Rafi Pitts
- Known for
- Writing
- Born
- January 1, 1967, Mashhad, Iran
- Movies
- 14
Rafi Pitts (born 1967) is an Iranian film director.
Pitts was born in Mashad, Iran. Rafi spent his childhood in Tehran, where he lived in a basement flat underneath a post-production studio. He came to England (his father is English) in 1981 during the Iran Iraq war. He graduated in 1991 from the Polytechnic of Central London with a BA (Hons) degree in Film and Photography. His first short film, In Exile (1991) was presented the same year at the London International Film Festival. In the 90's Pitts moved to Paris and worked on films by Leos Carax, Jacques Doillon and Jean-Luc Godard.
Educated in France and England, Rafi Pitts belongs to the new wave of Iranian cinema, which received numerous prestigious prizes in the international festival circuit.
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 2024 | Eureka | Randall |
| 2023 | Summer Frost | Elyas |
| 2023 | The Book of Wonders | Matthew |
| 2022 | Chevrotine | Pierre |
| 2012 | Argo | Iranian Consulate Official |
| 2010 | The Hunter | Ali Alavi |
| 2003 | Abel Ferrara: Not Guilty |
Directing, Writing & Producing
| 2016 | Soy Nero | Director, Writer |
| 2011 | 60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero | Writer, Director |
| 2010 | The Hunter | Director, Screenplay |
| 2006 | It's Winter | Producer, Director, Screenplay |
| 2003 | Abel Ferrara: Not Guilty | Director, Writer |
| 2001 | Sanam | Director, Writer |
| 1997 | The Fifth Season | Director |
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