Rayka Zehtabchi
Known for
Directing
Born
January 1, 1994 (age 32)
Biography
Rayka Zehtabchi is an Oscar-winning Iranian-American director based in Los Angeles. Her directorial debut, Madaran, is an Iranian language short that won Jury awards at top film festivals and qualified for the 89th Academy Awards in 2016.
She won the Oscar for Best Documentary Short at the 91st Academy Awards for Period. End of Sentence., a documentary about a group of village women in Northern India who start a sanitary pad-making business in an effort to improve feminine hygiene and de-stigmatize menstruation. Along with the film’s release, Rayka helped co-found the non-profit “The Pad Project” to fight the stigma of menstruation and improve feminine hygiene worldwide.
Rayka’s passion is...
Best known work
Period. End of Sentence.
2018
The View
1997
The Singers
2026
The Old Young Crow
2023
Long Line of Ladies
2022
Just Hold On
2020
(SHn(y)o͞of)
2019
You Know Where to Find Me
2023
Mammoth
2018
We Home
2018Filmography
TBA
They Came From All OverDirector
2026
The SingersExecutive Producer
2023
You Know Where to Find MeProducer
2023
The Old Young CrowExecutive Producer
2022
Long Line of LadiesDirector, Producer
2021
Are You Still There?Director, Writer
2020
A Woman's PlaceDirector
2020
Just Hold OnDirector
2020
Ours to TellDirector
2019
(SHn(y)o͞of)Director, Producer
2018
MammothAssistant Director
2018
We HomeDirector
2018
Period. End of Sentence.Director, Producer
2016
MadaranDirector, Writer, Co-Producer
1997