Rakhshan Bani-E'temad

رخشان بنی اعتماد Rakhshān Bani E'temād
Born	Rakhshān Bani E'temād April 3, 1954 (1954-04-03) (age 57) Tehran, Iran
Occupation	Film director, producer and screenwriter
Spouse	Jahangir Kosari

Rakhshān Bani-E'temād (Persian: رخشان بنی اعتماد , Rakhshān Bani-E'temād, born 3 April 1954 in Tehran) is an internationally and critically acclaimed Iranian film director and screenwriter. Widely considered as Iran's premier female director, her films have been praised at international festivals as well as being remarkably popular with Iranian critics and audiences.^[1][2]

Contents 1 Career 2 Personal life 3 Filmography (as a director) 4 Honors and awards 5 See also 6 References 7 External links

Career

She earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in film directing from the Faculty of Dramatic Arts, Tehran University and began her career as a documentary filmmaker for IRIB, (Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting). She worked as an assistant director before directing her first feature film Off Limits (1987). Social theme is dominant in her works and women play the leading role in most of her films. She made an international breakthrough with The Blue-Veiled which, including others, was awarded the Bronze Leopard in the 48th Locarno Film Festival (1995). She has been the member of jury in several local and international festivals.

Personal life

She is the wife of the film producer Jahangir Kosari and mother of actress Baran Kosari.

Filmography (as a director)

• Kharej az Mahdude (1986 - aka Off-Limits)
• Zard-e Qanari (1988 - aka Canary Yellow)
• Pul-e Khareji (1989 - aka Foreign Currency)
• Nargess (1992)
• Rusari-ye Abi (1995 - aka The Blue-Veiled)
• Banoo-ye Ordibehesht (1998 - aka The May Lady)
• Baran-O-Bumi (1999 - aka Baran and the Native - short)
• Zir-e Pust-e Shahr (2001 - aka Under the Skin of the City)
• Ruzegar-e ma (2002 - aka Our Times - documentary)
• Gilane (2004)
• Khunbazi (2006 - aka Mainline)
• We Are Half of Iran's Population (2009)

Honors and awards

• Bronze Leopard, 48th Locarno Film Festival (for The Blue-Veiled)
• The Prince Claus Award, 1998
• Best Achievement in Directing, Asia Pacific Screen Awards (for Mainline, with Mohsen Abdolvahab)^[3]
• Honorary doctorate, University of London (2008)

See also

• Persian women's movement
• List of Iranian Intellectuals
• Langerood (village of Espili in Gilan)

References

External links

• Joanne Laurier and David Walsh, An interview with Rakhshan Bani-Etemad, co-director of Gilaneh, World Socialist Web Site, 3 October 2005, WSWS.org.
• Rakhshan Bani-Etemad at the Internet Movie Database
• Her profile at CityofWomen
• Rakhshan Bani-Etemad Film Season April 2008 - London, Payvand, March 25, 2008, [1].
• London to honor Iran's Bani-Etemad, PressTV, Friday, April 4, 2008, [2].
• Bani-Etemad film season in London, IRNA, April 7, 2008, [3].
• The Cinema and Rakhshan Bani-Etemad, April 19, 2008, Centre for Media and Film Studies, SOAS, University of London, [4].
• Bidisha, What will British audiences make of a great Iranian auteur?, The Guardian, April 23, 2008, [5].
• Honorary Doctorate of University of London for Rakhshan Bani Etemad, in Persian, BBC Persian, Wednesday July 23, 2008, [6].
• We are half of the Iranian population (ما نیمی از جمعیت ایران هستیم), a non-partisan documentary by Rakhshan Bani Etemad in which amongst others women ask the Presidential candidates of the Iranian presidential election, 2009, questions, in Persian, 7 June 2009: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5.
  Note: The text in the opening part of this documentary grants permission for the non-profit public viewing of it.

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Name	Bani-Etemad, Rakhshan
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Date of birth	April 3, 1954
Place of birth	Tehran, Iran
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