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Caveh Zahedi (born on April 29, 1960) is an American film director and actor of Iranian descent.
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Caveh Zahedi Biography / Wiki
Name | Caveh Zahedi |
Also Know | |
Gender | Male |
Known For | Directing |
Place of Birth | Washington, D.C., United States |
Date of Birth | 1960-04-29 |
Age(as in 2022) | 62 |
Deathday |
Caveh Zahedi Acting Movies
Movie Name | Character | Release Date | Overview |
I Am a Sex Addict | Caveh | 2005-10-14 | Just moments before his third wedding, Zahedi relates with utter sincerity and astonishing candor his obsession with prostitutes. He retraces his roma… |
I Don’t Hate Las Vegas Anymore | 1994-01-01 | A real-life comedy about a filmmaker who takes a road trip to Las Vegas — with his real-life father and 16-year-old half-brother, plus a crew of two … | |
Tripping With Caveh | Self | 2004-09-15 | With longtime collaborators Greg Watkins (A Little Stiff) and Thomas Logoreci, the charismatic, experimental filmmaker Caveh Zahedi approaches legenda… |
A Little Stiff | Himself | 1991-03-16 | A Little Stiff is a 1991 minimalist comedy directed by Caveh Zahedi and Greg Watkins based on true events and re-enacted by the actual participants. C… |
I Was Possessed by God | Himself | 2000-01-01 | On Valentine’s Day, 1993, Caveh Zahedi decided to ingest 5 grams (a very large dose) of hallucinogenic mushrooms. For the first time in his mushroom-t… |
The Show About the Show | Himself | 2017-03-17 | Independent Filmmaker Caveh Zahedi is trying to make a television show. He persuades BRIC TV, a Brooklyn non-profit Arts organization, to finance a te… |
One Minute Racist | Narrator | 2007-01-01 | Caveh Zahedi tells the story of a contentious encounter with a college security guard, a story about a moment’s lapse into racism. The film attempts t… |
How to Live with Regret | 2018-04-18 | How to live a long life filled with regret…. | |
A Sign From God | Caveh | 2000-10-20 | Greg Watkins’ romantic black comedy A SIGN FROM GOD depicts a semi-fictionalized day in the life of independent filmmaker Caveh (Caveh Zahedi) and his… |
How to Overthrow the US Government (Legally) | Caveh Zahedi | 2020-01-28 | Filmmaker Caveh Zahedi and member of The Yes Men Jaques Servin give classes in bringing about political change and make a web show of this. A hilariou… |
I Was Blacklisted by Thom Powers | 2012-11-28 | Another film that Toronto International Film Festival programmer Thom Powers would rather you didn’t see…. | |
Couples Therapy | 2013-01-31 | Caveh Zahedi and Amanda Field go to couples therapy… | |
The World is a Classroom | 2001-12-31 | Caveh Zahedi’s allegory about 9/11…. | |
The Unmaking of I Am A Sex Addict | Self | 2009-10-17 | An animated short about a film-shoot gone awry…. |
Snapshot Diary | Self | 2000-02-01 | The Sundance Channel gives Zahedi a still camera to chronicle his Sundance experience…. |
Best Film Not Playing at a Theater Near You | Himself | 2015-03-01 | Zahedi’s acceptance speech at the Gotham Awards… |
Getting Stoned with Caveh | Himself | 2020-01-01 | How can you have a talk show if you can’t remember what you’re talking about? Getting Stoned With Caveh is a show in which Caveh Zahedi gets high with… |
A Little Stiff | Greg | 1991-03-16 | A Little Stiff is a 1991 minimalist comedy directed by Caveh Zahedi and Greg Watkins based on true events and re-enacted by the actual participants. C… |
Letters to Thomas | Himself | 2000-12-31 | From 1999 to 2000, filmmaker Caveh Zahedi corresponded in a series of video-letters with his friend Thomas Logoreci…. |
In the Bathtub of the World | Himself | 2001-04-29 | On January 1st, 1999, Caveh Zahedi started a one-year video diary. The idea was to shoot one minute each day. This is the result…. |
Etienne! | 2009-06-12 | After Richard finds out that his best and only friend, a dwarf hamster named Etienne, has terminal cancer, he decides to take his pocket pet on a bicy… | |
Jo-Jo at the Gate of Lions | Obscene Phone Caller | 1992-01-20 | Jo-Jo is a young woman who hears voices…. |
