
Person
Karzan Kardozi
Directing · Sulaymaniyah, Kurdistan region, Iraq
Biography
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.
Known for

Anfa 8
Director

Where is Gilgamesh?
Director

The Arcturian
Director

Greed Eats the Soul
Director

A Viewer on a Movie Projector
Director

1001 Apples
Assistant Director

I Want To Live
Sound Designer

A Day in the Country
Director

A Walking Shadow
Cinematography

Yilmaz Guney: Rebel with a Cause
Director
Filmography
- 2026Anfa 8Director
- 2024Where is Gilgamesh?Director
- 2015I Want To LiveSound Designer
- 2014Yilmaz Guney: Rebel with a CauseDirector
- 2014A Viewer on a Movie ProjectorDirector
- 2013The ArcturianDirector
- 20131001 ApplesAssistant Director
- 2009Greed Eats the SoulDirector
- 2008A Day in the CountryDirector
- 2007A Walking ShadowCinematography
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