WebThe Iranian Americans (26) 52min 2012 7+ Narrated by Martha Teichner, The Iranian Americans chronicles the underreported history of a diverse group of immigrants finding He also started writing and staging his own plays at the age of eight for school and other public venues. Dorianne Pahlavan is known for Argo (2012) and Sunday (2013). It looks like a Hollywood movie, but it was made outside of Hollywood.. 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. She was previously married to Reza. One of these short films, "Life in Fog" (1999) is even Rafi Pitts' films have attained acclaim and awards around the globe. Well, heres the thing. A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night. List your business with Iranian American Business Directory! She has a sister, Saba Soomekh. Its a struggle to know what that means and thank God we have the ability to define what that means. She speaks Persian, Turkish, German, English, Kurdish. 5570 S US Highway 17/92 [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. 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. People are still projecting onto Leila what it means. 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. Arman Jahangiri: Founder of ResultCare, a digital healthcare company. Theres a scene in A Simple Wedding, a new Iranian-American romantic comedy by Sara Zandieh, that captures the films spirit. You know, the film ends with the Persian version of Girls Just Want to Have Fun. Its sung by the mother, played by Niousha Noor. Casselberry, FL 32707. WebThe Iranian-American Scholarship Fund (IASF) is managed by a Board of Directors. Her parents were Ulf Bjrlin (a Swedish conductor and composer, known to be the world's most active opera composer during the 20th century) and Fary Bjorlin. Adrian Pasdar was born in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, to Rosemarie Pasdar (ne Sbresny), who owns a travel agency, and Homayoon Pasdar, a prominent heart surgeon. IACC is thrilled to hereby announce the 2022 board of directors. So much of the film is about pop culture and connectivity. For there to be LGBTQIA+ representation as well in an Iranian film is so refreshing. "Reza Badiyi: Prolific TV Director, Dies at 81", "THE LAST TV TYCOON: Interview with Legendary director REZA BADIYI", "Reza Badiyi, Set Record for Directing Most Hours of Episodic Television", "Reza Badiei dies at 81; prolific TV director", The Interviews: An Oral History of Television, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Reza_Badiyi&oldid=1127437729, Short description is different from Wikidata, Pages using infobox person with multiple spouses, Articles with unsourced statements from May 2018, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 14 December 2022, at 18:15. Perhaps his most famous work was crafting the title visualisation (i.e., the opening and closing credits) for the original Hawaii Five-O. This is a list of notable Iranian-Americans of all Iranian ethnic backgrounds, including both original immigrants who obtained American citizenship and their American descendants. She was then 16 years old. 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. All Rights Reserved. To learn more about each of our board members, simply follow the View Bio link below each member. I thought of doing something more autobiographical. Its a pro-choice film in many ways. 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. Shohreh Aghdashloo was born Shohreh Vaziri-Tabar on May 11, 1952 in Tehran, Iran. The Hollywood Reporter is a part of Penske Media Corporation. Naser Taghvai was born in Abadan, Iran. All Rights Reserved. Founder of the cybersafety organizations WiredSafety, StopCyberbullying and the consulting firm, WiredTrust 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. 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. Arad Rostampour: Founder/CEO of ZenHealth (YC backed) and co-founder of SocialShielf acquired by Avira. Kamal Tabrizi graduated from Tehran University of Art at Faculty of Cinema and Theater. Also, I have not included some very prominent scientists like Dr. Firouz Naderi, Dr. Nader Engheta, etc. 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. Theyve given so much up for us to have a different life than they had.What was your goal with exploring motherhood through Shirin and Leilas stories? She is an actress, known for Road to Perdition (2002), Greenberg (2010) and Eleventh Hour (2008). [citation needed], Badiyi moved to Kansas to work for Calvin Co., an industrial film production company. By 1961 he had already spent a lot of time studying-and researching- ancient persian Jafar Panahi (Born 11 July 1960) is an Iranian film director, screenwriter, and film editor, commonly identified with the Iranian New Wave film movement. 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). Yasmin Razavi: Investor at Spark Capital, previously at Index Ventures and McKinsey. Of course that comes with expectations for what that life should be. He graduated from university with a degree in fine arts before starting work as a graphic designer. 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. Dr. Pooyan More specifically, OIAC supports the 10-point plans by Mrs. Maryam Rajavi [5] for a democratic Iran that aligns with security for America and peace in the Middle East and beyond. Worked closely, and in conjunction, with the Obama administration. 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 Ubers board of directors appointed Tehran-Born Dara Khosrowshahi as its new CEO after the controversies around its founder, Travis Kalanick. 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. He has been married to Shani Rigsbee since November 11, 2011. He continued in the arts throughout all Max Amini was born in Tucson, Arizona. I just really felt like I never saw anything that represented us. and then went on to get a masters degree in management from U.D. This brings our total to 369 scholarships awarded to date. Yara Shahidi was born on February 10, 2000 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. What I am very excited about is the next generation of Iranian-American entrepreneurs and the rising stars. It really started to make me think about immigrant identity. He is an actor and producer, known for A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (2014), Burn Country (2016) and The Taqwacores (2010). He directed more than 430 television episodes from 1963 onward.[6]. 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. His cinema activities began in 1987 with a series of shorts followed by two TV series aimed at young people. 2023 The Hollywood Reporter, LLC. To me, it was important that thats part of the conversation of choice. [1] He graduated from Syracuse University with a degree in filmmaking. Shermine Sharivar was born on September 17, 1982 in Tehran, Iran. 