Babak Anvari

British-Iranian filmmaker

Director
Writer
Producer

Years activec. 1999–present^[1]

Babak Anvari (Persian: بابک انوری) is a British-Iranian^[2] filmmaker. He is best known for directing horror films such as Under the Shadow (2016) and Wounds (2019).

Personal life

In 2022, Anvari participated in the Sight & Sound film polls of that year. It is held every ten years to select the greatest films of all time, by asking contemporary directors to select ten films of their choice. Anvari's selections were Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Batman Returns, Jurassic Park, Stalker, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Mulholland Dr., Beetlejuice, The Dark Knight, Heat and Se7en.^[3]

Filmography

Film

Two & Two (2011) (Short)
Under the Shadow (2016)
Wounds (2019)
I Came By (2022)
Untitled fourth Cloverfield film (TBA)^[4]
Hallow Road (TBA)

Television

Monsterland (2020) (Episode: "Newark, NJ")

Producer

Asphalt City (2023) (Executive producer)
The Front Room (TBA)

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Chris Newbould (9 July 2015), "Filmmaker Babak Anvari on how his newest film uses horror to explore hysteria of Iran-Iraq war", The National, retrieved 1 June 2017
^ "UK submits Farsi-language 'Under The Shadow' for Oscars". Retrieved 13 July 2017.
^ https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/greatest-films-all-time/all-voters/babak-anvari
^ "New 'Cloverfield' Film At Paramount Sets Babak Anvari as Director". Deadline Hollywood. 23 September 2022. Retrieved 23 September 2022.

External links

Babak Anvari at IMDb
Official website

BAFTA Award for Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer

1998–2008
Carl Foreman Award

Richard Kwietniowski (1998)
Lynne Ramsay (1999)
Paweł Pawlikowski (2000)
Joel Hopkins, Nicola Usborne (2001)
Asif Kapadia (2002)
Emily Young (2003)
Amma Asante (2004)
Joe Wright (2005)
Andrea Arnold (2006)
Matt Greenhalgh (2007)
Steve McQueen (writer/director) (2008)

2008–present

Duncan Jones (writer/director) (2009)
Chris Morris (writer/director) (2010)
Paddy Considine (director); Diarmid Scrimshaw (producer) (2011)
Bart Layton (director); Dimitri Doganis (producer) (2012)
Kieran Evans (writer/director) (2013)
Stephen Beresford (writer); David Livingstone (producer) (2014)
Naji Abu Nowar (writer/director); Rupert Lloyd (producer) (2015)
Babak Anvari (writer/director); Emily Leo, Oliver Roskill, Lucan Toh (producers) (2016)
Rungano Nyoni (writer/director); Emily Morgan (producer) (2017)
Michael Pearce (writer/director); Lauren Dark (producer) (2018)
Mark Jenkin (writer/director); Kate Byers, Lynn Waite (producers) (2019)
Remi Weekes (writer/director) (2020)
Jeymes Samuel (writer/director) (2021)
Charlotte Wells (writer/director) (2022)
Savanah Leaf (writer/director/producer); Shirley O'Connor (producer); Medb Riordan (producer) (2023)