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Ramin Bahrani
Ramin Bahrani graduated Columbia University in New York City with a degree in film theory. In 1998 he left America to live in his parents’ homeland of Iran for the first time in his life. He stayed for three years, and also made his first feature film, Strangers. He then spent some time in Paris before returning to the States to begin work on his second film, Man Push Cart.
Bahrani has made numerous short films, and received various grants and fellowships for his films writing. He also teaches acting and screenwriting.
Ahmad dragging that cart on New York’s streets is why we made the film. That evocative image, which is so real, seems to me to be what life is about. Ahmad is what impressed me and surprised me the most. His presence is so complex and so powerful, that during editing, the film became increasingly about him. I knew he would be good, but I didn’t know he would be such a commanding presence. I’m interested in whatever we don’t see in cinema. For me, the story must come from reality, a sense of location and character that is rooted in today’s society, not some computer generated world. I want my cinema to be connected specifically to my generation, the way American films were in the 60s and 70s or current East Asian and Middle Eastern cinema is today.
(Ramin Bahrani)
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