Aryana Farshad
Encyclopedia
Aryana Farshad is a writer
, director
, and film producer
born in Tehran, Iran.
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
. 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. 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. Her current project, Longing for the Soul is about Rumi and in production.
"PSA Poetry group will have a screening of the much anticipated documentary by Aryana Farshad called "Mystic Iran, The Unseen World"
Screenwriter
Screenwriters or scriptwriters or scenario writers are people who write/create the short or feature-length screenplays from which mass media such as films, television programs, Comics or video games are based.-Profession:...
, director
Film director
A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...
, and film producer
Film producer
A film producer oversees and delivers a film project to all relevant parties while preserving the integrity, voice and vision of the film. They will also often take on some financial risk by using their own money, especially during the pre-production period, before a film is fully financed.The...
born in Tehran, Iran.
Education and career
She moved to Paris, France and studied French languageFrench language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
and literature
Literature
Literature is the art of written works, and is not bound to published sources...
at The Sorbonne, prior to receiving her degree from the Institut Des Hautes Etudes Cinematographiques
La Femis
La Fémis , is the French state film school. FEMIS is an acronym for Fondation Européenne pour les Métiers de l’Image et du Son. Based in Paris, it offers courses balanced between artistic research, professional development and technical training...
in film production and editing. She returned to her native country of Iran
Iran
Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...
for a few years where she worked with major Iranian and western film makers including two times Academy Award winning French director Alber Lamorisse
Albert Lamorisse
Albert Lamorisse was a French filmmaker, film producer, and writer, who is best known for his award winning short films which he began making in the late 1940s, and also for inventing the famous strategic board game Risk in 1957...
. She moved to Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...
, attending USC film department and later joined the Editor's Guild and worked for major Hollywood studios, including MGM Studios and Columbia Pictures
Columbia Pictures
Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. is an American film production and distribution company. Columbia Pictures now forms part of the Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group, owned by Sony Pictures Entertainment, a subsidiary of the Japanese conglomerate Sony. It is one of the leading film companies...
in television post-production. 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
Omid Djalili
Omid Djalili is a British Iranian stand-up comedian, actor, television producer and writer.-Personal life:Djalili was born in Chelsea, London to Iranian Bahá'í parents and is a Bahá'í himself...
. 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. 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
- May 2008 Telly award for directing and editing short film.'
Additional sources
- Iran Heritage Foundation
- OCPC Magazine (December 2007) Cover story: Aryana Farshad - Her journey through the 'unseen world'.
- 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