Joe_iMDb vs Frankie Truffles | Caveh | A battle of wits between NYC cinephiles…. | |
Money Buys Happiness | Steve | 1999-10-01 | A man and a woman, unpleasant bickering nitwits both, push a big stupid metaphor (in the shape of a piano) across Seattle…. |
Creep 2 | Randy | 2017-10-14 | After finding an ad online for “video work,†Sara, a video artist whose primary focus is creating intimacy with lonely men, thinks she may have fo… |
Treasure Island | Harold | 1999-01-24 | This film has nothing to do with Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic story, but rather a naval base of the same name located in San Francisco Bay. Set am… |
This Is Hamlet | Player King | 2010-08-14 | A mockumentary examination of Shakespeare’s greatest tragedy using “breaking news” style interviews and commentary…. |
CrÃtico | Self | 2008-01-28 | Seventy critics and filmmakers discuss cinema around the conflict between the artist and the observer, the creator and the critic. Between 1998 and 20… |
The Threee Geniuses | 2009-11-15 | A compilation of footage from The Threee Geniuses. “The most intentionally psychedelic television show on cable TV.  | |
Waking Life | Self | 2001-10-19 | Waking Life is about a young man in a persistent lucid dream-like state. The film follows its protagonist as he initially observes and later participa… |
Caveh Zahedi Directing Movies
Movie Name | Job | Release Date | Overview |
I Am a Sex Addict | Director | 2005-10-14 | Just moments before his third wedding, Zahedi relates with utter sincerity and astonishing candor his obsession with prostitutes. He retraces his roma… |
In the Bathtub of the World | Director | 2001-04-29 | On January 1st, 1999, Caveh Zahedi started a one-year video diary. The idea was to shoot one minute each day. This is the result…. |
The Sheik and I | Director | 2012-12-07 | When an American filmmaker is commissioned to make a film for a Middle East Biennial on the theme of ‘art as a subversive act,’ his film is banned for… |
I Don’t Hate Las Vegas Anymore | Director | 1994-01-01 | A real-life comedy about a filmmaker who takes a road trip to Las Vegas — with his real-life father and 16-year-old half-brother, plus a crew of two … |
Tripping With Caveh | Director | 2004-09-15 | With longtime collaborators Greg Watkins (A Little Stiff) and Thomas Logoreci, the charismatic, experimental filmmaker Caveh Zahedi approaches legenda… |
A Little Stiff | Director | 1991-03-16 | A Little Stiff is a 1991 minimalist comedy directed by Caveh Zahedi and Greg Watkins based on true events and re-enacted by the actual participants. C… |
I Was Possessed by God | Director | 2000-01-01 | On Valentine’s Day, 1993, Caveh Zahedi decided to ingest 5 grams (a very large dose) of hallucinogenic mushrooms. For the first time in his mushroom-t… |
Worm | Director | 2001-03-16 | An off-screen narrator remembers a time he was five years old, walking to school in a heavy rain, wearing a yellow slicker and cap. He relates to us t… |
Bob Dylan Hates Me | Director | 2016-01-24 | Independent filmmaker Caveh Zahedi meets his childhood idol…. |
I Was in a Film Starring Laura Dern | Director | 1995-09-27 | Video diary shot during the making of Alexander Payne’s Citizen Ruth… |
The Show About the Show | Director | 2017-03-17 | Independent Filmmaker Caveh Zahedi is trying to make a television show. He persuades BRIC TV, a Brooklyn non-profit Arts organization, to finance a te… |
Dog Story | Director | 1988-01-09 | A mother and daughter disagree about whether to put their dying dog to sleep…. |
One Minute Racist | Director | 2007-01-01 | Caveh Zahedi tells the story of a contentious encounter with a college security guard, a story about a moment’s lapse into racism. The film attempts t… |
D. | Director | 1997-03-29 | A look into the far-too-brief life of D. Montgomery, the sound recordist for Caveh Zahedi’s I DON’T HATE LAS VEGAS ANYMORE…. |
Letters to Thomas | Director | 2000-12-31 | From 1999 to 2000, filmmaker Caveh Zahedi corresponded in a series of video-letters with his friend Thomas Logoreci…. |
Underground Zero | Director | 2002-03-15 | A collection of shorts made by various directors in response to 9/11…. |
