Director

Zahavi Sanjavi

Directing

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Directed movies: 3Directed series: 0All crew credits: 3

TMDB ID: 3022098

Known for: Directing

Born: June 18, 1968

Age: 57

Place of birth: Erbil, Iraq

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 2009 - 2021

Years active: 13

Also known as

زەهاوی سنجاوی

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Biography

Zahavi Sanjavi was born in 1967 in Erbil, Kurdistan, Iraq. In 1975 he sought asylum in Iran along with his family, as a result of the war which broke out in Iraqi Kurdistan. Since 1990 he has lived in Sweden. Zahavi pursued his studies in the field of scriptwriting and filmmaking at the All-Russian State University of Cinematography in Moscow. Over the next nine years, he worked for TV in Iraqi Kurdistan. For the last two years, Zahavi has been working in Sweden on his documentary and feature films as director, scriptwriter, and producer.

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