Babak Jalali

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1978-09-01 (47 years old)

Place of Birth

Gorgan, Iran

Babak Jalali

Biography

Babak Jalali (Persian: بابک جلالی; 1 September, 1978; Gorgan) is an Iranian–British-American film director and producer, notably directing Radio Dreams, for which he won the Hivos Tiger Award at the 45th International Film Festival Rotterdam. Jalali was born in Gorgan, Iran, and grew up in London, where he attended the London Film School. In 2006, Jalali was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Short Film for his short "Heydar, an Afghan in Tehran." Jalali's first feature film, the 2010 Frontier Blues, was developed with support from the Cannes Cinéfondation. Frontier Blues premiered in Locarno Festival Competition and also screened in the...

Production

2012

Simon Killer

as Editor

2010

Frontier Blues

as Director

2010

Frontier Blues

as Screenplay

2017

Radio Dreams

as Director

2023

Fremont

as Director

2023

Fremont

as Writer

2017

Radio Dreams

as Writer

2025

Xoftex

as Writer

2013

White Shadow

as Co-Producer

2015

Short Skin

as Producer

2008

Lo zio

as Producer

2010

2023

Fremont

as Editor

2022

Amanda

as Editor

2018

Land

as Director

2018

Land

as Writer

2019

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