Rayka Zehtabchi

Rayka Zehtabchi
Movie and TV Credits

Rayka Zehtabchi was born on January 1, 1994 and is currently 30 years old.

About 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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TV Credits

Rayka Zehtabchi has appeared in 1 TV Series.

These include The View.

Production Credits

Rayka Zehtabchi has 17 production credits.

Directing

Credited for Director in 10 shows - They Came From All Over, Madaran, Period. End of Sentence., We Home, (SHn(y)o͞of), Ours to Tell, Just Hold On, A Woman's Place, Are You Still There? and Long Line of Ladies.
Credited for Assistant Director in 1 show - Mammoth.

Production

Credited for Producer in 3 shows - Period. End of Sentence., (SHn(y)o͞of) and Long Line of Ladies.
Credited for Co-Producer in 1 show - Madaran.

Writing

Credited for Writer in 2 shows - Madaran and Are You Still There?.