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bahrani at the 2014 venice international film festival winston-salem , north carolina , united states american 20 march 1975 ramin bahrani , 2014 venice international film festival.jpg ramin bahrani
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ramin bahrani

ramin bahrani -lrb- ; born march 20 , 1975 -rrb- is an american director and screenwriter .
film critic roger ebert listed bahrani 's film `` chop shop '' as the 6th best film of the decade and hailed bahrani as `` the director of the decade . ''
bahrani was the recipient of the prestigious 2009 guggenheim fellowship , and was the subject of several international retrospectives including the moma in new york city , harvard university , and the la rochelle film festival in france .
bahrani is a professor of film directing at columbia university 's graduate film program in new york city
