Isa Vandi

عیسی وندی Isa Vandi
Isa Vandi, March 2012
Born	1960 Iran
Occupation(s)	Film Producer, Director, Editor, Screenwriter
Years active	1979-Present

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.

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.

Filmography

• Loneliness (Ensamhet, 1991)
• The little postman (Lilla brevbärare, 1992)
• How people began to fly (Så här kom man på att flyga, 1993)
• Shit (Skit, 1994)
• The magic shadows (De magiska skuggorna, 1995)
• The white screen (Den vita duken, 1996)
• The girl and the fog (Flickan och dimman, 1997)
• Anti-clockwise (Motsols, 2000)
• My Midsummer (Min Midsommar, 2002)
• Football, friends and tears (Fotboll, vänner och tårar, 2002)
• Dance below white sheets (Dans under vita lakan, 2003)
• Grandpa Kent (Farfar Kent, 2005)
• So faraway yet so close (Så fjärran ändå så nära, 2007)
• One thousand and one night (Tusen och en natt, 2010)
• Come and See (Kom och se, 2012)

External links

• Isa Vandi at Göteborgs-Posten
• Isa Vandi at Dt.se
• Isa Vandi at Svariges Television
• Isa Vandi at Metro.se