To be an immigrant is to be a writer, according to Iranian-American director Maryam Keshavarz, because as immigrants you write your own story, you decide whats your narrative. Her latest feature, The Persian Version, explores that by tapping into one of the most complex narratives of all that of mother and daughter. She made her Broadway debut when she originated the role of the Leper in Rajiv Joseph's Pulitzer Prize nominated and multi Tony award accoladed play " The Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo" opposite Robin Williams. I moved to L.A. and was like, I really think this story is worthwhile. WebPages in category "Iranian film directors" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 279 total. He continued in the arts throughout all Max Amini was born in Tucson, Arizona. She began performing at an early age, starring in school plays and community events. Among his plays are: The Demon and the Bald Hassan, Adam and Eve, The Fisherman's Story, City of Oranges, Majid Majidi was born on April 17, 1959 in Tehran, Iran to a middle class family. To advocate justice and equality for the Americans of Iranian heritage. Our mission is providing and broadcasting the Iranian American events & community news, and promoting businesses. Badiyi set a Directors Guild of America record for directing the most hours of episodic series television ever.[3]. Ali Kashani,: Founder of Lux.io (AI in food company) acquired by PostMates and now an executive at PostMates. #1 bestseller new release VC book on Amazon. Since then, he has been inspired to make movies. Padideh Kamali-Zare and Kaveh Vejdani: founded Darmiyan, a YC-backed software platform to detect Alzheimers disease. Yasmin Razavi: Investor at Spark Capital, previously at Index Ventures and McKinsey. But she has a choice. Theres a scene in A Simple Wedding, a new Iranian-American romantic comedy by Sara Zandieh, that captures the films spirit. Its a struggle to know what that means and thank God we have the ability to define what that means. WebThe Iranian-American Scholarship Fund (IASF) is managed by a Board of Directors. It looks like a Hollywood movie, but it was made outside of Hollywood.. An American of Irish and Iranian decent, she was raised in Iran until the age of ten when she and her family were forced to escape to Paris, then to Los Angeles.She began her stage career at 15 at several theaters in Santa Monica. Noushas mother, Ziba (Shohreh Aghdashloo), explains that it is a poem written in Farsi by the 14th-century Persian poet Hafez as she declares, the greatest poet of all time. The stanza reads, Long live love, for I have not heard a more merrier word than love.. This list may not reflect recent changes ( learn more ). He also composed Clash of the Titans, A Wrinkle in Time, Pacific Rim, Westworld, Gears of War 4 and 5, Medal of Honor, Open Abbas Kiarostami was born in Tehran, Iran, in 1940. WebDirectors 2006 Trita Parsi, President Djamshid Foroughi, Secretary Parissa Behnia Shahri Estakhry Hossein Hosseini Mohamad Navab Alex Patico, Treasurer Mojtaba Akbarzadeh Ali Dabiri Elahe Enssani Sean Murphy Source Emeritus Board members and former Executive Directors Dokhi Fassihian, August 2003-September 2005 She attended a Sarah Shahi was born Aahoo Jahansouzshahi in Euless, Texas, to an Iranian father and Spanish-Iranian mother. Of course, women are fighting more now with the Islamic Republic and what is going on. To promote and strengthen the ties among Iranian-American business owners and professionals. He is a producer and executive, known for Crash (2004), The Illusionist (2006) and Papa Hemingway in Cuba (2015). Chair, Georgetown Business for Impact Initiative, Program Manager, the Family Caregiver Alliance, Humanitarian Aid and Financing reform, International Rescue Committee. After early experiences as a story writer, he Rostami is the founder of the Iranian Academic Association (IAA), Washington DC chapter. And thats what this regime can never extinguish. All Board members Iran can now make nuke material in 12 days, Pentagon says. Some people become mothers and they dont know what the hell theyre doing and through the process they learn what it means to be a mother. She then lucked out with Aghdashloo and Touzie, as she had always pictured Noushas parents as the two prominent Iranian actors. A high-level Defense Demonstrations erupted in Iran and across the world after a 22-year-old Kurdish woman named Mahsa Amini died in September after being arrested by Irans morality He has been married to Laura Regan since 2007. She went to UCLA to study biology/ pre-medicine, but she dropped out to become a model in Japan. Founder of the cybersafety organizations WiredSafety, StopCyberbullying and the consulting firm, WiredTrust She was previously married to James Rubin. But I really wanted to see our stories up there. He graduated from Madison West High School and was a city boys high school tennis champion. By this marriage to Turner he was the stepfather of actress Jennifer Jason Leigh and Carrie Morrow. [1] He was invited by the United States Department of State to continue his studies in America after winning an international film award for Flood in Khuzestan. Trump had just been elected, the Muslim ban and immigrants were being so vilified. Ive always written from the womens perspective and I like to say the men in the film are a chorus, as they should be. Amir Mokri was born in Iran. After making a few short films, working as an assistant in the cinema, and editing a few films and serials, He made His first Naser Taghvai is an Iranian film director and screenwriter. Its a struggle. Mosaffa's mother, Amir Banoo Karimi is also a leading scholar and professor of Persian literature at the University of Tehran (UT) and the Homayoun Ershadi was born in 1947 in Isfahan, Iran. 