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. Previously youngest employee at Google. Habib Zargarpour graduated from Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, CA with a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Design with Distinction after receiving a Bachelor of Applied Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University of British Columbia. His latest film "Mitra" is a political thriller that was released at International Film Festival Rotterdam in 2021. Bahar Soomekh was born on March 30, 1975 in Tehran, Iran, to a Persian Jewish family. At 14 he moved to Switzerland and then to New Hampshire. Sign up for THR news straight to your inbox every day. Variety and the Flying V logos are trademarks of Variety Media, LLC. So you have your own world and you learn to be American through television. Of course, it makes sense. In The Persian Version, Iranian-American Leila (Layla Mohammadi) boldly challenges labels that society tries to project upon her while balancing and embracing her opposing cultures. and the youngest one to join the club, the 15 years old! 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. 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. 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. We all turn to ritual, we all want to celebrate, we all want to love.. 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. He Marjane Satrapi was born on November 22, 1969 in Rasht, Iran. Early in his career, he directed episodes of Get Smart, Mission: Impossible, Hawaii Five-O, The Incredible Hulk, Mannix, The Six Million Dollar Man, Starsky and Hutch, The Rockford Files and Police Squad!. Shortly after graduating from the National Audiovisual School, he made his first short, immediately acclaimed by the local critics. 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. 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. URL and Full Description of Business (up to 6 lines). Amini's first screenplay was for the 1994 TV movie The Dying of the Light, which was directed by Peter Kosminsky. He was born in Teheran, Iran in 1980, but left his home country at the age of five with his family as refugees and resettled in Germany in 1985.Due to his fathers profession as an event manager, Navid was introduced to the stage and Dr. Sam Khoze is a renowned AI technologist and researcher. Thats the same thing when youre an immigrant. She attended Trinity High School and Southern Methodist University, studied opera and majored in English. The fact that we say that we exist and that were full-fledged humans is itself a radical act. I think just even having this character in some ways folded in the immigrant story in a Muslim context, in a Shia context, is radical. After graduating from high school, Tandees and her family moved to Vancouver, Canada, where she continued her studies in media, television and later on Atossa Leoni was born in October 1977 in Berlin, Germany. Guardians of the Galaxy. When her parents discover that she and Alex are living together before marriage, chaos unspools as they prepare for her wedding. What always surprises me is how similar we all are, she said. By the time he was 17 he co-wrote and shot and gaffed his first professional film. Maadi started his film career as a screenwriter in late 2000s. He has been married to Laura Regan since 2007. I have a daughter who is 11 now. He has over 40 years of experience in the motion picture industry, with featured appearances in more than 90 films. His credits also include developing the opening montages for Mission: Impossible, Hawaii Five-O, Get Smart, and The Mary Tyler Moore Show. 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. To represent the Iranian-American community before the elected governmental officials. Daniel Ahmadizadeh: A recent YCombinator backed company building a product for real estate agents which has raised over $3M in venture capital. Highly partisan organization that supports Democratic Party candidates and agendas. Dara Khosrowshahi is not the only Iranian-American executive in tech. 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. Iranian authorities have announced an investigation into a series of suspected poison gas attacks on girls schools. His family moved back to Iran when he was 5 years old. 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. The list of successful Iranian-Americans in Silicon Valley is definitely much larger than the above and I have for sure missed some prominent names in this list. But she has a choice. Therefore, we are once more able to award five scholarshipsto qualified students, and we keepour awards to$2,000per awardee. She went to UCLA to study biology/ pre-medicine, but she dropped out to become a model in Japan. Weve been vilified in Western media but we also come from a beautiful tradition of Iranian film. Ben Nader: Founder/CEO Butterfleye, a security solutions company with $4M+ in funding. Soroush Ghodsi: founder of Slik.ai (a lead generation company) who is the youngest founder ever to join Ycombinator! I kind of shelved the project for a couple of years and worked on the screenplay on and off. The Most Visited Iranian-American Website, Dentists - www.IranianAmericanDentists.com, Attorneys - www.IranianAmericanAttorneys.com, Full Professional Profile including Photo, Website 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. The film was finally produced by Mainstay Entertainment and made its world premiere at the L.A. Film Festival in 2018. He has been married to Bulle Ogier since April 1991. I think a lot of people feel that. His father is Iranian and his mother, who was born in Germany, is of German, and some Polish, descent. He then spent the next 19 years in the UK. An actor and stand up comedian, born in London to Iranian parents of the Baha'i faith. Our mission is providing and broadcasting the Iranian American events & community news, and promoting businesses. 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. SIOBHAN COLEY-AMIN. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. She was forced into leaving school. OIAC is an Iranian-American organization dedicated to the promotion of a free and democratic Iran where human rights are celebrated, where different religions When her family reunites for her fathers heart transplant, secrets and scandals are revealed that shed light on how Leila and her mother Shirin (Niousha Noor), with whom she has a complicated relationship, could be more alike than she realizes. WebIran has given birth to some great movie directors over the years, many of who have gone on to direct popular comedies, dramas, horror movies and more. A high-level Defense She began performing at an early age, starring in school plays and community events. Lotfi Mansouri (1929 ) is a Canadian theatrical director who directed the Canadian Opera Company Navid Navid is an award winning Iranian-German actor and director.