Karzan Kardozi

Karzan Kardozi
Born
کارزان کاردۆزی

(1983-05-02) 2 May 1983 (age 41)
Sulaymaniyah, Kurdistan, Iraq
CitizenshipAmerican
Occupation(s)Film director, screenwriter, producer
Years active2007–present

Karzan Kardozi (Sorani Kurdish: کارزان کاردۆزی); born 2 May 1983)[1][2][3] is a Kurdish American film director,[4] writer[5] and producer.[4]

Early life and education

Karzan Kardozi was born in Sulaymaniyah, Kurdistan Region, and left with his family in 1999 due to war and conflict.[6] 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. [7]

Career

In 2015, Karzan went back to Kurdistan to make the documentary film I Want to Live,[8] 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.[9] 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.[10][11]

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

See also

References

  1. ^ Casagrande, Orsola (2023). Kurdistan +100: Stories from a Future State. Comma Press. ISBN 9781912697366.
  2. ^ Coleman, David (2014). The Bipolar Express: Manic Depression and the Movies. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 9780810891944.
  3. ^ Holliday, Shabnam J. (2016). Political Identities and Popular Uprisings in the Middle East. Rowman & Littlefield International. ISBN 9781783484508.
  4. ^ a b "کارزان کاردۆزی". www.kurdcinama.com. Retrieved 2023-11-27.
  5. ^ "Karzan Kardozi". Comma Press. Retrieved 2023-11-27.
  6. ^ Seyder, Ferhad Ibrahim, ed. (2019). The Kurds before a regional transformation: rollback of independence efforts. Konfrontation und Kooperation im Vorderen Orient. Zürich: Lit Verlag. p. 107. ISBN 978-3-643-91037-0.
  7. ^ Haylock, Bridget; Barrette, Catherine (2020). Traumatic Imprints: Performance, Art, Literature and Theoretical Practice. Brill. ISBN 9781848880856.
  8. ^ "I Want to Live". MUBI.
  9. ^ "پۆستەری فیلمی کوردی". nrttv.com. Retrieved 2023-11-27.
  10. ^ "Wedonet Is Revolutionizing Work For Kurdistan's Freelancers". Ideas Beyond Borders. 2022-12-07. Retrieved 2023-11-27.
  11. ^ "Karzan Kardozi". IMDB. Retrieved 2024-03-02.
  12. ^ "کارزان کاردۆزی دوو بەرگی دیکەی (سەد ساڵ سینەما، سەد دەرهێنەر) بڵاو دەکاتەوە". Politic Press. 2021-02-13. Retrieved 2024-03-02.
  13. ^ ""100 Years of Cinema, 100 Director"", The Moving Silent, 2024, retrieved 2024-11-18
  14. ^ Broomfield, M. (28 November 2023), "First Kurdish Sci-Fi Collection is Rooted in the Past", The Markaz Report, retrieved 2023-05-01
  15. ^ ""Kurdistan + 100", edited by Orsola Casagrande and Mustafa Gündoğdu", Asian Review of Books, 2023, retrieved 2023-05-01