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| Karzan Kardozi | |
|---|---|
| Born | کارزان کاردۆزی (1983-05-02) 2 May 1983 (age 41) Sulaymaniyah, Kurdistan, Iraq |
| Citizenship | American |
| Occupation(s) | Film director, screenwriter, producer |
| Years active | 2007–present |
Karzan Kardozi (Sorani Kurdish: کارزان کاردۆزی); born 2 May 1983) is a Kurdish American film director, writer and producer.
Early life and education
Karzan Kardozi was born in Sulaymaniyah, Kurdistan Region, and left with his family in 1999 due to war and conflict. 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.
Career
In 2015, Karzan went back to Kurdistan to make the documentary film I Want to Live, 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. The film was shot on location in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq with a crew of only five, and a small budget of only $9000.
Filmography
- 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)
Publications
- Kardozi, Karzan (2018). Yılmaz Güney (900 pages, Xazalnus)
- Kardozi, Karzan (2019). 100 Years of Cinema, 100 Directors, Vol 1: Lumière, Georges Méliès, Louis Feuillade (1076 pages, Xazalnus)
- Kardozi, Karzan (2019). 100 Years of Cinema, 100 Directors, Vol 2: D.W. Griffith, Charles Chaplin (1100 pages, Xazalnus)
- Kardozi, Karzan (2020). 100 Years of Cinema, 100 Directors, Vol 3: Buster Keaton, Robert Flaherty, Carl Dreyer (1250 pages, Xazalnus)
- Kardozi, Karzan (2020). 100 Years of Cinema, 100 Directors, Vol 4: Eric von Stroheim, Fritz Lang (1400 pages, Xazalnus)
- Kardozi, Karzan (2024). 100 Years of Cinema, 100 Directors, Vol 5: Abel Gance, Jean Epstein (900 pages, Xazalnus)
- Kardozi, Karzan (2024). 100 Years of Cinema, 100 Directors, Vol 6: F.W. Murnau, G.W. Pabst (998 pages, Xazalnus)
- Kardozi, Karzan (2024). 100 Years of Cinema, 100 Directors, Vol 7: Ernst Lubitsch, Josef von Sternberg (1130 pages, Xazalnus)
- Kardozi, Karzan (2024). 100 Years of Cinema, 100 Directors, Vol 8: Kenji Mizoguchi (988 pages, Xazalnus)
- Kardozi, Karzan (2024). 100 Years of Cinema, 100 Directors, Vol 9: Akira Kurosawa (1178 pages, Xazalnus)
- Kardozi, Karzan (2024). 100 Years of Cinema, 100 Directors, Vol 10: Yasujiro Ozu (1148 pages, Xazalnus)
- Kurdistan +100: Stories from a Future State (Comma Press, 2023)
See also
References
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- Coleman, David (2014). The Bipolar Express: Manic Depression and the Movies. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 9780810891944.
- Holliday, Shabnam J. (2016). Political Identities and Popular Uprisings in the Middle East. Rowman & Littlefield International. ISBN 9781783484508.
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