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

Tehran Is the Capital of Iran

31 March 1966

Tehran Is the Capital of Iran

31 March 1966

Women's Quarter

2 January 1966

The Shoga (Glass and Gas) Company

7 September 1990

Women's Prison

1 April 1965

Credits

Year	Movie / TV show / Other	Role
2002	Solitude Opus 1	Director
2002	Solitude Opus 1	Writer
2001	Cradle of Sun	Director
1997	Mobarakeh Steel Complex	Director
1990	The Shoga (Glass and Gas) Company	Director
1989	A Look at Bonyad-e Mostazafan Industries	Director
1988	Genaveh Project	Director
1987	Wagon Pars	Director
1986	Gas, Fire, Wind	Director
1977	Chenin konand hekayat	Writer
1975	Pearls of the Persian Gulf: Dubai 1975	Director
1974	Waiting	Editor
1973	The Morning of the Fourth Day	Director
1973	The Morning of the Fourth Day	Writer
1969	Paykan	Director
1967	The Night It Rained	Director
1967	The Night It Rained	Writer
1967	The Night It Rained	Editor
1966	Women's Quarter	Director
1966	Tehran Is the Capital of Iran	Director
1966	Tehran Is the Capital of Iran	Writer
1966	Women's Quarter	Writer
1965	Women's Prison	Writer
1965	Women's Prison	Director
1965	Silver Canvas	Director
1965	Silver Canvas	Writer
1964	The Mirrors	Director