How to Overthrow the US Government (Legally) | Director | 2020-01-28 | Filmmaker Caveh Zahedi and member of The Yes Men Jaques Servin give classes in bringing about political change and make a web show of this. A hilariou… |
Mandy’s Birthday | Director | 1999-12-14 | This film is a birthday gift to Caveh Zahedi’s girlfriend Amada (Mandy) Field. Mr. Zahedi arranged for one of his friends to film her all day on her … |
A Day in the Life of Greg Watkins | Director | 1999-06-05 | Caveh Zahedi films the making of A SIGN FROM GOD (a film in which he starred)…. |
Plot for a Biennial | Director | 2015-03-13 | This is the commissioned (and ultimately banned) film which Zahedi made for a biennial celebration. His The Sheik and I documentary is about his expe… |
I Was Blacklisted by Thom Powers | Director | 2012-11-28 | Another film that Toronto International Film Festival programmer Thom Powers would rather you didn’t see…. |
Couples Therapy | Director | 2013-01-31 | Caveh Zahedi and Amanda Field go to couples therapy… |
The World is a Classroom | Director | 2001-12-31 | Caveh Zahedi’s allegory about 9/11…. |
Epiphanies | Director | 1989-02-01 | Fragments from a would-be abecedarium: E IS FOR ELEVATOR, J IS FOR JUMP, K IS FOR KISSING, M IS FOR MAGGOT and S IS FOR STRANGER…. |
Letters to Gary | Director | 1990-02-01 | From 1987 to 1990, filmmaker Caveh Zahedi corresponded in a series of video-letters with his friend Gary Green…. |
D’s Watch | Director | 1997-06-10 | A meditation on loss… |
D’s Address | Director | 1997-07-08 | Another meditation on loss…. |
Dimitri in the Mud with Turquoise | Director | 2006-01-31 | Caveh Zahedi takes DMT…. |
The Film Within the Film | Director | 2005-02-17 | Yerba Buena Center for the Arts commissions Caveh Zahedi to make a film…. |
Letters to Matthew | Director | 2005-02-02 | From 2001 to 2005, filmmaker Caveh Zahedi corresponded in a series of video-letters with his friend Matthew Weiss…. |
Letters to Jay | Director | 1999-03-10 | From 1996 to 1999, filmmaker Caveh Zahedi corresponded in a series of video-letters with his friend Jay Rosenblatt…. |
The First 5 Days of 2003 | Director | 2013-03-06 | Unfinished video diary… |
Letters to Bill | Director | 2005-02-09 | From 2002 to 2005, filmmaker Caveh Zahedi corresponded in a series of video-letters with his friend Bill Brown…. |
The Unmaking of I Am A Sex Addict | Director | 2009-10-17 | An animated short about a film-shoot gone awry…. |
Snapshot Diary | Director | 2000-02-01 | The Sundance Channel gives Zahedi a still camera to chronicle his Sundance experience…. |
Dada | Director | 2010-04-01 | Focus Features commissions Zahedi to make a one-minute film about his one-year old to promote the film Babies…. |
Best Film Not Playing at a Theater Near You | Director | 2015-03-01 | Zahedi’s acceptance speech at the Gotham Awards… |
Getting Stoned with Caveh | Director | 2020-01-01 | How can you have a talk show if you can’t remember what you’re talking about? Getting Stoned With Caveh is a show in which Caveh Zahedi gets high with… |
Pull Up the Roots | Director | 1986-01-01 | I made this spec music video between 1983 and 1985. It took me two years to make, as I was working in Super 8. I sent it to David Byrne whose response… |
Odd Shirttails of Cornell’s Life | Director | 2014-01-01 | Found footage film based on a real phone conversation…. |
When It Rains, It Pours | Director | 1986-01-01 | Experimental short film by Caveh Zahedi featuring the music of Debussy…. |
You Have To Live Somewhere | Director | 2014-01-01 | Music video for a song by Don Lennon. Repurposes footage from Buster Keaton…. |
Letters to Bill (2002 – 2005) | Director | Video correspondence with filmmaker Bill Brown…. | |
Caveh Zahedi Production Movies
Movie Name | Job | Release Date | Overview |
I Am a Sex Addict | Producer | 2005-10-14 | Just moments before his third wedding, Zahedi relates with utter sincerity and astonishing candor his obsession with prostitutes. He retraces his roma… |
The Sheik and I | Producer | 2012-12-07 | When an American filmmaker is commissioned to make a film for a Middle East Biennial on the theme of ‘art as a subversive act,’ his film is banned for… |
