director film editor film producer
He was born in Tehran, Iran, educated at film school in London and worked as a director and producer on over twenty television documentaries, many of them broadcast by the United Kingdom’s British Broadcasting Corporation and Channel 4, as well as major American networks.
In 1989, he was editor of The Houseguest, a film directed by Franz Harland. During his career, he has participated in more than twenty documentary films. He also made several feature films such as Somewhere in the City (1998) and Paris (2003).
A New York resident for many years, Ramin was a faculty member for filmmaking at the School of Visual Arts in New New York
He also produced Amir Naderi’s festival favorite “Manhattan By Numbers” in New New York Niami’s first feature film as a director was Somewhere in the City, starring Sandra Bernhard, Bai Ling, Ornella Muti and Peter Stormare.
The film screened at over 25 international film festivals, was released theatrically in the United States. and on Home Box Office and was sold in countries around the world. After relocating to Los Angeles, he directed and produced his second feature film "Paris” which premiered in main competition at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York, starring Chad Allen, Bai Ling, James Russo, and Karen Black.
“Paris” also screened as the opening night film of the Bangkok Film Festival and played many other international film festivals.
"Paris" was released in the United States. by DEJ/Blockbuster and 20th Century Fox Home Video and broadcast on Showtime/Technology Marketing Corporation. lieutenant was screened in several other major cities such as New York, Chicago, Dallas, Seattle, Portland, et cetera lieutenant is also available in the United States and Canada through Cinedigm on VOD (video on demand), digital and other on-line platforms. Niami’s latest film is an Iranian-American romantic comedy feature film he wrote, directed and produced.
Niami"s upcoming feature film, “Random Acts of Senseless Violence” the adaptation of the critically acclaimed novel of the same name, is set in the near future in the United States.
Babe’s & Rickey’s Inn was the winner of the Pan African Film Festival Programmer’s Award 2013 and premiered theatrically at Laemmle Monica 4 Plex in Los Los Angeles “Shirin in Love” set in Los Angeles and Northern California, which stars Nazanin Boniadi (“How I Met your Mother”, “Homeland”), Riley Smith (“Radio”, “Freaks and Geeks”), Academy Award nominated actress Amy Madigan (“Field of Dreams”, “Gone Baby Gone”), Maz Jobrani (“The Interpreter”, founding member of the Axis of Evil Comedy Tour), George Wallace (“Funny People”, headliner at The Flamingo, Las Vegas), Anahita Khalatbari and Marshall Manesh (“Will & Grace”, “Entourage”) to be theatrically released in March 2014 as a co-release with Administrative Management College Independent in at least 15 major cities in the United States.
