Actor
Rafi Pitts
January 1, 1967 · Mashhad, Iran
Rafi Pitts (born 1967) is an Iranian film director.
Pitts was born in Mashad, Iran. Rafi spent his childhood in Tehran, where he lived in a basement flat underneath a post-production studio. He came to England (his father is English) in 1981 during the Iran Iraq war. He graduated in 1991 from the Polytechnic of Central London with a BA (Hons) degree in Film and Photography. His first short film, In Exile (1991) was presented the same year at the London International Film Festival. In the 90's Pitts moved to Paris and worked on films by Leos Carax, Jacques Doillon and Jean-Luc Godard.
Notable work
Often works with
Rory Cochrane
2 titles together
Argo, Soy Nero
Mitra Hajjar
2 titles together
The Hunter, It's Winter
Élodie Bouchez
2 titles together
Chevrotine, Summer Frost
Jérôme Kircher
2 titles together
Chevrotine, Summer Frost
Roya Nownahali
2 titles together
Sanam, The Fifth Season
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Ali Nicksaulat
2 titles together
The Hunter, It's Winter
Full filmography · 12
Eureka
as Randall
2024
Summer Frost
as Elyas
2023
The Book of Wonders
as Matthew
20236.6
Chevrotine
as Pierre
2022
Soy Nero
Director and Writer
20166.3
Argo
as Iranian Consulate Official
20127.3
60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero
Writer and Director
2011
The Hunter
as Ali Alavi and Director
20106.5
It's Winter
Director
2006
Abel Ferrara: Not Guilty
cast and Director and Writer
2003
Sanam
Writer and Director
2001
The Fifth Season
Director
1997