FILM DIRECTOR

Rakhshān Banietemad

1954 - Today

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Rakhshān Banietemad (Persian: رخشان بنی‌اعتماد; born April 3, 1954, in Tehran, Iran) is an Iranian film director and screenwriter. Her title as the "First Lady of Iranian Cinema" references her prominence as a filmmaker and connotes her social role of merging politics and family in her work. Her signature style focuses on a character representing a part of society to explore while remaining objectively neutral. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rakhshān Banietemad has received more than 48,985 page views. Her biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Rakhshān Banietemad is the 1,618th most popular film director, the 451st most popular biography from Iran and the 13th most popular Iranian Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Rakhshān Banietemad ranks 1,618 out of 2,041. Before her are John Singleton, John Hillcoat, Rick Rosenthal, Baran bo Odar, Adam Shankman, and Fernando León de Aranoa. After her are Rory Kennedy, Robert Duncan McNeill, Karan Johar, Matthew Barney, Alex Kurtzman, and John R. Leonetti.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1954, Rakhshān Banietemad ranks 586. Before her are Isidore Mvouba, Freddie Prinze, Jutta Kirst, Noureddine Kourichi, Jerry Mateparae, and Ken Wahl. After her are V. K. Sasikala, Vakhtang Blagidze, Mike Hagerty, Costică Dafinoiu, Kimmy Robertson, and Karl Schnabl.

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Rakhshān Banietemad ranks 451 out of 631. Before her are Shohreh (1959), Cumrun Vafa (1960), Quli Qutb Shah (1470), Kayhan Kalhor (1963), Parviz Davoodi (1952), and Ali Mirzaei (1929). After her are Iraj Danaeifard (1951), Hamed Haddadi (1985), Ali Divandari (1957), Jasmin Tabatabai (1967), Karim Ansarifard (1990), and Zar Amir Ebrahimi (1981).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Iran

Among film directors born in Iran, Rakhshān Banietemad ranks 13. Before her are Majid Majidi (1959), Mohsen Makhmalbaf (1957), Masoud Kimiai (1941), Ali Hatami (1944), Hossein Shahabi (1967), and Bahman Ghobadi (1969). After her are Mohammad Rasoulof (1972), Ali Abbasi (1981), Samira Makhmalbaf (1980), and Hossein Rajabian (1984).

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Filmography

Tales
Director
Award-winning Iranian filmmaker Rakshan Banietemad ends her eight-year hiatus from feature filmmaking with this ingenious, mosaic-like narrative, which knits together the stories of seven characters to create a microcosm of Iranian working-class society.
Feb 1st 20146.8 / 10
Under the Skin of the City
Director
Tuba works daily at a grueling textile factory in Iran, returning home every night to deal with the rest of her problematic family, which includes: a pregnant daughter whose husband beats her regularly; a teenage son, who's been getting into trouble due to his burgeoning career in radical politics; and an older son who goes to great lengths--such as attempting to sell the family's meager house--in order to get an engineering job in Japan as a means of getting out of Iran.
Feb 4th 20017 / 10
Mainline
Director
The uneasy relationship between a mother and daughter is made all the more turbulent by drug abuse in this downbeat drama from Iranian filmmakers Rakhshan Bani-Etemad and Mohsen Abdolvahab
Apr 20th 20116.1 / 10