Wrote and directed an experimental feature A Snake’s Tail. This film has been selected at a number festivals worldwide including Festival Do Rio, Frankfurt International Film Festival, Lisbon Village D cinema, and was awarded Best International Feature at the Bare Bones International Film Festival in Oklahoma, USA.

Awards

Venice Film Festival 2004, 20 Fingers - Winner Best Film Venezia Cinema Digitale, Bijan Daneshmand, Producer.

Bare Bones International Film Festival 2006, A Snake's Tail - Winner Best International Feature, Bijan Daneshmand, Writer and Director.

Radio

Bijan Daneshmand has the following Radio drama credits:

• Westway, various directors, as Manoucher -BBC World Service.
• The Interview, directed by Jessica Dromgoole, as Kourosh -BBC Radio 4.
• Baghdad Burning, directed by Claudine Toutoungi, as Mr. S -BBC Radio 4.
• Amazing Grace, directed by Justine Potter, as Frankie -BBC Radio 4.

He has also participated as a lead in various Radio dramas in Persian language, including three directed by Mehrdad Seyf for the BBC World Service: April's Fool, Spit, The Fence.

External links

• Bijan Daneshmand at the Internet Movie Database
• Bijan Daneshmand's interview with Close Up

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Name	Daneshmand, Bijan
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Date of birth	August 16, 1958
Place of birth	Tehran, Iran
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