FILM DIRECTOR

Hossein Rajabian

1984 - Today

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Hossein Rajabian (Persian: حسین رجبیان; born 5 July 1984) is an Iranian filmmaker, writer and photographer who was imprisoned as a political prisoner in 2015 on charges related to his filmmaking. He is an anti-censorship filmmaker and defender of freedom of speech for the arts. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Hossein Rajabian is the 2,173rd most popular film director (down from 2,013th in 2024), the 616th most popular biography from Iran (down from 605th in 2019) and the 22nd most popular Iranian Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Hossein Rajabian ranks 2,173 out of 2,041Before him are Basel Adra, Marti Noxon, Zoya Akhtar, Damien Leone, Trent Opaloch, and Ketan Mehta. After him are Apolline Traoré, Mohit Suri, Jared Bush, Ali LeRoi, Drew Pearce, and Tim Hill.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1984, Hossein Rajabian ranks 1,124Before him are Safee Sali, Kodjovi Obilalé, Damien Leone, Omarion, Guillermo Daniel Rodríguez, and Kanatbek Begaliev. After him are Si Tianfeng, Michał Gołaś, Choi Hyeon-ju, Mihran Hakobyan, Miguel Ángel Rubiano, and Alena Procházková.

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Hossein Rajabian ranks 616 out of 631Before him are Sarasadat Khademalsharieh (1997), Mehdi Rahmati (1983), Sadegh Moharrami (1996), Mohammad Hadi Saravi (1998), Arash Borhani (1983), and Kianoush Rostami (1991). After him are Kimia Alizadeh (1998), Zeynab Jalalian (1982), Komeil Ghasemi (1988), Saeid Marouf (1985), Sadaf Taherian (1988), and Sohrab Moradi (1988).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Iran

Among film directors born in Iran, Hossein Rajabian ranks 22Before him are Samira Makhmalbaf (1980), Tahmineh Milani (1960), Ebrahim Hatamikia (1961), Reza Mirkarimi (1967), Behrouz Sebt Rasoul (1970), and Sahraa Karimi (1981).