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Aryana Farshad is a writer, director, and film producer born in Tehran, Iran.[1][2]
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Education and career
She moved to Paris, France and studied French language and literature at The Sorbonne, prior to receiving her degree from the Institut Des Hautes Etudes Cinematographiques in film production and editing. She returned to her native country of Iran for a few years where she worked with major Iranian and western film makers including two times Academy Award winning French director Alber Lamorisse.[3] She moved to Los Angeles, attending USC film department and later joined the Editor's Guild and worked for major Hollywood studios, including MGM Studios and Columbia Pictures in television post-production.[3] In 2000, she travelled back to her native country Iran and returned footage which was used in creating the award winning documenary film Mystic Iran, the Unseen World. Her second documentary film on Iran, Age of Awakening, is narrated by Omid Djalili. Mystic Iran went on to be acknowledged and awarded at many film festivals and won the "Audience Favorite Award" at the 2008 Noor Film Festival.[3][4] Her current project, Longing for the Soul is about Rumi and in production.
Filmography
- Mystic Iran, the Unseen World
- Age of Awakening
- walled gardens of secrets
Awards
- December 2008 Audience Choice Award for Mystic Iran[4][5]
- May 2008 Telly award for directing and editing short film.'[3][5]
Additional sources
- Iran Heritage Foundation
- OCPC Magazine (December 2007) Cover story: Aryana Farshad - Her journey through the 'unseen world'.
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- LACMA, Mystic Iran, The Unseen World to screen at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art
"PSA Poetry group will have a screening of the much anticipated documentary by Aryana Farshad called "Mystic Iran, The Unseen World"
- Spirituality & Practice, Film Review By Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
- Mazalien, Mystic Iran - The Unseen World
- Asia Society, Mystic Iran: The Unseen World
- Noor Film Festival screening of Mystic Iran
References
- ^ irandokht.com, January 8, 2005 Interview of Aryana Farshad, Retrieved 12-16-2008
- ^ Eclectic Woman, Aryana Farshad, Retrieved 12-16-2008
- ^ a b c d Iranian Hotline, "Interview with Aryana Farshad Writer/ Director / Producer - November 2008", Retrieved 12-17-2008
- ^ a b Payvand's Iran News, Mystic Iran listed in the 2008 winners group, Retrieved 12-17-2008
- ^ a b Staford.edu, Retrieved 12-16-2008
External links
Categories:- Living people
- Iranian film producers
- Iranian film directors
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