Bad at Dancing | Executive Producer | 2015-02-06 | A perpetual third wheel and awkward outsider, Joanna increasingly inserts herself into the relationship of her more charismatic roommate Isabel. The t… |
How to Overthrow the US Government (Legally) | Producer | 2020-01-28 | Filmmaker Caveh Zahedi and member of The Yes Men Jaques Servin give classes in bringing about political change and make a web show of this. A hilariou… |
I Was Blacklisted by Thom Powers | Producer | 2012-11-28 | Another film that Toronto International Film Festival programmer Thom Powers would rather you didn’t see…. |
Getting Stoned with Caveh | Producer | 2020-01-01 | How can you have a talk show if you can’t remember what you’re talking about? Getting Stoned With Caveh is a show in which Caveh Zahedi gets high with… |
Writing
Movie Name | Job | Release Date | Overview |
A Little Stiff | Writer | 1991-03-16 | A Little Stiff is a 1991 minimalist comedy directed by Caveh Zahedi and Greg Watkins based on true events and re-enacted by the actual participants. C… |
Bob Dylan Hates Me | Screenplay | 2016-01-24 | Independent filmmaker Caveh Zahedi meets his childhood idol…. |
The Show About the Show | Screenplay | 2017-03-17 | Independent Filmmaker Caveh Zahedi is trying to make a television show. He persuades BRIC TV, a Brooklyn non-profit Arts organization, to finance a te… |
One Minute Racist | Story | 2007-01-01 | Caveh Zahedi tells the story of a contentious encounter with a college security guard, a story about a moment’s lapse into racism. The film attempts t… |
I Was Blacklisted by Thom Powers | Screenplay | 2012-11-28 | Another film that Toronto International Film Festival programmer Thom Powers would rather you didn’t see…. |
I Am a Sex Addict | Writer | 2005-10-14 | Just moments before his third wedding, Zahedi relates with utter sincerity and astonishing candor his obsession with prostitutes. He retraces his roma… |
The Unmaking of I Am A Sex Addict | Screenplay | 2009-10-17 | An animated short about a film-shoot gone awry…. |
Snapshot Diary | Screenplay | 2000-02-01 | The Sundance Channel gives Zahedi a still camera to chronicle his Sundance experience…. |
Dada | Screenplay | 2010-04-01 | Focus Features commissions Zahedi to make a one-minute film about his one-year old to promote the film Babies…. |
How to Overthrow the US Government (Legally) | Writer | 2020-01-28 | Filmmaker Caveh Zahedi and member of The Yes Men Jaques Servin give classes in bringing about political change and make a web show of this. A hilariou… |
When We Were Bullies | Script Consultant | 2021-01-28 | A mind-boggling “coincidence” leads the filmmaker to track down his fifth grade class – and fifth grade teacher – to examine their memory of and c… |
Sound
Movie Name | Job | Release Date | Overview |
One Minute Racist | Sound Editor | 2007-01-01 | Caveh Zahedi tells the story of a contentious encounter with a college security guard, a story about a moment’s lapse into racism. The film attempts t… |
Other Info
Movie Name | Job | Release Date | Overview |
I Was Possessed by God | Editor | 2000-01-01 | On Valentine’s Day, 1993, Caveh Zahedi decided to ingest 5 grams (a very large dose) of hallucinogenic mushrooms. For the first time in his mushroom-t… |
King of the Jews | Editor | 2000-03-14 | King of the Jews is a film about anti-Semitism and transcendence. Utilizing Hollywood movies, 1950’s educational films, personal home movies and relig… |
One Minute Racist | Editor | 2007-01-01 | Caveh Zahedi tells the story of a contentious encounter with a college security guard, a story about a moment’s lapse into racism. The film attempts t… |
I Am a Sex Addict | Editor | 2005-10-14 | Just moments before his third wedding, Zahedi relates with utter sincerity and astonishing candor his obsession with prostitutes. He retraces his roma… |
A Pregnant Moment | Editor | A ‘dog-u-mentary’ about birth, loss and near death. The film follows three adults and a dog named Lola through Lola’s pregnancy, the birth of her pupp… | |
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