Tina Gharavi  

Gharavi is a BAFTA and Sundance-nominated writer and director born in Tehran, now based in Newcastle (UK) and Los Angeles, focused on delivering challenging stories lensed with an observant perspective. Whether filming in the West Bank, Yemen, Sudan, The Channel Tunnel or Gateshead, Gharavi marries her indomitable spirit and humour with a distinct talent to deliver naturalistic performances and manage beautifully observed stories.

Her debut feature, I Am Nasrine, shot in England and Iran, was nominated for a BAFTA in 2013. Sir Ben Kingsley called it "a life enhancing film, an important and much needed film" and it received 4 stars from Peter Bradshaw in The Guardian calling it, "A valuable debut, shot with a fluent kind of poetry" while Deborah Ross in the Spectator described it as"affectionate, humane, tender and, ultimately, optimistic."

Having worked in war zones and in guerrilla filmmaking, her techniques for leadership and achieving goals means she is unafraid to take risks. Her visual approach comes from training as a painter and studying cinema in France, as well as working as an art director and editor. Gharavi’s work is set apart by its attention to detail and storytelling perspective married to a commercial and collaborative approach.

Gharavi is currently finalising development on her next feature film Good Iranian, a crime drama set in Europe and Iran, developed by Film 4/BFI and a feature documentary, Tribalism is Killing Us, with Idris Elba. She recently worked on the high-end drama TV show, The Tunnel, and is now engaged developing several projects as well as her first TV series, an Icelandic noir with an intriguing twist.

Gharavi was elected into the BAFTA Academy in 2017. She is represented by Roxana Adle at Independent Talent. (9/18)