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Of course that comes with expectations for what that life should be. She began to participate in beauty pageant when she was one year old. He began his career with directing, writing and editing short films in 1980. But its been the case forever theyve been fighting against expectations. He began his career with still photography Of Iranian descent, he was born in Boulder, Colorado, and grew up in Madison, Wisconsin. WebNIAC is steered by a volunteer Board of Directors made up of leaders from across our community. Camera_department | Dorianne Pahlavan is known for Argo (2012) and Sunday (2013). Supported the Iran Nuclear Deal of 2015. Born in Mashhad, Iran, Navid Negahban's passion for acting led him to Germany where he spent eight years before embarking on Hollywood. In addition to his work in films, television, radio and theater, Behrouz' performances have earned him recognition at several Sayeed Shahidi was born on February 14, 2003 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. She is a director and writer, known for 20 Fingers (2004), One 2 One (2011) and 10 + 4 (Dah be alaveh chahar) (2007). Every film Ive ever made is about the resilience of women in difficult situations, be it patriarchal societies or governments that are not sympathetic to their situation. His second marriage was to actress and writer Barbara Turner; with whom he had one daughter, Mina. Lotfi Mansouri (1929 ) is a Canadian theatrical director who directed the Canadian Opera Company So even that experience is a very split one. Amir Khalighi was born in Tehran Iran. For there to be LGBTQIA+ representation as well in an Iranian film is so refreshing. The relationship between the Iranian American population and the surrounding population since the 1979 revolution appears to be one characterized by fear and prejudice on the one side, and by anger and sadness on the other. Badiyi died in Los Angeles, California on August 20, 2011, at the age of 81, having struggled with various health issues. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. He then studied in London then Scotland were he performed in thirteen different shows, 168 performances and Andy Madadian is known for House of Sand and Fog (2003), Guardian Angel (2014) and American Wrestler: The Wizard (2016). WebThe Iranian-American Scholarship Fund (IASF) is managed by a Board of Directors. As to why she went the rom-com route, Zandieh explained that the film was initially a family dramedy but she turned to rom-com to best portray her colorful characters. Amir Naderi is one of the most influential figures of 20th century Persian cinema. In 2017 she moved to Boston to finish her Holistic Psychology Degree. She does get pregnant by mistake. Adjunct Professor at Stanford. I think a lot of people feel that. He came to the United States in the mid '70s and joined the Persian Theater Group and traveled extensively through out the US, Anthony Azizi started his career many years ago, as a child, acting in plays for the Touchstone Theater run by Bill and Bridget George in Bethlehem, PA. It was important for me that she [Leila] doesnt reject her culture and she doesnt reject her identity because of her queer identity. She attended UCLA Garen Petrossian is an actor known for Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job and I don't Clean(2009), Expendible (2008), The Hurricane in the Rosegarden (2007).Growing up he wanted to follow in his father's footstep and be a Civil Engineer which he did and received a degree in Bachelor of Science Maz Jobrani was born on February 26, 1972 in Tehran, Iran. Copyright 2003 - 2023 Iranian Hotline, LLC . (Ali Khamenei/Released) March 04, 2023 Justin Cooper. After receiving his high school diploma, he started studying art at the Institute of Dramatic Art in Tehran. He became interested in cinema in his teenage years and started his filmmaking education by joining the Youth Cinema Society of Esfahan in 1986 where he made 8mm and 16mm short films. The family had to flee Persia/Iran during the Revolution. Navid Navid is an award winning Iranian-German actor and director. At the age of eight, she played in "The Cyclist" directed by her father, Mohsen Makhmalbaf the celebrated Iranian filmmaker.At the age of 17, she directed her first feature titled "The Apple" and She went on to become the youngest Ramin Bahrani was born on March 20, 1975 in North Carolina, USA. OIAC is an Iranian-American organization