Babak Anvari

Early life Anvari grew up in Tehran, Iran, with his older brother at the time of the Iran–Iraq War and the Iranian Cultural Revolution. He said in 2016, "We've both grown up with night terrors, being afraid of being left alone, of being in the dark for too long." At age 19 in 2002, Anvari moved to London,

Career In 2016, Anvari made his directorial debut with the horror film Under the Shadow.

In 2019, Anvari's follow-up film Wounds, a horror film based on the novella The Visible Filth by Nathan Ballingrud, was released. The cast includes Armie Hammer, Dakota Johnson and Zazie Beetz, and it screened at the Sundance Film Festival. In November 2023, Anvari's film Hallow Road started production. The film's cast includes Rosamund Pike and Matthew Rhys.

Personal life Anvari lives in London.

In October 2022, Anvari wrote an open letter urging the entertainment industry to "amplify the voice" of the Mahsa Amini protesters and "give hope to the youth of Iran that the world is listening to their chants for freedom."

Filmography Short film Year Title Director Writer Producer2005 What's Up with Adam? Creed 2007 Solitary 2011 Two & Two

Feature film Year Title Director Writer Producer 2016 Under the Shadow 2019 Wounds 2022 I Came By 2025 Hallow Road 2026 Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother TBA Untitled Cloverfield film

TV series Year Title Director ExecutiveProducer Notes 2020 Monsterland Directed episode "Newark, NJ"