Babak Khorramdin was an Iranian filmmaker who was murdered by his parents on May 16, 2021, in what media reports was an honor killing.
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Babak Khorrameddin was born in Iran in 1974 (he died at the age of 47). He received his Master’s degree in Film from the Faculty of Fine Arts at the University of Tehran, Iran. In 2000, he completed a one-year course in film production at the Iranian Youth Film Association in Tehran.
appearance
Height (approximate): 5′ 9″
Eye color: Black
Hair color: gray and white
Family and caste
His father’s name is Akbar Khorramdin, and his mother once starred in one of his short films. He has a younger sister who was killed by his parents. Babak Khorramdin is unmarried.
Babak Khorramdin’s parents
Profession
In 1999, he worked at the Film and Cultural Center “SHAFAGH”. He taught courses on acting and filmmaking, some of the topics he taught included:
- Analysis of Krzysztof Kieslowski in the Cultural and Art Group of the Iranian Youth Film Association “ZAMIR”
- Since 2014, he has taught film directing courses at the University of Science, Applied Arts, Culture and Film
He wrote the screenplays for several short films such as Door 13, Beautiful Mouth and Green Eyes, and Contrast.
Babak Khorramdin starred in a film with his mother
Babak has written and directed several Iranian short films such as The Cut (2003), The Sun (2010), Beam of Light (2010) and To Be (2018). He is a member of Khaneh Cinema in Iran as a director.
Awards and Honors
- The short film “The Sun” (2010) won the Best Director Award at the 5th Parvin e Etesami International Film Festival
- In 2010, “The Sun” won the Best Feature Film Award (Humanity-Friendly Award) at the ASA International Film Festival.
- The short film “The Sun” won the Best Director Award, Best Screenplay Award and Best Sound Award at the 6th NAHAl Student Film Festival – (Tehran University of Arts – Iran)
- Participated in Tehran Short Film Festival, Veteran Short Film Festival, Tasvir Short Film Festival, Yas Film Festival
- Participated in the 7th Sal International Film Festival and was nominated for Best Film and Best Screenplay in 2019
die
On May 16, 2021, his parents stabbed him to death after anesthetizing him. Babak reportedly had an argument with his parents for not getting married, which angered his parents, and after a fierce argument, his parents brutally killed him. Later, his parents admitted their crimes in a local court. His father said,
As we had an argument, I injected him with anaesthetic this morning (Sunday) and then stabbed him to death. I then dismembered his body and threw it into the nearest trash can on the street along with my wife.”
His colleagues, friends and alumni shared the news of his death on his Instagram account, expressing their heartfelt condolences. One of his friends posted:
Babak is a filmmaker who I ran into on the cultural and arts circuit in London a few years ago. I heard he missed his family and had returned to Iran, but now I see this terrible news and I can’t believe it. It’s a terrible time.”
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