All my parents friends were Persians. 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. Or simply an immigrant/first-gen one, even more so. Sara Naseri: Founder of QuraSense (YCombinator backed). At the age of 2, his father moved Peyman Maadi was born in 1972 in New York City to an Iranian couple. Kaweh Modiri (1982) is a Dutch writer/ director of Iranian descent. [2], Badiyi moved to the United States in 1955, in order to continue his film studies at Syracuse University. She was an actress, known for Friends (1971), Paul and Michelle (1974) and Successive Slidings of Pleasure (1974). An award-winning international film actress and producer, Saye has been in over 34 films and Mania Akbari was born in 1974 in Tehran, Iran. Reza Zadeh: Founder of Matroid, a computer vision company. Saam Motamedi: Investor at Greylock Partners, previously founded Guru Labs. She does get pregnant by mistake. In 2007 she received the award for Best Young Actress at the Tandees' first film was destroyed when the building that housed her film school was hit by bombs in the Iran/Iraq war. Maryam Ziaei & Shadi Saberi: Founders of iSono Health, backed by Ycombinator. He received his Bachelors in Theater from University of Tehran's School of Bahram Beizai started skipping school from around the age of 17 in order to go to movies which were becoming popular in Iran at a rapid pace. Contributing to and supporting the careers of Iranian American legal practitioners and law students is another main objective of the IABA. 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. I couldnt write anything else with as much devotion. We collaborated, and he was like, I feel like my character would want to do this. I rewrote a lot for the parents. She went to UCLA to study biology/ pre-medicine, but she dropped out to become a model in Japan. When her parents discover that she and Alex are living together before marriage, chaos unspools as they prepare for her wedding. Babak Elmieh: Founder/CEO of Nascent Objects acquired by Facebook. Pop culture is the way that I learned to be American. Of course, women are fighting more now with the Islamic Republic and what is going on. Abbas Kiarostami was born in Tehran, Iran, in 1940. She is an actress and producer, known for Salt (2010), Black-ish (2014) and Grown-ish (2018). He graduated from university with a degree in fine arts before starting work as a graphic designer. The TV movie covered the murder of Sean Devereux, an aid worker who was murdered in Reza Badiyi was born on April 17, 1929 in Arak, Iran. 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She was previously married to James Rubin. It looks like a Hollywood movie, but it was made outside of Hollywood.. We always grew up with these big immigrant stories. Shortly after graduating from the National Audiovisual School, he made his first short, immediately acclaimed by the local critics. 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". All Board members volunteer their time and resources. Maziar Bahari is known for And Along Came a Spider (2003), To Light a Candle (2014) and The Voyage of the St. Louis (1995). He has been married to Bulle Ogier since April 1991. 2023 Variety Media, LLC. Ashe is an Iranian-American actress who speaks fluent Farsi and received a BFA in Acting from Boston University, with training from the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts and UCB theater. Ive always been in awe of these women. Travis Cody, the second of six brothers, was born in Laguna Beach California. [3][4] Badiyi often worked with Robert Altman. Pop culture is the way I taught Americans what Iran was about and what I learned about what Iran was. Arad Rostampour: Founder/CEO of ZenHealth (YC backed) and co-founder of SocialShielf acquired by Avira. 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. NIAC is steered by a volunteer Board of Directors made up of leaders from across our community. She is a descendant of one of the oldest and most prominent Necar Zadegan is a versatile actress known for a career on stage and screen. Variety is a part of Penske Media Corporation. His 1999 first feature, 'The Child and The Soldier', has won several national and Kamal Mosaffa-ye Tabrizi is an Iranian film director. He is married to Winnie Mokri. He developed his knowledge of cinema by watching films at the theater where he worked as a boy, reading film criticism, and making relationships with leading film critics. I am happy to call many of these people my friends and mentors. His father, Mozaher Mosaffa is a renowned Persian poet and professor of Persian literature at the University of Tehran (UT). 