Caveh Zahedi

Just moments before his third wedding, Zahedi relates with utter sincerity and astonishing candor his obsession with prostitutes. He retraces his...

Caveh Zahedi pitching movie ideas

On January 1st, 1999, Caveh Zahedi started a one-year video diary. The idea was to shoot one minute each day. This is the result.

A real-life comedy about a filmmaker who takes a road trip to Las Vegas -- with his real-life father and 16-year-old half-brother, plus a crew of two...

With longtime collaborators Greg Watkins (A Little Stiff) and Thomas Logoreci, the charismatic, experimental filmmaker Caveh Zahedi approaches...

A Little Stiff is a 1991 minimalist comedy directed by Caveh Zahedi and Greg Watkins based on true events and re-enacted by the actual participants....

A Little Stiff is a 1991 minimalist comedy directed by Caveh Zahedi and Greg Watkins based on true events and re-enacted by the actual participants....

A man and a woman, unpleasant bickering nitwits both, push a big stupid metaphor (in the shape of a piano) across Seattle.

On Valentine's Day, 1993, Caveh Zahedi decided to ingest 5 grams (a very large dose) of hallucinogenic mushrooms. For the first time in his...

"Citizen Ruth" is the story of Ruth Stoops, a woman who nobody even noticed -- until she got pregnant. Now, everyone wants a piece of her. The film...

A battle of wits between NYC cinephiles.

Independent filmmaker Caveh Zahedi meets his childhood idol.

A rambunctious extended family descends upon their small Long Island hometown for the holidays where hijinks, generational squabbles, and family...

Video diary shot during the making of Alexander Payne's Citizen Ruth

Charli contemplates the messiness of the ethics in filmmaking and collaboration.

Independent filmmaker Caveh Zahedi gets too stoned with The 1975 frontman Matty Healy.

Sophia's friends decide to leave so she can get stoned with Caveh and talk about interpersonal relationships, future plans, and a forwarded email.

Caveh gets stoned and Rick Alverson doesn't.

Part 1 of The Class About the Class - Caveh Zahedi's project made with his students at The New School.

The continuing saga of Caveh Zahedi's collaboration with students at The New School.

The conclusion of Caveh Zahedi's group project with his students at The New School.

Caveh gets stoned with Alex Karpovsky.

A mockumentary examination of Shakespeare's greatest tragedy using "breaking news" style interviews and commentary.

Independent Filmmaker Caveh Zahedi is trying to make a television show. He persuades BRIC TV, a Brooklyn non-profit Arts organization, to finance a...

Caveh Zahedi tells the story of a contentious encounter with a college security guard, a story about a moment's lapse into racism. The film attempts...

After finding an ad online for “video work,” Sara, a video artist whose primary focus is creating intimacy with lonely men, thinks she...

From 1999 to 2000, filmmaker Caveh Zahedi corresponded in a series of video-letters with his friend Thomas Logoreci.

This film has nothing to do with Robert Louis Stevenson's classic story, but rather a naval base of the same name located in San Francisco Bay. Set...

Jo-Jo is a young woman who hears voices.

How to live a long life filled with regret.

Greg Watkins' romantic black comedy A SIGN FROM GOD depicts a semi-fictionalized day in the life of independent filmmaker Caveh (Caveh Zahedi) and...

Seventy critics and filmmakers discuss cinema around the conflict between the artist and the observer, the creator and the critic. Between 1998 and...

Filmmaker Caveh Zahedi and member of The Yes Men Jaques Servin give classes in bringing about political change and make a web show of this. A...

A compilation of footage from The Threee Geniuses. “The most intentionally psychedelic television show on cable TV.”

Waking Life is about a young man in a persistent lucid dream-like state. The film follows its protagonist as he initially observes and later...

After Richard finds out that his best and only friend, a dwarf hamster named Etienne, has terminal cancer, he decides to take his pocket pet on a...

Another film that Toronto International Film Festival programmer Thom Powers would rather you didn't see.

Caveh Zahedi and Amanda Field go to couples therapy

Caveh Zahedi's allegory about 9/11.

An animated short about a film-shoot gone awry.

The Sundance Channel gives Zahedi a still camera to chronicle his Sundance experience.

