Kambuzia Partovi

Kambuzia Partovi (also spelt Kambozia Partovi, Persian: کامبوزیا پرتوی; 11 November 1955 – 24 November 2020) was an Iranian movie director and scriptwriter. He was born in Rasht, Iran.^[1] His 2007 movie Café Transit, was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.

کامبوزیا پرتوی Kambuzia Partovi
Partovi in August 2018
Born	(1955-11-11)11 November 1955 Rasht, Iran
Died	24 November 2020(2020-11-24) (aged 65) Tehran, Iran
Nationality	Iranian
Occupation(s)	Movie director, screenwriter
Years active	1988–2020
Known for	Café Transit
Spouse(s)	Fereshteh Sadre Orafaee (m. 1980)
Awards	FIPRESCI Prize (2006)

He wrote the screenplays for other directors such as The Circle. In 2013 he acted in and co-directed Closed Curtain.

Partovi died on 24 November 2020 from COVID-19 in Tehran at the age of 65.^[2]