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. Its about expectations or projections, all the things we didnt get to do or wish we had done, we project onto the next generation. But an Iranian one? His father was a lawyer. WebAmerican-Iranian Council, Inc. (AIC) is a non-profit independent research and educational institute. He is a director and producer, known for Junk (2012), ZMD: Zombies of Mass Destruction (2009) and In Her Place (2015). 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. But its a struggle theyve been going through for 40 years of this regime, and with a previous regime in different ways. His father is an Airline Captain, and his mother a Gospel Singer. He began his career with directing, writing and editing short films in 1980. Its a struggle. But also another thing is we have this idea that motherhood is innate in us and that were born into motherhood. To advocate justice and equality for the Americans of Iranian heritage. WebJafar Panahi (Born 11 July 1960) is an Iranian film director, screenwriter, and film editor, commonly identified with the Iranian New Wave film movement. My mother is also a writer just like me in some ways. He is a cinematographer and writer, known for Man of Steel (2013), Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014) and Lord of War (2005). He directed more than 430 television episodes from 1963 onward.[6]. Yasmin Razavi: Investor at Spark Capital, previously at Index Ventures and McKinsey. Christiane Amanpour was born on January 12, 1958 in London, England, UK. He made his debut, Tranquility in the Presence of Others, in 1970 and gained the attention of Iranian critics. She is a director and actress, known for Persepolis (2007), The Voices (2014) and Chicken with Plums (2011). Scholarships for the 2021-22 academic year have been awarded to 15 outstanding applicants. Soruosh Salehian: Co-Founder/CEO of Aeva. He died on August 20, 2011 in Los Ramin Djawadi is an Iranian-German film score composer known for composing the hit HBO series Game of Thrones and the Marvel films Blade: Trinity, Iron Man and Eternals. He is an actor and writer, known for Friday After Next (2002), Jimmy Vestvood: Amerikan Hero (2016) and Dragonfly (2002). His father, Levon was born in Lebanon and raised in Iran where he met his wife Anna, born in Babol, Iran. These are just the people I see every day and talk to, and I dont really see that represented.. 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. 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. As Pejman Nozad eloquently puts, The Persian Mafia in Tech gets $70B bigger!. He was previously married to Tania Harley, Barbara Turner and Gwendolyn M Dennis. She is half-Scottish (father) and half-Israeli (mother). Guardians of the Galaxy. Variety and the Flying V logos are trademarks of Variety Media, LLC. He was the father of three children which included Mina, Alexis and Natasha.[6][5]. WebThe National Iranian American Council is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization dedicated to strengthening the voice of Iranian Americans and promoting greater understanding Please follow me here on medium and on Linkedin for more posts about tech, startups, Irans startup scene and entrepreneurs. Mahyar Salek & Mahdokht Masaeli: Founders of Deep Cell, a prenatal testing biotech company. But at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival in Park City, UT, which concluded on Sunday, Iranian women's voices were heard. The Iranian Revolution thwarted him out of Iran and into the neon lights of the West. WebIranian lobby organization that seeks to advance Tehrans interests in the U.S. Congress, and to influence American popular opinion regarding Iran. Rasoulof started his filmmaking with documentaries and short films. Ive always written from the womens perspective and I like to say the men in the film are a chorus, as they should be. We all turn to ritual, we all want to celebrate, we all want to love.. Andy Madadian is known for House of Sand and Fog (2003), Guardian Angel (2014) and American Wrestler: The Wizard (2016). Weve been vilified in Western media but we also come from a beautiful tradition of Iranian film. Yara Shahidi was born on February 10, 2000 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. Like the actress [Kamand Shafieisabet] who plays young Shirin is 14 she was telling me how meaningful it is to see all these protests around the world as they struggle. They were like Nah, screw them! and go to the parties. As the film shows, from when I was a little kid, even when I was in high school or college it was like you couldnt show one piece of hair and then people would push the boundary. List your business with Iranian American Business