Ana Lily Amirpour is an Iranian-American film director, screenwriter and actress. She is best known for her directorial debut in a 2014 film called Girl Walks Home Alone at Night , which she described as “the first Iranian vampire spaghetti western”. The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and was distributed by VICE . It also won the Revelations Prize at the Deauville Film Festival that same year, along with a Citizen Kane Award for “Best Directorial Revelation” at the Sitges Film FestivalAfter being dubbed “the next Quentin Tarantino” for her style and directorial skills, Ana presented her next film called The Bad Batch in 2016. It contained a mixture of romance and violence and was hailed by critics as one of her best works viewed. It starred actors including Jason Momoa, Suki Waterhouse, Jim Carrey and Keanu Reeves. Venice International Film Festival on September 6, 2016 won a Special Jury Prize. In 2018 she directed an episode of Castle Rock TV series as well as a pilot for Thorn Thicket TV series which was released in 2019.

Born name

Ana Lily Amirpour

nickname

Well

Sun sign

Lion

Place of birth

Margate, Kent, England, United Kingdom

Residence

Los Angeles, California, United States

nationality

training

She completed her high school education in Bakersfield, California, USA. Ana then went on to study biology at UC Santa Barbara , in Santa Barbara, California, USA, but dropped out after about a year.

She went on to study at San Francisco State University as an art major for a bachelor’s degree but no degree. She then attended and graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) College of Drama, Film and Television .

occupation

Director, producer, screenwriter, actor

family

• Father – unknown
• mother – unknown
• Siblings – unknown

Manager

Ana Lily Amirpour is represented by –

• Human Stew Factory
• Creative Artists Agency (CAA) in Los Angeles, Kalifornien, USA
• Jackoway Austen Tyerman Wertheimer Mandelbaum Morris Bernstein Trattner & Klein (Legal Representative)

To build

Slim

Height

167,5 cm (5 ft 6 in)

weight

51 kg or 112.5 lbs

friend/spouse

Ana prefers to keep her dating life private.

race/ethnicity

near East

She is of Iranian descent.

hair colour

dark brown

eye color

dark brown

sexual orientation

unknown

distinguishing features

• Bob haircut
• Slim physique
• Defined facial features

brand promotion

Ana Lily released a short film for fashion house Kenzo in 2018.

Known for

• Directed a short film A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night that was first self-released and then re-filmed in full length and distributed by VICE Films in 2014
• As a director for short films such as Ketab (2010), Pashamloo (2011) and A Little Suicide (2012)
• Directed a popular American drama horror The Bad Batch 2016 starring Suki Waterhouse, Jason Momoa, Keanu Reeves, Jim Carrey and others
• As a writer and director for Blood Moon

first movie

The first film she directed and wrote was a 5 minute action drama Six and a Half in 2019.

First TV show

She directed an episode of National Geographic Channel’s Breakthrough series in 2017 entitled Curing Cancer.

Personal trainer

Ana loves hiking, climbing and long-distance walking, which is evident from her seven-day trek through the Alps to Mont Blanc.

She enjoys eating healthy and has been known to share pictures of salads she’s made herself.

Ana Lily Amirpour Lieblingssachen

• Person – Bruce Lee, Michael Jackson, Madonna und Quentin Tarantino
• Tier – Ponypferd
• Food – Persian Ice Cream
• Drink – Guinness beer

Ana Lily Amirpour fact

1. She has Iranian ancestry but was born in Margate, England, UK. When she was very young, the whole family moved to Miami, Florida and then settled in Bakersfield, California.
2. The culture shock of coming to another country and making connections with American films inspired her love of film.
3. She started making films at the age of 12 when her father gave her a camcorder.
4. Her parents wanted her to be a lawyer or a doctor.
5. Ana Lily Amirpour announced that she has a 30% hearing loss, which greatly influenced her focus on imagery and lack of dialogue in films.
6. A well-known magazine, Filmmaker added her to their list of “25 New Faces of Independent Film” in 2014 after the publication of A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (2014).
7. She describes The Bad Batch (2016) as a mixture of The Road Warrior (1981), Pretty in Pink (1986), El Topo (1970) and Dirty Dancing (1987) films.
8. In 2017 at the Q&A session for The Bad Batch there was a controversy when a black woman hadasked Ana about the film’s portrayal and treatment of people of color as they all seemed to die horrific deaths. Ana didn’t directly answer the question and later blocked the person when she took to Twitter to talk about the topic. The director also later apologized and the issue was resolved.
9. Their films typically feature different cultural backgrounds, music and score are the most important part in them. They also usually have female protagonists who don’t fit, as Ana herself is attracted to outcasts.
10. A short film she directed in 2012, A Little Suicide received 3 nominations for Best Short Film at the Edinburgh International Film Festival , Oldenburg Film Festival , and Zlin International Film Festival for Children and Young People .
11. Another short, True Love (2010), won the Audience Award for “Best International Short from” at the Milano International Film Festival Awards .
12. Her sexuality came into question on September 30, 2018 when she shared a very touching Instagram post to actress Rosario Dawson. It was much more than a working relationship based on both her and Rosario’s messages, but no further comments were made by either.
13. She wrote and directed Blood Moon , a fantasy film due for release in 2019 and starring Hollywood actors Zac Efron, Kate Hudson and Craig Robinson, among others.
14. Ana directed a music video, You , a song by the duo Juanita and the Rabbit in 2009.
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