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Rafi Pitts

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Rafi Pitts' films have attained acclaim and awards around the globe. His first feature, The Fifth Season, was the first Franco-Iranian co-production since the Iranian Revolution in 1979, and premiered in Venice. Sanam was hailed by French critics as the Iranian 400 Blows. In 2003, Pitts presented his controversial feature documentary... See full bio »

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in Mashhad, Iran
Jury members Rafi Pitts, actress Hannah Herzsprung and Jury member In-Ah Lee attend the premiere for 'The International' as part of the 59th Berlin Film Festival at the Berlinale Palast on February 5, 2009 in Berlin, Germany. Festival director Dieter Kosslick and Rafi Pitts speak on stage ahead of the 'Jafar Panahi - Filmmaker Of The World' Premiere during day two of the 61st Berlin International Film Festival at the Berlinale Palace on February 11, 2011 in Berlin, Germany. Rafi Pitts (with rifle) on the set of "The Hunter" (2010). Rafi Pitts on the set of "It's Winter" (2006). Rafi Pitts and Farhad Saba on the set of "Sanam" (2000). Still of Rafi Pitts in The Hunter
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Filmography

Hide HideDirector (8 titles)
2011 60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero
 
2010/I The Hunter
 
2006 It's Winter
 
2003 Cinéma, de notre temps (TV series documentary)
– Abel Ferrara: Not Guilty (2003)
 
2000 Sanam
 
1997 The Fifth Season
 
1994 Salandar (short)
 
1991 In Exile (short)
 
Show ShowWriter (8 titles)
2011 60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero
 
2010/I The Hunter (screenplay)
 
2006 It's Winter
 
2003 Cinéma, de notre temps (TV series documentary)
– Abel Ferrara: Not Guilty (2003) (screenplay)
 
2000 Sanam
 
1997 The Fifth Season
 
1994 Salandar (short)
 
1991 In Exile (short)
 
Show ShowProducer (5 titles)
2006 It's Winter (producer)
 
2000 Sanam (producer)
 
1994 Salandar (short) (producer)
 
1991 Lest We Forget (line producer)
 
1991 In Exile (short) (producer)
 
Show ShowEditor (4 titles)
2002 Afghanistan, un état impossible? (documentary)
 
2001 Before Leaving (documentary)
 
1994 Salandar (short)
 
1991 In Exile (short)
 
Show ShowActor (3 titles)
2012 Argo
Iranian Consulate Official
 
2010/I The Hunter
Ali Alavi
 
1998 Isabelle (Video Game)
Georges
 
Show ShowProduction Manager (2 titles)
1991 Lest We Forget (post-production supervisor)
 
1991 The Lovers on the Bridge (assistant production manager)
 
Show ShowCasting Department (1 title)
1993 Le jeune Werther (casting and director team)
 
Show ShowThanks (7 titles)
2012 Argo (special thanks)
 
2012 Turn Off the Lights (documentary) (special thanks)
 
2010/II Quest (documentary) (special thanks)
 
2008 The Flying Shepherd (documentary short) (special thanks)
 
2008 Liverpool (special thanks)
 
2007 Don't Get Me Wrong (documentary) (special thanks)
 
2000 Hubert Selby Jr., 2 ou 3 choses... (documentary) (special thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (9 titles)
2011 Into the Night with... (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Rafi Pitts und Marwan Hamed (2011) … Himself
 
2011 Cinéma Iranien, la dernière vague (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2011 Cinémas (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 26 February 2011 (2011) … Himself
 
2010 Film '72 (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 3 November 2010 (2010) … Himself
– Episode dated 27 October 2010 (2010) … Himself
 
2010 Kennwort Kino (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Episode dated 26 February 2010 (2010) … Himself
 
2007 Not Guilty for Abel (short)
Himself
 
2006 Court-circuit (TV series)
Himself
 
2005 La semaine du cinéma (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 16 January 2005 (2005) … Himself
 
2000 Rive droite - rive gauche (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Episode dated 14 November 2000 (2000) … Himself
 

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5' 10" (1.78 m)
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Personal Quote:

For any film, whether Iranian or not, a podium like the Berlin Film Festival, obviously, is beautiful. Because it helps art exist. If you work in art house cinema, how else are you going to get people to find out about it? How else are you going to give that podium for smaller distributors to be helped and they release it. So it's a question of telling the world the film exists. See more »

Trivia:

Member of the jury at the Berlin International Film Festival 2009 for first features. See more »