Ramin Niami

Ramin Niami is an Iranian film director, producer, actor and writer. In 1989, he was editor of The Houseguest, a film directed by Franz Harland. During his career, he has participated in more than twenty documentary films. He also made several feature films such as Somewhere in the City (1998) and Paris (2003). Career He was born in Tehran, Iran, educated at film school in London and worked as a director and producer on over twenty television documentaries, many of them broadcast by the UK’s BBC and Channel 4, as well as major American networks. A New York resident for many years, Ramin was a faculty member for filmmaking at the School of Visual Arts in New York. He also produced Amir Naderi’s festival favorite Manhattan By Numbers in New York. Niami’s first feature film as a director was Somewhere in the City, starring Sandra Bernhard, Bai Ling, Ornella Muti and Peter Stormare; the film screened at over 25 international film festivals, was released theatrically in the U.S. and on HBO and was sold in countries around the world. After relocating to Los Angeles, he directed and produced his second feature film Paris which premiered in main competition at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York, starring Chad Allen, Bai Ling, James Russo and Karen Black. Paris also screened as the opening night film of the Bangkok Film Festival and played many other international film festivals. Paris was released in the U.S. by DEJ/Blockbuster and 20th Century Fox Home Video and broadcast on Showtime/TMC. Babe’s & Rickey’s Inn was the winner of the Pan African Film Festival Programmer’s Award 2013 and premiered theatrically at Laemmle Monica 4 Plex in LA. It was screened in several other major cities such as New York, Chicago, Dallas, Seattle, Portland, etc. It is also available in the US and Canada through Cinedigm on VOD (video on demand), digital and other on-line platforms.