Zal Batmanglij

Regissör, Författare, Producent

28 april 1981 (45 år)
Zal Batmanglij is an American film director and screenwriter. He directed and co-wrote the 2011 film Sound of My Voice and the 2013 film The East, both of which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival.

Batmanglij was born in France to Iranian parents. His mother is the cookbook author Najmieh Batmanglij, and his younger brother Rostam Batmanglij is a member of the band Vampire Weekend. Both brothers are gay. Batmanglij grew up in Washington, DC, in the United States. He studied anthropology and English at Georgetown University, graduating in 2002. There he met Mike Cahill in a philosophy class. They took a screenwriting course together and produced a short film that won the Georgetown Film Festival. Brit Marling saw the short film and asked if she could work with them.

Several years later, after Marling's graduation, the three friends moved to Los Angeles, California, where Batmanglij attended the American Film Institute Conservatory. For his thesis film, he made a 35mm short called The Recordist (2007), which starred Marling.

Känd för

  • The OA
    The OA2 seasons
  • The East
    The East2013
  • A Murder at the End of the World
    A Murder at the End of the World7 episodes
  • Wayward Pines
    Wayward Pines2 seasons
  • Sound of My Voice
    Sound of My Voice2011

Filmografi

2023
A Murder at the End of the World · as Executive Producer
2016
The OA · as Executive Producer

2007
2005