Directory! NIAC Action is dedicated to building political power for the Iranian-American community to advance peace & diplomacy, secure equitable immigration policies, and protect the civil rights of all Americans. and raised $4.5M. Zandieh says all of these relationships, plus Noushas journey to self-actualize and Alexs progressive gender politics, resulted in a romantic comedy that still pushed the issues I care the most about, which are multiculturalism and feminism., The artists job is to reflect what they see, she added. As a kid growing up, I really wanted to see our great immigrant story. Pitts' first feature, Season Five (1997), premiered in the Venice Film Festival. Badiyi was born April 17, 1930, in Arak, Pahlavi 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. When I was thinking about making an immigrant story, I thought, you know whats so interesting? But yeah, I started thinking about what it means to reinvent yourself. They want to extinguish joy and thats not possible. He has been married to Laura Regan since 2007. She was previously married to Reza. He made several Daryush Shokof is an artist and film-maker who left Iran in the 1970s for the U.S. and under the name of AliReza Shokoufandeh. His family moved back to Iran when he was 5 years old. IACC is thrilled to hereby announce the 2022 board of directors. Athar GhassemiCultural Committee ChairView Bio, Mandana GhadamianNetworking Committee ChairView Bio, Radin AmoueiMembership Committee ChairView Bio, Our mailing address is:
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. Shiva Rose was born in Santa Monica, Los Angeles. Therefore, we are once more able to award five scholarshipsto qualified students, and we keepour awards to$2,000per awardee. Her family moved to Turkey and thereafter to Germany. In the 1970s at age 20, she achieved nationwide stardom in her homeland of Iran, starring in some prominent pictures such as The Report (1977) directed by the renowned Abbas Kiarostami, which won critics awards at the Golshifteh started her acting career in theater at the age of 6 and has always kept a strong link with theater, but it was at the age of 14 that she acted in her first film The Pear Tree (1998), for which she won the prize for the Best Actress from the international section of the Fajr film Nazanin Boniadi is rapidly making her mark in both film and television. She began to participate in beauty pageant when she was one year old. She was recently Narges Rashidi was born in Iran, settled in 1987 with her family at first in Turkey and a year later to Germany. Naser Taghvai was born in Abadan, Iran. His second marriage was to actress and writer Barbara Turner; with whom he had one daughter, Mina. He is an actor, known for The Kite Runner (2007), Taste of Cherry (1997) and A Most Wanted Man (2014). My cousins were so much braver than me. You reinvent yourself So I really started to think of my mother and I as a sort of reflection of each other and all the stories of my mythology as an immigrant coming here. While at Newcastle he played American football for the UK national Nicholas Guilak was born in Houston,Texas and raised in La Jolla, California, moved to Los Angeles in 1991 and received his Bachelors of Arts from USC in Theatre, Humanities and Film. So much of the film is about pop culture and connectivity. Dorianne Pahlavan is known for Argo (2012) and Sunday (2013). Badiyi set a Directors Guild of America record for directing the most hours of episodic series television ever.[3]. Ubers board of directors appointed Tehran-Born Dara Khosrowshahi as its new CEO after the controversies around its founder, Travis Kalanick. She is a writer and director, known for Last Night (2010), The Jacket (2005) and The Adults. To learn more about each of our board members, simply follow the View Bio link below each member. He is an actor, known for Alex Cross (2012), Unthinkable (2010) and Intelligence (2014). Nousha falls fast when she meets Alex, an artist, activist and DJ living in an old warehouse. There were lowlights, as well, including directing the unsold pilot for Inside O.U.T., starring up-and-coming actress Farrah Fawcett and a chimp for Screen Gems in 1971. He is a writer and producer, known for Apocalypto (2006), The Professor and the Madman (2019) and Boss (2011). WebPages in category "Iranian film directors" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 279 total. In July of 2008, Dabiri Foundation's board of directors decided to embark upon a special project in addition to its ongoing activities. People are still projecting onto Leila what it means. He has been married to Shani Rigsbee since November 11, 2011. The Most Visited Iranian-American Website, Dentists - www.IranianAmericanDentists.com, Attorneys - www.IranianAmericanAttorneys.com, Full Professional Profile including Photo, Website
