- In 2009, legendary film critic Roger Ebert declared "Ramin Bahrani is the new great American director.".
- His parents were Iranian immigrants.
- In the documentary, Life Itself (2014), Roger Ebert gave Bahrani a jigsaw puzzle, with the instructions that one day, "You have to give it to someone else who deserves it." It once belonged to Alfred Hitchcock, Marilyn Monroe, Lee Strasberg & Laura Dern.
- Subject of a 3 film retrospective at the MoMA (Museum of Modern Art) in March 2009 in New York City.
- Recipient of a 2009 Guggenheim Fellowship.
- Member of the 'Best Debut Feature' jury in the 66th Venice International Film Festival in 2009.
- Member of the 'Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' (AMPAS) since 2016.
- Named as "US Stars of Tomorrow" by Screen International, January 2006.
- Subject of a retrospective at the Harvard Film Archives in April 2009.
- Subject of a 2009 career retrospective at the International Film Festival of La Rochelle International in France.
- Subject of a 2009 career retrospective at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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