Bahman Ghobadi ( بهمن قبادی ) is an Iranian film director of Kurdish ethnicity. He was born on February 1, 1969 in Baneh, Kurdistan Province. Ghobadi belongs to the "new wave" of Iranian cinema. He is best known for his film 'No One Knows About Persian Cats' which won an Un Certain Regard Special Jury Prize ex-aequo when it premiered at the Cannes Film Festival.
