Rayka Zehtabchi
Rayka Zehtabchi is an Oscar-winning Iranian-American director based in Los Angeles. Her directorial debut, Madaran, is an Iranian language short that won Jury awards at top film festivals and qualified for the 89th Academy Awards in 2016. She won the Oscar for Best Documentary Short at the 91st Academy Awards for Period. End of Sentence., a documentary about a group of village women in Northern India who start a sanitary pad-making business in an effort to improve feminine hygiene and de-stigmatize menstruation. Along with the film’s release, Rayka helped co-found the non-profit “The Pad Project” to fight the stigma of menstruation and improve feminine hygiene worldwide. Rayka’s passion is telling human stories that bring awareness and action to little-known social causes. In both documentary and narrative, she brings a naturalistic approach to her storytelling, striving for honesty and intimacy on screen.
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DirectingBirthday
January 1, 1994Gender
FemaleKnown Movie Credits
13Crew credits
Are You Still There?
Director, WriterLong Line of Ladies
Director, ProducerThe Old Young Crow
Executive ProducerThey Came From All Over
DirectorYou Know Where to Find Me
ProducerPeriod. End of Sentence.
Director, ProducerMammoth
Assistant Director(SHn(y)o͞of)
Director, ProducerOurs to Tell
DirectorJust Hold On
DirectorMadaran
Co-Producer, Director, WriterWe Home
DirectorA Woman's Place
Director