Zahedi’s acceptance speech at the Gotham Awards

Just moments before his third wedding, Zahedi relates with utter sincerity and astonishing candor his obsession with prostitutes. He retraces his...

Just moments before his third wedding, Zahedi relates with utter sincerity and astonishing candor his obsession with prostitutes. He retraces his...

An animated short about a film-shoot gone awry.

An animated short about a film-shoot gone awry.

The Sundance Channel gives Zahedi a still camera to chronicle his Sundance experience.

The Sundance Channel gives Zahedi a still camera to chronicle his Sundance experience.

Focus Features commissions Zahedi to make a one-minute film about his one-year old to promote the film Babies.

Focus Features commissions Zahedi to make a one-minute film about his one-year old to promote the film Babies.

Zahedi’s acceptance speech at the Gotham Awards

Just moments before his third wedding, Zahedi relates with utter sincerity and astonishing candor his obsession with prostitutes. He retraces his...

Just moments before his third wedding, Zahedi relates with utter sincerity and astonishing candor his obsession with prostitutes. He retraces his...

A mind-boggling "coincidence" leads the filmmaker to track down his fifth grade class – and fifth grade teacher – to examine their memory...

On January 1st, 1999, Caveh Zahedi started a one-year video diary. The idea was to shoot one minute each day. This is the result.

When an American filmmaker is commissioned to make a film for a Middle East Biennial on the theme of 'art as a subversive act,' his film is banned...

When an American filmmaker is commissioned to make a film for a Middle East Biennial on the theme of 'art as a subversive act,' his film is banned...

Found footage film based on a real phone conversation.

Experimental short film by Caveh Zahedi featuring the music of Debussy.

Music video for a song by Don Lennon. Repurposes footage from Buster Keaton.

A real-life comedy about a filmmaker who takes a road trip to Las Vegas -- with his real-life father and 16-year-old half-brother, plus a crew of two...

With longtime collaborators Greg Watkins (A Little Stiff) and Thomas Logoreci, the charismatic, experimental filmmaker Caveh Zahedi approaches...

A Little Stiff is a 1991 minimalist comedy directed by Caveh Zahedi and Greg Watkins based on true events and re-enacted by the actual participants....

A Little Stiff is a 1991 minimalist comedy directed by Caveh Zahedi and Greg Watkins based on true events and re-enacted by the actual participants....

On Valentine's Day, 1993, Caveh Zahedi decided to ingest 5 grams (a very large dose) of hallucinogenic mushrooms. For the first time in his...

On Valentine's Day, 1993, Caveh Zahedi decided to ingest 5 grams (a very large dose) of hallucinogenic mushrooms. For the first time in his...

King of the Jews is a film about anti-Semitism and transcendence. Utilizing Hollywood movies, 1950's educational films, personal home movies and...

Video correspondence with filmmaker Bill Brown.

An off-screen narrator remembers a time he was five years old, walking to school in a heavy rain, wearing a yellow slicker and cap. He relates to us...

Filmmaker Caveh Zahedi and member of The Yes Men Jaques Servin give classes in bringing about political change and make a web show of this. A...

A collection of films produced at the New School between February and May of 2020. Caveh Zahedi's students were asked to make personal documentaries...

A collection of films produced at the New School between February and May of 2020. Caveh Zahedi's students were asked to make personal documentaries...

Caveh Zahedi connects with a vivacious French performance artist residing in Berlin, sparking an online romance. Fueled by their chemistry, they...

A 'dog-u-mentary' about birth, loss and near death. The film follows three adults and a dog named Lola through Lola's pregnancy, the birth of her...

Independent filmmaker Caveh Zahedi meets his childhood idol.

Independent filmmaker Caveh Zahedi meets his childhood idol.

Video diary shot during the making of Alexander Payne's Citizen Ruth

A mother and daughter disagree about whether to put their dying dog to sleep.

Independent Filmmaker Caveh Zahedi is trying to make a television show. He persuades BRIC TV, a Brooklyn non-profit Arts organization, to finance a...

Independent Filmmaker Caveh Zahedi is trying to make a television show. He persuades BRIC TV, a Brooklyn non-profit Arts organization, to finance a...

