Karzan Kardozi
Directing
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
Where is Gilgamesh?
February 1, 2024
I Want To Live
January 3, 2015
1001 Apples
October 4, 2013
The Arcturian
December 7, 2013
Yilmaz Guney: Rebel with a Cause
May 7, 2014
A Viewer on a Movie Projector
April 29, 2014
Greed Eats the Soul
May 11, 2009
A Day in the Country
May 11, 2008
A Walking Shadow
May 7, 2007
Anfa 8
September 11, 2026
Behind the camera10
- 2026Anfa 8 Director, Editor, Music, Screenplay, Producer, Sound Designer
- 2024Where is Gilgamesh? Director, Screenplay, Producer, Editor, Sound Mixer, Colorist, Sound Designer, ADR Engineer, Music, Writer
- 2015I Want To Live Sound Designer, Writer, Producer, Cinematography, Editor, Sound Editor, Director
- 2014Yilmaz Guney: Rebel with a Cause Director, Writer, Editor, Producer
- 2014A Viewer on a Movie Projector Director, Editor, Cinematography
- 2013The Arcturian Director, Editor, Producer, Screenplay, Sound Designer
- 20131001 Apples Assistant Director
- 2009Greed Eats the Soul Director, Editor, Writer, Producer
- 2008A Day in the Country