Arash T. Riahi

Arash T. Riahi

producer, director, writer

Arash T. Riahi was born on Aug 22, 1972 in Iran. Arash T. Riahi's big-screen debut came with Exile Family Movie directed by Arash T. Riahi in 2006. Arash T. Riahi is known for Everyday Rebellion directed by Arash T. Riahi, Andy Bichlbaum stars as Self and Reverend Billy as Self. Arash T. Riahi has got 38 awards and 25 nominations so far. The most recent award Arash T. Riahi achieved is OTB - Only The Best International Film Awards. The upcoming new movie Arash T. Riahi plays is Where No One Knows Us which will be released on Mar 04, 2020.

Arash T. Riahi is a director, producer, script-writer and dramatic consultant born in 1972. He moved to Austria in 1982. After studying film and the arts at the University of Vienna, he worked several years as a freelancer in the youth and art department of the ORF/Austrian Broadcasting Network. In 1997, he co-founded the film and media production company Golden Girls Filmproduktion (www.goldengirls.at). His body of work as a director & producer, which has won more than 100 international awards, comprises various short and experimental films ('Mississippi; 'That Has Been Bothering Me The Whole Time'), commercials, music videos and documentaries, including 'The Souvenirs of Mr. X', 'Exile Family Movie' or the cross-media project 'Everyday Rebellion' that he made with his brother Arman T. Riahi. His first fiction film 'For a Moment Freedom' was Austria's candidate for the Academy Awards in 2010. Since 2010, he is also working as a dramatic advisor for the Creative Europe script-development programs Sources 2, Nipkow, Berlinale Talents or Doc-Incubator. He teaches at the Vienna film-academy and the Vienna Film School and has held lectures at the Scottish Documentary Institute, Goethe Institute Dublin, Zkm Karlsruhe, etc. He is a member of the European Filmacademie, the Austrian Directors & Producers Guild and part of the ACE-Producers Network. Recent works include the documentary "Born in Evin" by Maryam Zaree, which he co-produced with Tondowski Film and which was awarded the Compass Perspektive award at the Berlinale 2019 as well as "Solo" by Artemio Benki, a co-production with Artcam & Petit a Petit which premiered at the Cannes Filmfestival 2019. His new fiction film "Where no one knows us" is in post-production and will be released end of 2019.

  • Birthday

    Aug 22, 1972
  • Place of Birth

    Iran

Known For

Awards

38 wins & 25 nominations

OTB - Only The Best International Film Awards
2021
Best Documentary / Feature film
Winner - Only the Best Award
The Good Death (2018)
Schwerin Art of Film Festival
2021
Best Feature Film for Young People
Winner - Leo
2009
Best Feature
Winner - Flying Ox
2008
Ein Augenblick Freiheit (2008)
Winner - Direction Award
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