Karzan Kader (born 8 September 1982) is an
Iraqi Kurdish
Iraqi Kurdistan or Southern Kurdistan ( ku, باشووری کوردستان, Başûrê Kurdistanê) refers to the Kurdish-populated part of northern Iraq. It is considered one of the four parts of "Kurdistan" in Western Asia, which also inc ...
film actor, director, writer. He lives in
Stockholm
Stockholm () is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, largest city of Sweden as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in Scandinavia. Approximately 980,000 people liv ...
. Karzan Kader was nine years old when his family fled
Kurdistan
Kurdistan ( ku, کوردستان ,Kurdistan ; lit. "land of the Kurds") or Greater Kurdistan is a roughly defined geo-cultural territory in Western Asia wherein the Kurds form a prominent majority population and the Kurdish culture, Kurdish la ...
during the
Iraq War
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in 1990. They settled in
Sweden
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, where Kader and his siblings were raised. In 2007 he enrolled in
Stockholm Academy of Dramatic Arts
The Stockholm Academy of Dramatic Arts (SADA) ( sv, Stockholms dramatiska högskola) was a school within the Stockholm University of the Arts that offers a University Diploma in Performing Arts and Media. SADA was Sweden’s largest school of fil ...
(SADA) to study directing. His short film "Bekas" eventually won a
Student Oscar and was developed into the acclaimed feature-length film by the same name.
Karzan graduated from
Dramatiska Institutet
The Swedish Institute of Dramatic Art ( sv, Dramatiska Institutet, DI), also called the University College of Film, Radio, Television and Theatre was a Swedish university college in Stockholm that provided education programs about activities sur ...
as a
Film director
A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, p ...
in 2010 and won a Student Award for his graduation film.
Filmography
As an Actor
As a director
References
External links
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1982 births
Swedish people of Kurdish descent
Iraqi Kurdish people
Kurdish film directors
Living people
Swedish male actors
Dramatiska Institutet alumni
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