Jano Rosebiani

Rosebiani's narrative feature "Chaplin of the Mountains" (2013) became New York Times Critics' pick of the week during its USA theatrical run. "Chaplin. . . " is the first English language film made in the Kurdistan region with a mixed cast of locals, Americans, and Europeans.

Rosebiani's television productions include a sitcom pilot (3 episodes) entitled "Radio Citadel" (2006), and a dramatic series pilot entitled "House of Hope" (2014) about gender-related violence and women's empowerment.

"Saddam's Mass Graves" toured the United States following its premiere at the Tribeca film festival in 2004.

Rosebiani's follow up were two documentaries, "Saddam's Mass Graves" (2003) and "Chemical Ali's Anfal" (2004), both depicting Saddam's crimes against humanity.

Rosebiani's next feature, "Jiyan" (2001) is the first film made in the Kurdistan region of Iraq.

For Jiyan, Rosebiani hauled filming gear from London in 2000 but had to smuggle them across the border between Kurdistan and Turkey, as Turkey did not allow cameras to enter the autonomous Kurdish region of Iraq. He later on smuggled the raw footage back across the border to Brussels where he did the post production.

Rosebiani's film debut "Dance of the Pendulum" (1995) is a parody to exploitation in Hollywood b-movies. The film was shot entirely in the house of the late Liberace in Studio City, California.

"Jiyan" is about the aftermath of the infamous chemical attack on the Kurdish town of Halabja in 1987, thus often referred to as 'the Halabja movie'. "Jiyan" was nominated for the Tiger award at International Film Festival Rotterdam and became a festival favorite garnering multiple awards and high critical acclaim including four-star ratings by the Guardian and BBC World.

Rosebiani received a Hometown USA Award in 1986 for a weekly show he was producing for Fairfax Public Access television in Northern Virginia entitled "Culture International".

Rosebiani received the Who's Who in American Junior Colleges Award in 1985.