Tina Gharavi
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Tina Gharavi | |
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تینا غروی | |
 Gharavi on the set of The Tunnel | |
| Born | 1 July 1972 |
| Occupation(s) | Artist, director, screenwriter, professor |
| Years active | 1998–present |
| Website | Official website |
Tina Gharavi (Persian: تینا غروی born 1 July 1972) is an Iranian-born British artist, director and screenwriter. She has been nominated for BAFTA and Sundance awards.[1] Her projects explore themes of equality and diversity.[2]
Early life and education
[edit]Gharavi was born in Tehran. She attended high school in New Jersey. She initially trained as a painter in the United States before entering the film industry.[3]
Career
[edit]In 2011, Gharavi directed two episodes of The Tunnel, the British adaptation of The Bridge for Sky, as well as two episodes of Ackley Bridge for Channel 4. Her debut feature film, I Am Nasrine, was released in 2013. It was nominated for a BAFTA for outstanding debut.[4] Sir Ben Kingsley, a patron of the film,[5][6] called it "an important and much-needed film".[7] Peter Bradshaw of The Guardian gave the film four stars, writing that it was "a valuable debut, shot with a fluent kind of poetry".[4]
In April 2023, Gharavi addressed criticism regarding the casting of Black actress Adele James as Cleopatra in the Netflix series Queen Cleopatra, which she directed.[8] In 2024, Gharavi was announced as the director of The Shah, the Spy and the Madman, a documentary series on the 1953 coup d'état in Iran.[9] In December of that year, Gharavi was announced as the showrunner for The Fox, an international crime thriller series based on the bestselling Icelandic detective novels by Sólveig Pálsdóttir.[10][11]
Gharavi is an associate professor in Film & Digital Media at the University of Newcastle.[12] She was invited to join the BAFTA Academy in 2017 and received a Fellowship from the MIT Documentary Lab in Boston.[13]
Production
[edit]In 1998, Gharavi established the film company Bridge +Tunnel, a multidisciplinary media production company. The company uses media to highlight underrepresented stories from minority and marginalized communities.[11][14]
Selected filmography
[edit]Film
[edit]| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Closer | Director/Producer | |
| 2002 | Mother/Country | Director/Producer | |
| 2002 | A Town Like Lackawanna | Director/Producer/Camera | |
| 2004 | Featherhead | Director/Producer | Short film |
| 2006 | Bread: Nearest Neighbor: Israel & Palestine | Director/Producer | Documentary installation |
| 2007 | Asylum Carwash | Director/Producer | Documentary installation |
| 2007 | Two Lighthouses | Director/Producer | |
| 2007 | Perfect to Begin | Producer | Short film |
| 2007–2013 | Last of the Dictionary Men | Artist | Documentary installation |
| 2008 | The King of South Shields | Director/Producer | |
| 2013 | I Am Nasrine | Director/Producer/Screenwriter | |
| 2015 | People Like Us | Director/Producer/Screenwriter | Documentary short |
| 2020 | Tribalism Is Killing Us | Director/Producer | |
| 2023 | A Beirut Love Story | Director/Screenwriter | |
| TBA | Night and Day | Director | |
| TBA | The Good Iranian | Director/Producer/Screenwriter |
Television
[edit]| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | The Tunnel: Vengeance | Second unit director | |
| 2018 | Ackley Bridge | Director | Episodes 5, 6 |
| 2023 | African Queens: Queen Cleopatra | Director | |
| TBA | Refurinn/The Fox | Director |
References
[edit]- ^ "Bafta nomination for Tina Gharavi's smuggled film". BBC News. 10 January 2013.
- ^ "Tina Gharavi". Women Make Movies.
- ^ "Tina Gharavi: Q&A". Guru.bafta.org. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
- ^ a b Bradshaw, Peter (13 June 2013). "I Am Nasrine – review". The Guardian. Retrieved 25 January 2025.
- ^ "I AM NASRINE". Brooklyn Film Festival. Retrieved 25 January 2025.
- ^ "Tina Gharavi". Primetime. Retrieved 25 January 2025.
- ^ "BEV chats to I Am Nasrine dir. Tina Gharavi | Birds Eye View". birds-eye-view.co.uk. Archived from the original on 15 February 2015.
- ^ Kasraoui, Safaa (24 April 2023). "Filmmaker Tina Gharavi Responds to Egyptians' Criticism Against 'Black Cleopatra'". Morocco World News.
- ^ "Tina Gharavi to Direct Iranian Coup Doc Series 'The Shah, the Spy and the Madman'". Variety. 2 April 2024. Retrieved 7 April 2025.
- ^ Clarke, Stewart (9 December 2024). "'African Queens: Cleopatra' Director Tina Gharavi Options Icelandic Bestseller & Tees Up International Crime Thriller Series 'The Fox'". Deadline.
- ^ a b Clarke, Stewart (9 December 2024). "'African Queens: Cleopatra' Director Tina Gharavi Options Icelandic Bestseller & Tees Up International Crime Thriller Series 'The Fox'". Deadline. Retrieved 25 January 2025.
- ^ "Tina Gharavi · BIFA · British Independent Film Awards". BIFA · British Independent Film Awards. 12 October 2018. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
- ^ "Staff Profile | English Literature, Language and Linguistics | Newcastle University". Newcastle University.
- ^ sidreddy (4 April 2022). "Meet Tina Gharavi | Film director & screenwriter, occasional professor". SHOUTOUT LA. Retrieved 26 March 2025.
External links
[edit]- Tina Gharavi at IMDb
| International | |
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| National | |
- Living people
- 1972 births
- Iranian film directors
- British film directors
- British directors
- Film directors from New Jersey
- New Zealand film directors
- Iranian women film directors
- British women film directors
- Iranian emigrants to the United Kingdom
- Iranian emigrants to the United States
- Film people from Tehran
- Iranian women screenwriters