About

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Birthday:
1994-01-01
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Rayka Zehtabchi

Overview

Rayka Zehtabchi is an Oscar-winning Iranian-American director based in Los Angeles. Her directorial debut, Madaran, is an Iranian language short that won Jury awards at top film festivals and qualified for the 89th Academy Awards in 2016.

She won the Oscar for Best Documentary Short at the 91st Academy Awards for Period. End of Sentence., a documentary about a group of village women in Northern India who start a sanitary pad-making business in an effort to improve feminine hygiene and de-stigmatize menstruation. Along with the film’s release, Rayka helped co-found the non-profit “The Pad Project” to fight the stigma of menstruation and improve feminine hygiene worldwide.

Rayka’s passion is telling human stories that bring awareness and action to little-known social causes. In both documentary and narrative, she brings a naturalistic approach to her storytelling, striving for honesty and intimacy on screen.

Known for

Directing
2022 Long Line of Ladies Directing Director N/A
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2021 Are You Still There? Directing Director N/A
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2020 A Woman's Place Directing Director N/A
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2020 Just Hold On Directing Director 59
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2020 Ours to Tell Directing Director N/A
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2019 (SHn(y)o͞of) Directing Director 59
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2018 Mammoth Directing Assistant Director 59
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2018 We Home Directing Director 59
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2018 Period. End of Sentence. Directing Director 65
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2016 Madaran Directing Director N/A
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They Came From All Over Directing Director N/A
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Writing
2021 Are You Still There? Writing Writer N/A
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2016 Madaran Writing Writer N/A
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Production
2023 You Know Where to Find Me Production Producer N/A
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2023 The Old Young Crow Production Executive Producer 59
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2022 Long Line of Ladies Production Producer N/A
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2019 (SHn(y)o͞of) Production Producer 59
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2018 Period. End of Sentence. Production Producer 65
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2016 Madaran Production Co-Producer N/A
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