Niki Pezeshki: Investor at Felicis Ventures backing iconic companies. The second I would walk in [with the tape], we would be dancing. Im so glad that their struggles and their voices are being heard and that we realize this is a reflection of the international struggle for women. The dance sequences especially, as well as the references to Cyndi Lauper and Googosh. Parsa Saljoughian: Vice President at Institutional Venture Partners. Alarm fr Cobra 11 - Die Autobahnpolizei. Its a struggle to know what that means and thank God we have the ability to define what that means. WebThe data show that the Iranian American community is quite diverse in terms of ethnicity, religion and political affiliation. Of course, it makes sense. [6] His first marriage was to Gwendolyn Davis which ended in divorce. By this marriage to Turner he was the stepfather of actress Jennifer Jason Leigh and Carrie Morrow. NIAC was further found by a Federal Appeals Court judge to have withheld over 5500 emails from its outreach director to various parties. He holds a degree in 'Medical Physics' from the University of Newcastle. Rome is currently in Los Angeles and Mahsa Ahmadi is known for Bang Bang (2014), The Mandalorian (2019) and Z Nation (2014). I kind of shelved the project for a couple of years and worked on the screenplay on and off. But she has a choice. 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. Its too culturally specific.'. They reside side by side in the film. * Shahri Estakhry* Nadia Farjood, Esq. 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). Nicole, the daughter of two prominent Iranian-American journalists, Nader Sadighi and Shahla Arasteh, grew up in London, England.She has worked with Producer Georgia Masters (Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels) whom she'd worked with previously on the BAFTA nominated 'One Night Stand' starring Catherine was born in London, but she moved to California with her Iranian mother at the age of two. Amini's first screenplay was for the 1994 TV movie The Dying of the Light, which was directed by Peter Kosminsky. He studied English and Theatre Studies. 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). In search of safety and a better life, he and his mother fled to Turkey, after a few years of trying to get asylum Canada finally granted them the Ramin Niami is known for Babe's and Ricky's Inn (2013), Paris (2003) and Shirin in Love (2014). Nousha Husseini (Tara Grammy) and her Iranian family are breaking bread (in this case, nan) with her white, militant feminist boyfriend, Alex (Christopher OShea), and his family. She was previously married to Reza. WebThe National Iranian American Council (NIAC) is an advocacy group which claims to advocate for nonpartisan action on behalf of the Iranian-American community in domestic and foreign policy issues. SAYE 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 and families around the world. Our mission is providing and broadcasting the Iranian American events & community news, and promoting businesses. He is a director and producer, known for Our Lady of the Assassins (2000), Murder by Numbers (2002) and Barfly (1987). Nasim Pedrad (born November 18, 1981) is an American actress and comedian best known for her five seasons as a cast member on Saturday Night Live (1975) from 2009 to 2014. Amir Naderi is one of the most influential figures of 20th century Persian cinema. To name a few I would list: Falon Roz Fatemi: Founder/CEO of Node.io with $18M+ funding (Mark Cuban is an investor!). His father is Iranian and his mother, who was born in Germany, is of German, and some Polish, descent. WebThe Iranian-American Scholarship Fund (IASF) is managed by a Board of Directors. [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. 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. It got us through war, immigration, language barriers, and social exclusion, she said. Sign up for THR news straight to your inbox every day. Reza Sayed Badiyi (also known as Reza Badiei; Persian: ; April 17, 1930 August 20, 2011) was an Iranian-born American film and television director. He is an actor and producer, known for A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (2014), Burn Country (2016) and The Taqwacores (2010). The application deadline to take advantage of this opportunity isAugust1st, and is fast approaching. The film follows Nousha, who has a habit of sabotaging her relationships and frustrating her parents, as she is their only hope for a real Iranian wedding.