
Karzan Kardozi
Directing
Karzan Kardozi was born in Sulaimani, Kurdistan and left with his family in 1999, they settled in Nashville, US, where Karzan pursued his passion for film directing. He graduated from Watkins College of Art, Design & Film with a degree in Film Directing and Cinematography. In 2015, he went back to Kurdistan to make a low budget documentary film titled "I Want to Live" about the lives of Kurdish refugees from Syria. In 2023, he wrote, produced, and directed "Where is Gilgamesh?", a film noir based on the Epic of Gilgamesh. Independently produced with a small budget and only seven crew members, the film was shot on location in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. Also a writer, Kardozi wrote a series of books in Kurdish titled "100 Years of Cinema, 100 Directors," that chronicle the history of cinema.
Behind the camera
2026Anfa 8
Director & Screenplay & Writer
2024Where is Gilgamesh?
Director & Screenplay & Writer
2015I Want To Live
Director & Writer
2014Yilmaz Guney: Rebel with a Cause
Director & Writer
2014A Viewer on a Movie Projector
Director
2013The Arcturian
Director & Screenplay
2009Greed Eats the Soul
Director & Writer
2008A Day in the Country
Director & Writer
2007A Walking Shadow
Director