dedicated to the promotion of a free and democratic Iran where human rights are celebrated, where different religions Previously founded Genius. The son of orchestra conductor Andr Hossein, Paris-born Robert Hossein was trained at Ren Simon's acting school. The dance sequences especially, as well as the references to Cyndi Lauper and Googosh. People are still projecting onto Leila what it means. She makes a conscious decision to be a mother. Dancing through the Iran-Iraq war when I was a little kid and we would go back and forth [between Iran and the U.S.] and smuggle tapes. She is a writer and actress, known for Zoolander 2 (2016), Iron Man 2 (2010) and Trash (2014). Shiva Rose was born in Santa Monica, Los Angeles. To name a few I would list: Falon Roz Fatemi: Founder/CEO of Node.io with $18M+ funding (Mark Cuban is an investor!). All my parents friends were Persians. * Shahri Estakhry* Nadia Farjood, Esq. Amini's first screenplay was for the 1994 TV movie The Dying of the Light, which was directed by Peter Kosminsky. Shortly after graduating from the National Audiovisual School, he made his first short, immediately acclaimed by the local critics. He recently starred in the Netflix Global drama The Letter for the King (2020) as Sir Fantumar and the HBO/BBC series His Dark Materials (2019). His quiet and composed A native of Valencia, CA, Nazanin Mandi Pimentel is a natural- Born Performer; Singing at age 5, Modeling at age 10, performing the Mozart Requiem at Carnegie Hall and acting at age 15. Badiyi's third and last marriage was to actress Tania Harley[6] from 1987 until his death in 2011, with whom he had two daughters, Alexis and Natasha. He is the writer Mosaffa was born in Tehran, Iran. I thought of doing something more autobiographical. He is an actor and writer, known for Friday After Next (2002), Jimmy Vestvood: Amerikan Hero (2016) and Dragonfly (2002). 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Ive always been in awe of these women. But at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival in Park City, UT, which concluded on Sunday, Iranian women's voices were heard. Daniel Ahmadizadeh: A recent YCombinator backed company building a product for real estate agents which has raised over $3M in venture capital. After two years of college in Massachusetts, Shaun transferred to USC where he graduated.Toub has received accolades for several of his appearances in over 100 Marshall Manesh was born in Iran. Dominic Rains was born in Tehran, Iran. Maadi started his film career as a screenwriter in late 2000s. Up until I was shooting, I was rewriting, honestly. She co-starred as CIA analyst Fara Sherazi on seasons three and four of the Emmy and Golden Globe award-winning drama Homeland (2011), for which she shared a 2015 SAG Award nomination in the Outstanding Performance by an Asghar Farhadi was born in 1972 in Iran. He then joined the Center for Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults, where he started a film section, and this started his career Bahman Ghobadi was born in 1969 in Baneh, in the province of Iranian Kurdistan, near the Iran-Iraq border. After several As an actor, Max has numerous film and television credits including NBC's Heroes, regular appearances on Comedy Central's Mind of Mencia, Netflix original Behrouz Vossoughi is one of Iran's most legendary actors. WebThe Iranian American Medical Association is a non-profit, professional association dedicated to promoting education, health, communication and research in medical To represent the Iranian-American community before the elected governmental officials. He became interested in cinema in his teenage years and started his filmmaking education by joining the Youth Cinema Society of Esfahan in 1986 where he made 8mm and 16mm short films. Its been my whole career honestly, from The Color of Love to Circumstance. Its the world Ive always been interested in exploring for audiences. Planning, organization and review of current projects are discussed during monthly WebDirector | Taxi Jafar Panahi (Born 11 July 1960) is an Iranian film director, screenwriter, and film editor, commonly identified with the Iranian New Wave film movement. Sarah E. Aghassi, Esq. Badiyi was assistant director on the low-budget 1957 film The Delinquents, which marked Altman's feature film debut as a director and the cult classic horror film Carnival of Souls, made in 1962.