Rayka Zehtabchi
Directing
- Born
- January 1, 1994 (age 32)
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.
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Rayka’s passion is telling human stories that bring awareness and action to little-known social causes. In both documentary and narrative, she brings a naturalistic approach to her storytelling, striving for honesty and intimacy on screen.
Known for
Period. End of Sentence.
April 5, 2018
The Singers
February 17, 2026
The Old Young Crow
February 18, 2023
Long Line of Ladies
January 20, 2022
Just Hold On
March 1, 2020
(SHn(y)o͞of)
September 17, 2019
You Know Where to Find Me
August 1, 2023
Mammoth
June 23, 2018
We Home
April 11, 2018
Are You Still There?
March 16, 2021
They Came From All Over
Ours to Tell
January 21, 2020
Behind the camera14
- 2026The Singers Executive Producer
- 2023You Know Where to Find Me Producer
- 2023The Old Young Crow Executive Producer
- 2022Long Line of Ladies Director, Producer
- 2021Are You Still There? Director, Writer
- 2020A Woman's Place Director
- 2020Just Hold On Director
- 2020Ours to Tell Director
- 2019(SHn(y)o͞of) Director, Producer
- 2018Mammoth