Kamran Shirdel

Kamran Shirdel

Known for

Directing

Birthplace

Iran

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 Repu...

Best known work

The Night It Rained
The Night It Rained
1967
Waiting
Waiting
1974
Women's Quarter
Women's Quarter
1966
Tehran Is the Capital of Iran
Tehran Is the Capital of Iran
1966
The Shoga (Glass and Gas) Company
The Shoga (Glass and Gas) Company
1990
Women's Prison
Women's Prison
1965
The Morning of the Fourth Day
The Morning of the Fourth Day
1973
Solitude Opus 1
Solitude Opus 1
2002
Wagon Pars
Wagon Pars
1987
A Look at Bonyad-e Mostazafan Industries
A Look at Bonyad-e Mostazafan Industries
1989

Filmography

  1. 2002

    Solitude Opus 1

    Director, Writer

  2. 2001

  3. 1997

  4. 1990

  5. 1989

  6. 1988

  7. 1987

    Wagon Pars

    Director

  8. 1986

  9. 1977

  10. 1975

  11. 1974

    Waiting

    Editor

  12. 1973

  13. 1969

    Paykan

    Director

  14. 1967

    The Night It Rained

    Director, Writer, Editor

  15. 1966

  16. 1966

    Women's Quarter

    Director, Writer

  17. 1965

    Women's Prison

    Writer, Director

  18. 1965

    Silver Canvas

    Director, Writer

  19. 1964

    The Mirrors

    Director

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