Producer / Director and Author
Niloufar Taghizadeh was born in Iran and began working in the film industry at an early age.
She has lived in Germany since 1996 and studied film directing at the Athanor Academy. In the course of her career, she has worked on many international projects as a writer and director and has also been involved in production. Some film projects were made in collaboration with Arte and ZDF for
cinema and television. In 2019, she founded her production company Windcatcher Productions, with which she has brought together a young team to
deals with multi-layered stories and biographies on film.
Human rights, especially women’s and children’s rights, are an important theme in her films. She tries to make oppression in every form – be it in art and culture or social conditions – tangible for the audience through personal stories in her films.
In 2024, Niloufar Taghizadeh is releasing two documentaries in cinemas and at international festivals: NILAS TRAUM IM GARTEN EDEN and GOOGOOSH – MADE OF FIRE differ in their story and aesthetics, but not in their basic need to condemn oppression and reappraise Iran’s history. With her films, she contributes to reflecting on the social conditions in Iran and the whole world and to adopting different perspectives.
Filmography (selection):
2022-24 GOOGOOSH – MADE OF FIRE (director, producer)
2021-24 NILAS TRAUM IM GARTEN EDEN (director, producer, cinematographer)
2020-22 HOW GODS SPOIL (co-director, producer)
2022 SILK FROM PERSIA. NEW SHINE FOR OLD ART (Director, Writer,
producer)
2019 IRAN’S LAST WINDOW (writer and producer)
2018-19 IRAN BITTERSÜSS (director and writer)
2017 THROUGH THE NIGHT WITH NAVID KERMANI AND MARTINA GEDECK / NAPLES
(director and author)
THROUGH THE NIGHT WITH CHARLIE HEBDO AND INNA SHEVCHENK (FEMDEN) /
PARIS (director and writer)
THROUGH THE NIGHT WITH THOMAS OSTERMEIER AND NIKI KARIMI / TEHRAN
(production manager)
2013 EVERYDAY REBELLION (director, writer, cinematographer for the Iran episode)