BAFTA-Winning ‘Under the Shadow’ Filmmaker Babak Anvari and Production Company Two & Two Pictures Sign With Range (EXCLUSIVE)

Range has signed BAFTA-winning filmmaker Babak Anvari and his production company Two & Two Pictures.

The London-based, Iranian-born filmmaker’s feature directorial debut “Under the Shadow,” which he also wrote, premiered at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival. The Persian-language psychological supernatural horror film established Anvari as one of the biggest discoveries out of the festival and Netflix quickly acquired the film, later releasing it to continued critical acclaim. The film went on to win numerous festival awards, including the New Visions Award at Sitges. It was also selected as the United Kingdom’s entry for best foreign language film for the 89th Academy Awards and was nominated for two BAFTA Awards in 2017, winning for outstanding debut. It was also nominated for six British Independent Film Awards, winning for best screenplay among two other wins.

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Anvari’s second feature film “Wounds,” which he also wrote and produced, premiered at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival and screened at the Cannes Film Festival in the Director’s Fortnight section. The psychological horror film, starring Armie Hammer, Dakota Johnson and Zazie Beetz, was distributed by Hulu in the United States and Netflix internationally. His follow-up feature was “I Came By,” a neo-noir thriller with Netflix. Anvari’s most recent film, “Hallow Road,” starring Rosamund Pike and Matthew Rhys, premiered at SXSW in 2025 to acclaim.

In television, Anvari served as an executive producer of “Monsterland,” a horror drama anthology series on Hulu, and also directed the series finale.

Anvari is also the co-founder of Two & Two Pictures, a production company he launched with Lucan Toh. The London and Los Angeles-based company is focused on filmmaker-driven, elevated genre films aimed at a global audience. Two & Two’s films include Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire’s “Asphalt City,” which premiered in competition at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival; Yorgos Zois’ “Arcadia,” which premiered at the 2024 Berlin Film Festival; Max & Sam Eggers’ debut film, “The Front Room,” for A24; and Jim O’Hanlon’s “Fackham Hall,” starring Thomasin McKenzie and Damian Lewis. Next up, Two & Two produced Bassam Tariq’s “You Mother Your Mother Your Mother,” starring Mahershala Ali, for Orion MGM, which will be released later this year.

Anvari continues to be represented by WME, Independent Talent Group and Ziffren Brittenham. Two & Two Pictures continues to be represented by WME and Ziffren Brittenham.