★ HOW OLD IS ROKHSAREH GHAEMMAGHAMI?
Rokhsareh Ghaemmaghami is 50 years old, born January 1, 1976 in IR · Capricorn.
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About
Rokhsareh Ghaemmaghami is an Iranian documentary filmmaker born in Tehran in 1973. Her 2015 film Sonita—about an Afghan refugee teenager using rap to resist forced marriage—won the World Documentary Audience Award and Grand Jury Prize at Sundance in 2016, plus the Audience Award at IDFA. The True Life Fund raised $42,500 for Sonita's subject, a record for the initiative. As a Capricorn, she channels determined focus into cinema that blurs the line between observation and intervention.
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Biography
Rokhsareh Ghaemmaghami is an Iranian documentary filmmaker and screenwriter born in Tehran in 1973. She has directed one feature-length documentary, four short documentaries, and one animated documentary. Her most recognized work, Sonita (2015), centers on Sonita Alizadeh, a teenage Afghan refugee in Iran who turns to rap as an escape from traditional gender restrictions after her family attempted to sell her into marriage. Ghaemmaghami, unable to maintain journalistic detachment, paid $2,000 to Sonita's mother and funded a music video to help her escape—a choice that sparked controversy over filmmaker interference. The documentary won the World Documentary Audience Award and Grand Jury Prize at Sundance Film Festival in January 2016, and claimed the Audience Award for Best Documentary at IDFA. At the 2016 True/False Film Festival in Columbia, Missouri, Sonita's True Life Fund raised $42,500—the highest amount the fund had ever collected for a single subject. As a screenwriter and documentary artist, Ghaemmaghami blends narrative craft with investigative presence. Born under Capricorn, her life-path number 7 reflects a spiritual seeker's drive to uncover deeper truths through cinema. Now based in the United States, she continues to travel globally screening Sonita and her other works at film festivals.
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Trivia
- Sonita (2015) won both the World Documentary Audience Award and Grand Jury Prize at Sundance in January 2016.
- The True Life Fund raised $42,500 for Sonita Alizadeh—the record amount ever collected by the initiative.
- Ghaemmaghami violated documentary objectivity by personally paying $2,000 to Sonita's mother and helping fund her music video, a choice that made the film controversial.
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Numerology
LIFE-PATH NUMBER
The Seeker
Analytical and private. Rokhsareh Ghaemmaghami release rarely but deeply, and tend to reward fans with unusual artistic depth rather than constant output.
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Birthday compatibility
By Chinese zodiac — san-he trine for best matches, opposing pair for the most friction-prone.
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CHALLENGING
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Frequently asked
- How old is Rokhsareh Ghaemmaghami?
- Rokhsareh Ghaemmaghami is 50 years old (born January 1, 1976).
- When is Rokhsareh Ghaemmaghami's birthday?
- Rokhsareh Ghaemmaghami was born on January 1, 1976.
- What is Rokhsareh Ghaemmaghami's zodiac sign?
- Rokhsareh Ghaemmaghami is a Capricorn, born January 1, 1976.
- What is Rokhsareh Ghaemmaghami's Chinese zodiac sign?
- Rokhsareh Ghaemmaghami was born in 1976, the year of the Fire Dragon.
- Where is Rokhsareh Ghaemmaghami from?
- Rokhsareh Ghaemmaghami is from IR.
- What does Rokhsareh Ghaemmaghami do?
- Rokhsareh Ghaemmaghami is a writer.
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