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name: "Nima Nourizadeh"
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born: "12 November 1977"
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updated: "2026-09-17T15:38:19.514867+00:00"
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# Nima Nourizadeh

Director. Born 12 November 1977 in London, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 12 November 1977, London, England, UK
- **Also known as:** نیما نوری‌زاده
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nima_Nourizadeh, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2319466, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1294036/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1299380

## Streaming the US now

- **AMC+:** [*Gangs of London*](https://film.one/tv/gangs-of-london.md) (74)

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## Biography

Nima Nourizadeh is a British-Iranian film, television, music video and commercial director. Born on 12 November 1977 in London, he graduated with a BA in Fine Art Film from Central Saint Martins. He began his career in the London alternative art scene, forming the collective The Imaginary Tennis Club with friends.

Nourizadeh has directed music videos for artists including Dizzee Rascal, Franz Ferdinand, Bat for Lashes, Santigold, Hot Chip, Yelle and Lily Allen, winning Best Director at the UK Music Video Awards in 2008. He has also directed commercials for Adidas. His feature films are *Project X* (2012) and *American Ultra* (2015). On television he has directed episodes of *Little America* (2020), *The Wilds* (2022), *Gangs of London* (2022), *Warrior* (2023), *The Gentlemen* (2024) and *The Copenhagen Test* (2025). He is the son of political activist Alireza Nourizadeh; his brothers are music producers Omid 16B and Navid.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, televisual.com, empireonline.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Gangs of London* (2020), Fi1m 74, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/gangs-of-london.md)

## Complete filmography (12)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Copenhagen Test* (2025), series, Director
- *The Gentlemen* (2024), series, Director
- *Afghanistan Mon Amour (Enquelab Ultramarine)* (2022), Director
- *The Wilds* (2020), series, Director
- *Outside In* (2020), Director, Producer, Writer, Cinematography
- *Gangs of London* (2020), series, Director — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/gangs-of-london.md)
- *Little America* (2020), series, Director
- *Warrior* (2019), series, Director
- *American Ultra* (2015), Director
- *Project X* (2012), Director
- *A* (2002), Editor
- *The Tracking of a Russian Spy*, Director

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