Caveh Zahedi tells the story of a contentious encounter with a college security guard, a story about a moment's lapse into racism. The film attempts...

Caveh Zahedi tells the story of a contentious encounter with a college security guard, a story about a moment's lapse into racism. The film attempts...

Caveh Zahedi tells the story of a contentious encounter with a college security guard, a story about a moment's lapse into racism. The film attempts...

Caveh Zahedi tells the story of a contentious encounter with a college security guard, a story about a moment's lapse into racism. The film attempts...

A look into the far-too-brief life of D. Montgomery, the sound recordist for Caveh Zahedi's I DON'T HATE LAS VEGAS ANYMORE.

Independent filmmaker Caveh Zahedi meets his childhood idol.

A perpetual third wheel and awkward outsider, Joanna increasingly inserts herself into the relationship of her more charismatic roommate Isabel. The...

Video diary shot during the making of Alexander Payne's Citizen Ruth

Video diary shot during the making of Alexander Payne's Citizen Ruth

From 1999 to 2000, filmmaker Caveh Zahedi corresponded in a series of video-letters with his friend Thomas Logoreci.

A collection of shorts made by various directors in response to 9/11.

Caveh Zahedi pitching movie ideas

"During Covid, I was contacted online by a woman who lived in Berlin - a French-Caribbean singer and performance artist. She said she was a fan of my...

Independent filmmaker Caveh Zahedi gets too stoned with The 1975 frontman Matty Healy.

Independent filmmaker Caveh Zahedi gets too stoned with The 1975 frontman Matty Healy.

Sophia's friends decide to leave so she can get stoned with Caveh and talk about interpersonal relationships, future plans, and a forwarded email.

Sophia's friends decide to leave so she can get stoned with Caveh and talk about interpersonal relationships, future plans, and a forwarded email.

Part 1 of The Class About the Class - Caveh Zahedi's project made with his students at The New School.

The continuing saga of Caveh Zahedi's collaboration with students at The New School.

The conclusion of Caveh Zahedi's group project with his students at The New School.

Caveh gets stoned with Alex Karpovsky.

Caveh gets stoned with Alex Karpovsky.

Caveh gets stoned and Rick Alverson doesn't.

Caveh gets stoned and Rick Alverson doesn't.

Filmmaker Caveh Zahedi and member of The Yes Men Jaques Servin give classes in bringing about political change and make a web show of this. A...

Filmmaker Caveh Zahedi and member of The Yes Men Jaques Servin give classes in bringing about political change and make a web show of this. A...

This is the commissioned (and ultimately banned) film which Zahedi made for a biennial celebration. His The Sheik and I documentary is about his...

This film is a birthday gift to Caveh Zahedi's girlfriend Amada (Mandy) Field. Mr. Zahedi arranged for one of his friends to film her all day on her...

Caveh Zahedi films the making of A SIGN FROM GOD (a film in which he starred).

Another film that Toronto International Film Festival programmer Thom Powers would rather you didn't see.

Another film that Toronto International Film Festival programmer Thom Powers would rather you didn't see.

Another film that Toronto International Film Festival programmer Thom Powers would rather you didn't see.

Caveh Zahedi and Amanda Field go to couples therapy

Caveh Zahedi's allegory about 9/11.

Fragments from a would-be abecedarium: E IS FOR ELEVATOR, J IS FOR JUMP, K IS FOR KISSING, M IS FOR MAGGOT and S IS FOR STRANGER.

From 1987 to 1990, filmmaker Caveh Zahedi corresponded in a series of video-letters with his friend Gary Green.

A meditation on loss

Another meditation on loss.

Caveh Zahedi takes DMT.

Yerba Buena Center for the Arts commissions Caveh Zahedi to make a film.

From 2001 to 2005, filmmaker Caveh Zahedi corresponded in a series of video-letters with his friend Matthew Weiss.

From 1996 to 1999, filmmaker Caveh Zahedi corresponded in a series of video-letters with his friend Jay Rosenblatt.

Unfinished video diary

From 2002 to 2005, filmmaker Caveh Zahedi corresponded in a series of video-letters with his friend Bill Brown.