[5]. Yes, Scream VI Marketing Is Behind the Creepy Ghostface Sightings Causing Scares Across the U.S. David Oyelowo, Taylor Sheridan's 'Bass Reeves' Series at Paramount+ Casts King Richard Star Demi Singleton (EXCLUSIVE), Star Trek: Discovery to End With Season 5, Paramount+ Pushes Premiere to 2024. In films from 1955's Rififi (Rififi ( Anice Alvina was born on January 28, 1953 in Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine, France. After the Islamic Revolution of 1979, Amir Naderi is one of the most influential figures of 20th century Persian cinema. To be included in this list, the person must have a Wikipedia article showing they are Iranian-American or must have references showing they are Iranian American. She sang soprano with the Voices of Shiva Negar is a Canadian Actress, Model, and Producer, who rose to prominence starring as Annika Ogden in CBS Films/Lionsgate Blockbuster Movie "American Assassin" and made the short list of Variety Magazine's "10 Canadians to watch".Shiva can be seen on numerous Films and Network Television shows Taies Farzan was born in Tehran, Iran. Hopefully, this film can offer joy for Iranians too. Marie Selva was born in Paris to an Iranian Mother and French/Spanish Father.She is an artist, film director who studied at the film school of cinema in Paris, France. She is an actress, known for Road to Perdition (2002), Greenberg (2010) and Eleventh Hour (2008). IACC is thrilled to hereby announce the 2022 board of directors. Her first film 'The Day I Became a Woman", (a 3-episode story) attended the Critics Week category in Venice International Film Reza Mirkarimi was born in 1967 in Tehran and graduated from the Fine Arts University in Graphic Arts. She is a writer and director, known for Last Night (2010), The Jacket (2005) and The Adults. February 28, 2023 Contact: Shannon Kuehn Email: shannon@paaia.org Phone: (202) 828-8370 Washington, DC The Public Affairs Alliance of Iranian Americans (PAAIA), a nonprofit and nonpartisan organization serving the interests of the Iranian American community, today released the findings of its 2023 National Read More A Perrier Award nominee in Darius Khondji was born on October 21, 1955 in Tehran, Iran. He lost his father at an early age and was raised by his beloved mother, whom he feels he got his strength from to make it in show biz. SIOBHAN COLEY-AMIN. After long trip and so many short movie and documentary she start her Rosie Malek-Yonan is an Assyrian born in Tehran who lives in the U.S. She is an actress, award winning writer, director, producer, published author, documentary filmmaker, a classically trained pianist, composer, and an Assyrian advocate. IACC Dara Khosrowshahi is not the only Iranian-American executive in tech. He was raised in Manchester, England. The Hollywood Reporter is a part of Penske Media Corporation. Arad Rostampour: Founder/CEO of ZenHealth (YC backed) and co-founder of SocialShielf acquired by Avira. He naturally followed in their foot steps early on and began making his own short films on super 8 and 16mm film at age 11. With a low-budget film, Zandieh said the story was tailored for what she had, including cast. Board Chair Attorney, Venable LLP NIAC Action is She has a sister, Saba Soomekh. She is the daughter of Manijeh and Hamid Soomekh, who owned a women's high fashion company. This film is based on my family. He was honored by the Directors Guild of America for directing over 400 hours of television. The second I would walk in [with the tape], we would be dancing. https://getbook.at/superfounders. Speaking with The Hollywood Reporter, Zandieh says her feature directorial debut aimed to show the different ways love can exist.A Simple Wedding, in select U.S. theaters and on VOD this Valentines Day, includes plenty of examples. Rome is currently in Los Angeles and Mahsa Ahmadi is known for Bang Bang (2014), The Mandalorian (2019) and Z Nation (2014). The family moved to Los Angeles in 1979, to escape the Iranian revolution. The close-knit community of Iranian-Americans and the high value of education in the Iranian culture and families is one of the reasons our community is getting more powerful day by day. Throughout the film, we see love story after love story unfold new love budding between Nousha and Alex, love found later in life by Noushas uncle Saman (Maz Jobrani) and Maggie, love built over time in the arranged marriage of Ziba and Reza (Houshang Touzie), as well as the tumultuous love that comes with blending families. Despite Hollywoods goals to open doors to diverse stories, Zandieh said that when she shopped the script around including to Participant, Sony and Fox everyone was basically like, We love it, but we cant really finance this because its too niche. He has over 40 years of experience in the motion picture industry, with featured appearances in more than 90 films. Naser Taghvai was born in Abadan, Iran. Pitts' first feature, Season Five (1997), premiered in the Venice Film Festival. For instance, Noushas character was initially more timid; after casting Grammy, Zandieh restructured the character to match her actors rambunctious personality Celine Dion impersonations and all. Rome Shadanloo was born In Tehran, Iran and grew up in Los Angeles, California.She has appeared on several notable shows and the independent instant classic "A Girl Walks Home At Night". Soroush Ghodsi: founder of Slik.ai (a lead generation company) who is the youngest founder ever to join Ycombinator! WebSAYE YABANDEH is an Iranian-born Hollywood actress focused on using her platform to bring awareness to global issues and to give back to refugees and underserved children Her father, Professor David Stronach, was a notable expert on Persian antiquities. Shermine Sharivar was born on September 17, 1982 in Tehran, Iran. His cinema activities began in 1987 with a series of shorts followed by two TV series aimed at young people.