Portrait of Shirin Neshat

Directing

Shirin Neshat

Career

Active from 1998 to 2026, with up to 2 main titles a year.

Average score
GoodWatch score61/100
Highest rated
Poster for Turbulent
Turbulent
GoodWatch score76/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 3 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 2.8 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.0 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.0 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.4 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.3 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Shirin Neshat Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Tension
    2.8, average 6.0
  • Crime
    0.4, average 3.6
  • Adrenaline
    1.8, average 4.8
  • Contemporary Realism
    2.7, average 5.4

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Visually Poetic 2
  • Iranian Cinema 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

22
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

1 title
Paradise Lost
Paradise Lost

Director

2020s

3 titles · average score 54
Orfeo ed Euridice – Teatro Regio di Parma
Orfeo ed Euridice – Teatro Regio di Parma (2026)

Director

The Fury
The Fury (2023)

Director

Land of Dreams
Land of Dreams (2022)
GoodWatch score 54

Director

2010s

7 titles · average score 55
Land of Dreams
Land of Dreams (2019)

Director

The Colony
The Colony (2019)

Director

Looking for Oum Kulthum
Looking for Oum Kulthum (2017)
GoodWatch score 58

Writer, Director

Aida - Verdi - Salzburg Festival
Aida - Verdi - Salzburg Festival (2017)

Stage Director

Roja
Roja (2016)

Director

Sarah
Sarah (2016)

Director

Venice 70: Future Reloaded
Venice 70: Future Reloaded (2013)
GoodWatch score 53

Director

2000s

7 titles · average score 64
Women Without Men
Women Without Men (2009)
GoodWatch score 64

Director, Screenplay

Zarin
Zarin (2005)

Director

Possessed
Possessed (2003)

Director

as Housekeeper

Tooba
Tooba (2002)

Director

Passage
Passage (2001)

Director

Fervor
Fervor (2000)

Director

1990s

3 titles · average score 76
Rapture
Rapture (1999)

Director

Soliloquy
Soliloquy (1999)

Director

Turbulent
Turbulent (1998)
GoodWatch score 76

Director

1970s

1 title · average score 63
The South Bank Show
The South Bank Show (1978)
GoodWatch score 63

TV show