Caveh Zahedi

Director

April 29, 1960 (66 years)

Washington, D.C., United States

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Caveh Zahedi (born on April 29, 1960) is an American film director and actor of Iranian descent. Description above from the Wikipedia article Caveh Zahedi, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

8.3

The Show About the Show

Independent Filmmaker Caveh Zahedi is trying to make a television show. He persuades BRIC TV, a Brooklyn non-profit Arts organization, to finance a television show whose premise is that every episode will be about the making of the previous episode. In the process of creating the show, everything can-and does-go wrong. The cast, a who's who of Brooklyn's independent filmmaking community, includes Alex Karpovsky, Eleonore Hendricks, Dustin Defa, and Onur Tukel.

5.5

I Am a Sex Addict

Just moments before his third wedding, Zahedi relates with utter sincerity and astonishing candor his obsession with prostitutes. He retraces his romantic and sexual history, including his ideological commitment to open relationships, that led to two disastrous marriages and several very pissed off ex-girlfriends.

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The Show About the Show

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In the Bathtub of the World

On January 1st, 1999, Caveh Zahedi started a one-year video diary. The idea was to shoot one minute each day. This is the result.

5.6

The Sheik and I

When an American filmmaker is commissioned to make a film for a Middle East Biennial on the theme of 'art as a subversive act,' his film is banned for blasphemy, he is asked to destroy every copy, and threatened with arrest.

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A Little Stiff

A Little Stiff is a 1991 minimalist comedy directed by Caveh Zahedi and Greg Watkins based on true events and re-enacted by the actual participants. Caveh Zahedi plays himself as a neurotic film student who develops a crush on art student Erin McKim after a brief encounter in an elevator.

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Tripping With Caveh

With longtime collaborators Greg Watkins (A Little Stiff) and Thomas Logoreci, the charismatic, experimental filmmaker Caveh Zahedi approaches legendary songwriter Will Oldham (Palace Brothers, Bonnie "Prince" Billy) in an unconventional interview. Caveh offers up a serving of psychedelic mushrooms and a view on the relationship between the musician and his fan.

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Getting Stoned with Sophia Takal

Sophia's friends decide to leave so she can get stoned with Caveh and talk about interpersonal relationships, future plans, and a forwarded email.

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Higher Education 1

Part 1 of The Class About the Class - Caveh Zahedi's project made with his students at The New School.

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Jo-Jo at the Gate of Lions

Jo-Jo is a young woman who hears voices.

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Mandy's Birthday

This film is a birthday gift to Caveh Zahedi's girlfriend Amada (Mandy) Field. Mr. Zahedi arranged for one of his friends to film her all day on her birthday as his special birthday gift to her.

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How to Overthrow the US Government (Legally)

Filmmaker Caveh Zahedi and member of The Yes Men Jacques Servin give classes in bringing about political change and make a web show of this. A hilarious and painfully honest report on this process, in which students and teachers slowly but surely get to know – and appreciate – one another.

6.5

One Minute Racist

Caveh Zahedi tells the story of a contentious encounter with a college security guard, a story about a moment's lapse into racism. The film attempts to shed light on the mental process by which racism becomes internalized.

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I Was Blacklisted by Thom Powers

The story of how and why an American programmer tried to censor an Iranian-American filmmaker for making a film about censorship in the Middle East.

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The Trees Were Spelling Love Backwards

Filmmaker Caveh Zahedi receives a fan letter from a French singer living in Berlin. They begin an epistolary correspondence which graduates to Zoom calls that become increasingly intimate. They decide to meet in London and bring a camera person to film what happens.

6.7

I Don't Hate Las Vegas Anymore

A real-life comedy about a filmmaker who takes a road trip to Las Vegas -- with his real-life father and 16-year-old half-brother, plus a crew of three -- in the hopes of proving the existence of God.

10.0

Underground Zero

A collection of shorts made by various directors in response to 9/11.

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Couples Therapy

Caveh persuades Mandy and their couples therapist to let him film their sessions.

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The Film Within the Film

Yerba Buena Center for the Arts commissions Caveh Zahedi to make a film.

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Higher Education 2

The continuing saga of Caveh Zahedi's collaboration with students at The New School.