Directing
Karzan Kardozi
KU, EN cinema · 10 credits
Born
2 May 1983 (age 43)
Birthplace
Sulaymaniyah, Kurdistan region, Iraq
Also known as کارزان کاردۆزی
Karzan Kardozi was born in Sulaimani, Kurdistan and left with his family in 1999, they settled in Nashville, US, where Karzan pursued his passion for film directing. He graduated from Watkins College of Art, Design & Film with a degree in Film Directing and Cinematography. In 2015, he went back to Kurdistan to make a low budget documentary film titled "I Want to Live" about the lives of Kurdish refugees from Syria. In 2023, he wrote, produced, and directed "Where is Gilgamesh?", a film noir based on the Epic of Gilgamesh. Independently produced with a small budget and only seven crew members, the film was shot on location in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. Also a writer, Kardozi wrote a series of books in Kurdish titled "100 Years of Cinema, 100 Directors," that chronicle the history of cinema.
Known for
Filmography
Anfa 8
Director, Editor, Music, Screenplay, Producer, Sound Designer
Where is Gilgamesh?
Screenplay, Producer, Editor, Director, ADR Engineer, Colorist, Writer, Sound Designer, Sound Mixer, Music
I Want To Live
Sound Designer, Writer, Producer, Sound Editor, Cinematography, Editor, Director
A Viewer on a Movie Projector
Editor, Director, Cinematography
Yilmaz Guney: Rebel with a Cause
Director, Writer, Editor, Producer
The Arcturian
Director, Editor, Producer, Screenplay, Sound Designer
1001 Apples
Assistant Director
Greed Eats the Soul
Writer, Editor, Director, Producer
A Day in the Country
Director, Producer, Writer, Editor
A Walking Shadow
Cinematography, Director