Years active 1979-Present Name Isa Vandi | Role Film producer | |
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Born 1960 Iran Occupation Film Producer, Director, Editor, Screenwriter People also search for Marcelo V. Racana, Lasse Summanen, Johan Falemark | ||
Isa Vandi (Persian: عیسی وندی ; born 1960) is an Iranian-Swedish film producer, director, editor and screenwriter. He emigrated from Iran in 1989, now living and working in Sweden.
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Career
Isa started his career on stage at the age of 14 in the Department of Culture and Arts in Sari. After finishing high school, he started studying acting and directing at the Institute of Dramatic Arts in Tehran but was not allowed to continue his studies after the Cultural Revolution in Iran. He then worked in several children’s TV Series before moving to Sweden in 1989. He founded Scorpion Film which is an independent production company in 1995 in Gothenburg, producing fiction films and documentaries for both TV and cinema. So far Isa has written, produced, directed and edited more than 15 films, some of which have gained notable recognition. The main themes in his works are people and their solitude. In addition to film making, he also does lecturing on the history of cinema, film theory, scriptwriting and dramaturgy.