Kamran Shirdel

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

Place of Birth Iran

Kamran Shirdel

Biography

Kamran Shirdel (Persian: کامران شیردل‎‎; born 1939 in Tehran) is an Iranian documentarist. He studied architecture and urbanism at the University of Rome and film direction at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia of Rome, graduating in 1964. He worked as an assistant director with John Huston on The Bible before making his diploma film, Gli Specchi (The Mirrors), in Rome. He returned to Iran and started his career in 1965. Shirdel is the founder and director of the Kish International Documentary Film Festival which is held yearly in the January in Kish Island in the Persian Gulf. He is also the managing director of Filmgrafic Co. Kamran Shirdel was appointed as IL CAVALIERE Della Republica Italiana and received the Medals of LA STELLA DELLA SOLIDARIETA' ITALIANA in a ceremony held in Farmanieh Palace in Tehran on May 2010.

Known For

Director

2002
Solitude Opus 1

as Director

2001
Cradle of Sun

as Director

1997
1988
Genaveh Project

as Director

1987
Wagon Pars

as Director

1986
Gas, Fire, Wind

as Director

1969
Paykan

as Director

1967
1966
Women's Quarter

as Director

1965
Women's Prison

as Director

1965
Silver Canvas

as Director

1964
The Mirrors

as Director

Writer

2002
Solitude Opus 1

as Writer

1967
1966
Women's Quarter

as Writer

1965
Women's Prison

as Writer

1965
Silver Canvas

as Writer

Editor

1974
Waiting

as Editor

1967